Sup whanau!!!

sole three mean the two hour talk and chat shesh uh??? hahaha we were doing good ae for the longest....but I’ve always had problem saying goodbyes lol....the whole family was there too and the three other missionaries...lol i could give rats tho....they thought it was soooo wierd idk what...but none of the other missionaries cried and the family was like what’s wrong?? and i told them that i actually love my family..lol...its sad ae cuz every other missionary idk like don’t give a rats about their family and could really careless to talk to them and its completly the opposite for me....i tell them that my family is everything to me...and it’s true ae...i love you guys hard...and I’m just so grateful to have been raised in such a loved atmosphere...couldn’t imagine my life without yous ae...had such a hard time saying bye and even keeping my mind off of it for a while but I’m all good now...new week and a new start so right back into it....if anything I’m ready to go hard again for another 5 months...crazy ae...one more time i get to speak to yous then 5 months after that ill be home....hahahaha crackup! but yeah family...i love you guys hard....good as speaking to each and every one of you guys...miss yous so much and just felt like we were just home together....all still the same...dumb as!!! hahaha try get the phone number right next time! hahaha crackup...but yeah just saw the pics and ash is tall as!!! fa just shot up ae....still skinny as but hopefully he´ll fill out soon...lia looks a lot bigger now too...fa growing up hard...george still looks stubby as hahaha just like his father..stubby legs...lol choice as the photos ae...shot..Wish i could be there with you guys but all good....
well don’t have much to say..i pretty much told yous my whole life story the other day..hahaha....but today we have a zone activity...we are going to go and play some games at the chapel...dmb as but have to go and show some support ae......i better get my packages this week...im gonna be mad as if we don’t...straight up.... but yeah other than that we are doing good...set a few goals the other day and keen as to accomplish them before my time is up here in the mission....i love it here ae family...can’t even imagine my life now not being a missionary...it’s going to be so hard to leave this place and these people..if anything in my life I’m grateful for the opportunity that i have had to serve and represent the lord savior Jesus Christ in this part of his vineyard. i have this quote thing written up huge that i read all the time..it says,
I am called of God. My authority is above that of kings of the earth. By
Revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord
Jesus Christ. He is my master and He has chosen me to represent Him--to
Stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do if He
Personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me. My
Voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my doctrine is His doctrine.
My Commission is to do what He wants done; to say what He wants said; to
Be a living modern witness in word and in deed of the divinity of his
Great and marvelous Latter-day work. How great is my calling
how great is my calling ae, i love our lord savior Jesus Christ, i know he lives, and this is his true church. i love you family and thank you for all that you guys do for me..Keep going hard...represent hard, and always push yourselves. mum and dad..i love you guys so much...thanks for everything..can’t wait for the day to see yous again...don’t worry about me...I’m doing my best, and try to better myself each day...go hard and keep the family in line. george, ash, and lia...be good kids..love those around you and always be willing to make sacrifices..the lord will bless us as we do what he wants...be good examples and always remember who you are...i love you guys so much..send grandma and the rest of the family my love k....but until next week family,

With all my love,

Elder Conway kanahele kaka

Kia Ora WHANAU!!!!

sup family!!! what a week ae! ahahahaha well what a great letter sounds like everything is still the same and busy..im glad you guys are having productive weeks...but family i need to tell you all real quick that I WILL BE EMAILING YOU GUYS AGAIN TOMORROW WITH THE INFO TO CALL ME YA...THE TIME AND ALL...we weren’t able to plan it all by today so I’ll hit you guys up tomorrow with all the info....so don’t panic k....but yeah family today is transfer day again!! hahaha this is my 9th transfer in the field!!! crazy ae!! hahahaha they just keep going by faster and faster...time and what we do with our time our the most precious gifts that we are given in the life..todd christoferson talked a lil about that this past conference and its been something that helped me stay in check...this time really is scared and what i do with it will depend on my diligence and love for our savior Jesus Christ...so that’s what pretty much pushes me each day to be better....am i doing what the savior would do if he were here?? am i using his time wisely?? do i really love him?? that’s what it really comes down to right....if we really love the savior we will give him our best. we will do anything an everything so that he will not suffer in vain, so that he "won’t have to do pushups for nothing!" i would have to say that my time here in this country has helped me come to understand just a tad bit more of the reality of this incomprehensible act of love. Jesus does live and he did die for us...paid the price for every sin that anybody will ever commit in this life..if we really understood the importance of this sacrifice and its motive of love that helped bring it to pass we would be perfect! this very perfection is what god wants from us and what we should be striving for each day...family in the most humble and solemn way, let’s be perfect!!! i love you all so much and miss you all even more...I’m representing hard and i strive each day to be better and perfect....i hope that we all can remember our savior and let his atonement motivate us to be our best...y al hacerlo sè que este mismo sociabilidad en que existe entre nosotro aquí existirá entre nosotros allá acompañado con una gloria en que ahora no conocemos..family i love you all heaps ae....
our week was good...a lot of things we need to change, which we´ve been striving to do to help us be better missionaries...elder peck and i get along great as ae...he’s such a crackup fella man...and a companionships chemistry is always most important so were good there...at nights we´ve been playing these crackup soccer games in the house...full on two on two...and we clear out our lounge and just go hard....its funny as...cuz i hate soccer but we go hard and have a mean as sweet in the little area that we have to play..full on dive, head buts and all. funny ae...who’d ever thought I’d be playing soccer....but me and peck have been thinking of things we can do for the members so today we are going to go buy them a bunch of stuff...i love the members ae...there’s your handful of them that are useless as and waste time...but i love them all ae...like my own. know every member in my ward by name from the oldest grandma to the littlest baby and its really showed the members the love that we have for them....we´ve been trying to focus the work by doing it thru the members so we´ve been getting a good start with them winning their trust and all...our bishops useless hahaha and our ward mission leader but other than that all is good....i still get tired hard from walking all over and we´ve started hitch hiking!! hahaha works...not that much but maybe here and there....but yeah that’s been us.. but famz i don’t have much time left....tomorrow I’ll give you guys the info, and I’ll talk to you guys this Saturday!!!! ahhhhhhh!! Exciting hard ae....for real’s....and yeah no crying this time! USELESS.. but mum dad, george, ash, lia, grandma, and koal...i love you guys hard ae...keep going hard and represent! be good and do all the right things....i love you family...with all my love,

Elder Kanahele kaka

FAMILY!!!!!

what’s up family!! wow...another long week ae my family! lol man they’re just flying now ae...for real’s i have no idea where they’re going lol but more than anything another productive week...first off I’m glad that my package got home!!! haha i hope you guys like what i was able to get lol wasn’t a lot but im glad you guys got em...lia i can’t believe you are wrestling!!!! bahahaha that’s so crazy baby...lol are you being serious??? you got it in you though....little syco thing! haha crackup as lia...mean though. Just gotta go hard in whatever you choose to do ya....ash sole proud of you bro..kill it dog...push yourself bro...hori boy ha sole you the man bro...keep going hard ae dog...just a week left bro...Just give em ba...proud of you ae my brother.. talented mungrol bro.gonna be a mean as missionary..for real’s dog just keep doing the things you know you need to do...organize yourself bro and strive to better each day...nothing can stop us bro but ourselves..Love you bro...mum, funny the doctor story ae...hahaha it was crackup as not going to lie....but she was beautiful...bahahah but was good as chatting to you guys last week...miss you ae mum...i still have my moments too so no worries ba...time flies when you get lost in the work...for real’s almost done and i have no idea where it’s gone...so no worries bu...dad sole not going to lie bro. but thanks for telling me to get off facebood last week...for real’s i was small kine homesick and wanted to talk to you guys but when you told me to go it was kind of a slap in the face ae and reminded me of and more than anything motivated me to do what i need to do....set my week off on a good note ae bro so thanks dog...I’ve been good ever since so it’s all good..Still it was good to talk to yous! hahahaha but Christmas day is coming so everything’s gonna be all g...can’t wait to talk to yous ae...but yeah dad just wanted to thank you bro. love you and forever grateful for all that you’ve done for the family..For not only fulfilling the calling as a father but magnifying it bro..for making what we do in the home the most important thing for you bro...the holiest place outside of the temple bro so where’ve been blessed as children to have had instilled in our home that of most importance in this life..the gospel. Thanks bro.

But yeah family..we had another awesome week...I’ve been good ae....me and peck have been thinking of a lot of things that we can do for Christmas for all of the members in our ward...lol we´ve come up with some cool as things so we´ll see what we can do that is low budget but still meaning full.. in the house everything’s been the same...actually sat the boys down and talked to them about keeping the house clean lol and it’s been a lot better now....it was a pig stie for real’s have no idea how we lived in it but had a massive clean session...but yeah been doing the regular missionary work you know.. Trying to find, cultivating what were finding, and trying to harvest that which we have found and there’s not to many plants ready to give fruit...lol D&C´s all plaque bro, the fields not that white! hahhahahaha na jokes jokes...the mission is special as ae...cuz your always learning something...always! if your finding, if you’re not finding, if your teaching or if you’re not teaching, if your baptizing or if you’re not baptizing..like doesn’t matter what happens as long as we are applying ourselves, showing the lord our availability and dependability, whatever happens that is good or bad we are always learning. and that’s what makes the mission different than anything else is that we actually live what we learn and believe...things become different and have such a deeper meaning when you actually got to try them and put them in practice...faith takes on a whole new meaning for you when you actually get faced with opportunities to exercise it and see what happens...patience really comes to life after studying it and applying it as we knock doors all day only hoping that the next door is someone prepared by the lord to listen to us, obedience really becomes your foundation to everything as you obey all the rules even though they might not makes sense but start to see miracles and blessings pop out from nowhere..."for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." is every day for me here in chile. everyday i come and receive my own witness of the truthfulness not only of the gospel but of its principles and ordinances by which it is founded upon and the blessings that come thru them as i live them every single day...it’s nothing new, nothing different but a reconfirmation that i get daily of the truthfulness of the gospel....that Jesus really does live, that his atonement is real, that Joseph smith did restore his gospel to open this dispensation and that the book of Mormon really is the word of god. Family i have no doubt that this is the true church of god. Its what’s going to help us stay together forever..I’m so ever grateful for this knowledge that we have and the opportunity that i have to share it each day....god wants us all to return back to him so let us all be examples in all that we do to help bring to pass this great plan and help all come to the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Family i love you all so much...miss you guys heaps as too.. hard...I’m representing hard so don’t worry about me k....Christmas is almost coming up and super excited to talk to you guys...send my love to the family... mum, dad, George, ash and lia.. i love you guys..keep going hard and do the right things. I’ll talk to you guys next week. With all my love.

Elder Conway Kauimua Kanahele kaka

FAMILYYYYY!!!

whats up you black maoris!!!! lol fa miss you guys hard ae....lol i know i say it every week, but i really do. mum, dad, george, ash and especially lia...miss you guys heaps ae...thanks for everything...but yeah where to start...
Mum I really enjoy cooking now...ive learnt so many things to cook here on the mission and enjoy doing it....the other three in the house just let me go cause i always make enough for all and they all just straight up reap benefits...living with four!!! oh its hectic...its got its ups and downs ae...like the house is always crazy...we have heaps of fun and everything but its hard as to be obedient with exactness....we have a hard time being on time to things cuz there’s four of us and all of us have to shower, eat, and all that stuff so were always late to things....its hard too, to keep things clean...i get mad ae some times cuz it gets so grosss... we run out of toilet paper heaps, gas too...for the hot water waste really quick so were always having to be buying gas and toilet paper like every other day....lol and just the lil things...you live with someone long enough and the lil things just start to bug....lol scared as for marriage!!! hahaha for real’s you think you and your companion is all good...just the perfect companionship and then the next day there’s things that you notice that you just can’t stand!!! lol crackup as but true ae....lol but yeah other than that it’s been an awesome experience. Just like the movie the best two yrs...fight over letters, the bathroom requires a bunch of tricks to just get the water going, one of us will be fasting and the others will eat all of our food...hahaha crackup as ae...guy from Honduras keeps the house super lively...he’s a character that one ae...x gang member...tattoos, bullet holes and all....cool as guy tho...strongest testimony ever so yeah we all get along super good.
but yeah this week’s been a good one...sole dad thanks for the mission stories ae...lol saw a different light to you ae...hahaha not going to lie sometimes when were out there working i always wonder how you did it back in the day ae....have a hard time trying to image it too ae...hahahaha lol na jokes but for real’s bro must have been mean as bro to have caught up with converts ...that’s all i hope for ae ...is that these people that I’ve helped to come unto the gospel remain firm and endure well to the end...pres. always tells us that "a convert in twenty years reflects the type of missionary you were" and its true ae bro...Just shows bro that you were a mean missionary dog. hahah ah ah sorry bout it....how was it talking to them??? good i hope...three mean dad. but yeah this week has been mean!!! hahaha i noticed that i always say that my weeks are hard..lol but if they’re not hard it’s not worth it, i reckon....so yeah could say that i had a pretty successful week....those people that we found last week weren’t too gold..But just another test of faith...the lady and her daughters..idk just had excuses for days for not being able to let us in their home,,, the old guy we come to find out can’t get wet cuz he’s got a machine keeping him alive that’s half way inside of him and half way outside of him so we’re just going to have to do baptisms for the dead! hahaha but yeah so we just started working hard again...and found some mean as people ae...this week in church we had four people there....a lady and her family...they are alright but we also had this kid who came with us....he’s 15 and he’s a kid of an inactive member...and he’s gold ae!!!! straight up...so his mum doesn’t remember anything about the church but she’s on our records so we went by and taught her son and her the restoration and left them a book of Mormon and invited them to pray and all you know....came back the next day and he asked me how he could become Mormon!!!! lol i looked at my comp and i asked him did you understand that??? lol cuz he’s just learning he looked at me confused and he’s like did i hear what i think i heard! lol i was like yeah they don’t say that much so that’s why i asked! lol it was funny as..so yeah he should be getting baptized day after Christmas or the following week...
but yeah the work is coming along ae....I’ve learnt so much since I’ve been here and for real’s can’t even begin to explain how much we are blessed to have this gospel...i was thinking about what i could share with you guys this week and did a lot of pondering ae and one of the most important things that I’ve learnt here in this past month with elder peck is how to love....like its more than just teaching lessons you know, more than just doing contacts, more than the numbers...it’s the names, it’s getting to know the people and all their kids, getting to really know who they are and what they’re going thru. it’s really showing that you care you know, that your really willing to do anything and everything to help them....on the mission a lot of missionaries get caught up in numbers, caught up in trying to have good reputations but defeats the whole purpose. We are here to help people to come unto Christ and its impossible when you have the wrong motives....family i love these people here. i know everybody in our ward, their kids names, their kids kids names, even their kids dogs names and it’s something real simple but they can really tell that you care for them....when i walk in the house and play with their little sons and know them all by name is the most easiest thing we can do and it shows the people that we really do love them and its truly the motive of everything we do.....love is how and why all things exist. our heavenly father loved us so much that he created this wonderful plan to help us all return back to him, it’s for his love for why he sent his only begotten son to die for us. And it’s this same love that I’ve been able to develop here in this sector....nobody will remember how much lessons we taught or how much contacts we did. Like none of that will matter you know in 5 yrs...But something that will never fade with time is the way you were able to show your love to the people that you were called to serve. this past week I’ve ran into a lot of members from my last sector(which is only across the road) and they all have thanked me for everything that i did for them...and it really made me think cause really i didn’t do much..you know i didn’t buy them a house or a brand new car or bike but i did love them...i still do and they were able to feel that and I’ve seriously ran into like 20 members who have thanked me and its been one of the greatest blessings for me here in the mission, to learn how to love....waking up thinking in others and their needs has become my mode of thought and time has never flown by as fast as it has in my whole entire life. Love it here ae family. i know that here in conquistadores 2 is where the lord wants me and I’m so grateful to be here. i love the work, i know that this church really is true and that Jesus Christ himself directs it....i dread the day when i will have to take off my plaque and be released as an authorized missionary of the lord. This work is my life. i know that Christ lives and grateful to represent him day after day.... family i love you all so much....mum and dad thanks for everything that you guys have done for me...keep going hard...keep the family in tact...George i love you bro..Thanks for being an awesome brother and and even better example to me, ash, and lia...i love you bro..ash i love you bro..Thanks for everything little man...keep going hard in all that you do bro...watch over your sister for me...love you dog...lia...i love you so much...think about you all the time and the unconditional love that you have always had.... your such a special girl lia...let everyone around you feel the same thing that we as your family have felt thru your example of love....be a good girl lia...i love you so much...send my love to gramz k...but family i love you all so much...i hope everything’s going good..don’t worry about me, im repping it hard...but until next week my beautiful family. with all my love,

Elder Conway Kauimua Kanahele kaka

WHANAU!!!!

whatss up family!!!! fa i missed you guys hard this past week ae...straight up was a hard week for me...just missing you guys and all but was good....sounds like you guys had a great week as well....can’t believe our brother DeeDee has gone...thats so sad ae...straight up that’s gotta be hard brah, feel really bad for his family ae....dang...brought tears to my eyes as I was thinking about him and his family ....The atonement is there, its healing power is real...family i love you guys so much..george, ash, and lia...i love yous soooooo much...keep being good kids...dont judge..be nice to everybody ya...love you guys hard..
But yeah happy thanksgiving family!!!! lol thanks for just describing lunch just so perfectly!!! lol could almost taste it....and no ash there’s no zippys here!!! lol crackup bro...good one bro good one....oh and mum sweet as don’t need to send me the pills...i went to a skin doctor this past week... and it was good...she told me that I’ll be sweet just need some time and she gave me some medicine...well i had to buy it and it was expensive as...lol sorry bout it...but ya i won’t be needing anymore medicine from you..thanks tho...for real’s thanks for doing that for me mum..you da bomb girl....sweet as...so just send my package k!!! lol just to let yous know..i just sent a package to you guys today....and it was like buying a house!!!! lol so much paper work....cost me a fortune too...lol its not much but it’s something...if anything i just want you guys to know that i love you...and hope that you can feel it as you receive my package. but yeah...lia dads so dumb ae...doesn’t even know how to turn off the oven...lol what a helmet!! haha okay but for our thanksgiving this week me and peck made the meanest meal ever....well i made the meanest meal...lol family im a chef ae...for real’s winner already ba....cook with everything...full on vegetables and all...made the meanest fried rice....mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, onions, bell pepper, corn right off the cob from the field, garlic, fa was the meanest meal I’ve ever had here in Chile....had some mean spices happening egg and some chicken....was bomb, i actually took a video of it and a few pics so I’ll send that to you guys ae.....
But yeah this week has been a hard but fruitful one....we baptized hugo!!!!! lol mean ae....so funny cuz I seen heaps of elders before coming here to use the internet and they were all like how are you always baptizing...lol your training, opening a sector, and you baptize your third week there!!! lol crackup as ae...i just tell them that there straight up blessings..you do what you need to do and the lord puts the people in your path....elder peck was able to baptize hugo, and was so cool to see him get his first baptism ae...he was so happy and could just see it in his eyes...told me after...man baptizing is addicting!!! lol crackup as...but yeah excited as ever to keep working....so yeah this week we organized ourselves and our sector and just everything to help us better work with more efficiency and blessing i tell you...well ya...so we were able to find 6 new people this week...lol 4 of them is a family...a mum and her three daughters....they are so awesome only had one lesson with them but are interested hard to learn more about our savior Jesus Christ, we also found another lady who’s family of a less active member and she just opened up to us hard...balling and all telling us all her problems and just how suckky her life has been and all and we were able to share a lil bit with her about the gospel, gave her a book of Mormon and she’s interested hard...also found this old dude named Manuel old as guy....shared with him...invited him to get baptized and he was excited as....he told us he’s been waiting for us and a baptism is something that he’s been looking for his whole life...i was sitting there like ae???? lol never hear that as a missionary and i wasn’t sure if i heard him right you know...lol was crackup...but the thing is that he’s got a machine in him that can’t get wet...lol doesn’t even shower cuz if it gets wet it will break and he could die!!! lol so yeah that’s the kind of problems that were running into....lol he´´ll be getting it out though in a month or so, so yeah we´ll see what happens...but yeah this week has just been full of blessings...my testimony of obedience...ether 12:6, that as we exercise our faith we will receive a witness..obedience is always that test of faith...and the blessings are truly witnesses of the reality of this work....family missionary work makes you really see who you really are...breaks you down till you have nothing but that simple testimony...just knowing that god lives... knowing that Jesus is the Christ, and builds you up as you trust in the promises that they make with us..so grateful for this work...i still don’t know everything..probably never will, but everyday i do strengthen my testimony and i have no doubt what so ever that the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is the only true church of god...restored by a young boy who exercised his faith and ask god for the truth..a church with living prophets and apostles that receive revelation and guidance for us in this very day...i love this work and the opportunities that i have daily to share of its truthfulness. family i love you and so ever grateful for all that you do for me...you guys are my everything...keep going hard in all that you do...george..love you hard ae bro...miss you dog....proud of your success that you’ve made dog..Keep going hard my brother....take care of the kiddies bro..ash...sole you the man bro...for real’s hope everything’s going good in bball bro...rip it up dog you are seriously the man...better than everybody bro so go hard ae...take care of lia..make sure NOTHING happens to her ya bro..love you dog....lia thanks for the sweet letter honey...you are so sweet!!! for reals i love you so much miss you more than anything...lol but i hope you like your Christmas present...omg buying girl things here in chile is so embarrassing for men especially for missionaries! lol so i hope you like it ya....but lia be a good girl...always remember who you are and that your big brother loves you k...send my love to grandma and to all the family...can’t believe margie had another baby...tell her i love her k....love you lia...mum and dad...love you guys hard...thanks for all that you do for me and continue to do for me...sorry if i take to much money out but i try not to...it’s all necessary stuff and i feel really bad..but i love you mum and dad...if anything in this time of season i am grateful for you and the family that we have..The most priceless thing..love you guys so much...but i gots to bounce. Send my love to the whanz ae...love you family,

With all my love

Elder kanahele kaka

KIA ORA WHANAU!!!

ke te pehea koe?? bahhahahaha going on!!! shot on the keks family...i made a YEAR!!!!! bahahahahahaha crackup as ae....dang its been a real shook for me ae...not going to lie,,,its been hard as to realize it but also a awesome time to reflect on what ive learnt and what ive done and what i still want to do and learn with this year left that i have...and its been good...set some really good goals and ready as ever to go hard...ive learnt so much ae family...i dont even know how to explain it but the mission truly is preparation for eternity....im so grateful to have the opportunity each day to serve our savior Jesus Christ. This is a work of miracles and its changed me...no place id rather be than here right now.....time is special and its moving quick so gotta keep going hard ae...almost done!!! bahahaha crazy as....but yeah....was awesome as reading your letters ae family!!! What a crackup as....minted up the lawns you reackon Dad?? hahaha just in case ae....fa funny as bro...straight up had the meanest laugh reading it ae...but awesome as letter family....so good to hear that you guys were able to experience some thing so special like that....like you said Ash that might have been the only time bro being able to witness a temple dedication let alone being apart of it bro...so happy and almost jealous that you guys were able to see the prophet and just to be in his presence...hes the man ae...never met him but i testify of him each day and know that he is called of god. you guys gotta send me all the videos on a usb k!!?? shot...but mum in the box just send the regular....pop tarts...Oreos!!! and some chip a hoy the chewy kind...and some nutter butter if can ba....and something small maybe for my comp....he’s the man ae...feel for him a lot being new and all so if anything i just try to love the dude....i know exactly how it is and how overwhelming it gets so i do all that i can to help him out...he’s going to be a great leader ae.....cool as guys humble as ever and just learning a lot from him each day....lol this week hahaha crackup story we went to a ladies house for lunch and she just gave us heaps and heaps and heaps of food and the problem was that it was old and pretty much bad to eat you know....but the lady was a really old poor lady and you could just tell that she had put her heart and soul into finding and making lunch for us so you had to eat it!!! lol and we did and it was really hard for my comp....I’ve gotten really un picky..HAHAHA if thats a word but i eat anything now ae...for reals something ive developed here but yeah so my comp finally got everything down....and what he couldn’t we had put in a bag to hide it in our backpacks...soooo funny cuz when the lady wasn’t looking we had to rush to try scrape all the food before she saw us doing it you know...and it was just a crackup experience....putting the food in your bag cuz you didn’t want to eat it you know...and my comp was like i cant believe were doing this!! lol had always heard stories about it but never thought wed actually be doing this....but yeah we finally got all the food in our bags and then my comp was like i don’t feel good....so i was like what do you want to do?? then he was like we have to go....lol so we said bye to the lady and my comp sprinted out of the house and barley made it around the corner before throwing everything up!!! hahaha felt so bad but was a crackup ae....got a good as attitude and told me after that its a goal for him to eat everything that the members give him...so yeah he wiped his mouth and we just went right to work...crackup ae ...but yeah that was our week....been tough but were starting to see some fruits of our labors....hugos going to get baptized this Sunday and my comps going to baptize him...pres. told us all that you need to get your trainee’s a baptism with in there first month...so my comp is really stoked about that...we had a meeting with pres. the other day all the trainers...and we had to go to his house for like 4 hrs or something for a training...and at the training there was 20 trainers...the assistants and pres and his wife and they asked me out of no where to give a ten minute talk on faith!! hahaha i was a lil bit mad, more nervous than ever but killed it like a champ..for reals....didn’t have anything prepared but was able to give a strong talk ae....it was then when i could see the progress ive made here on the mission ae....pres. hinckely said....that our testimonies are either incressing or decressing..never sittting still.....(lol dont know how to translate it to english but you get my point right....) and its true...we are either progressing or we are not...and its been my goal since day one to be better today than i was yesterday, to always be increasing my testimony and its changed my life...my testimony is still the same...i still know that Jesus lives, i still know that Joseph smith restored the true church to the earth, the book of Mormon is true...but ive come to live what i believe, practice what i preach and ive come to really know, and feel with a much more profound understanding on WHY it all matters...i have come to better understand that we as children of god cannot return back to our heavenly father without the atonement which can ONLY be accessed through the principles and ordinances of the gospel...and that’s WHY we do what we do...that’s why im here, that’s why as missionaries we give up 2 yrs of our lives to do pure service...and that’s the only reason that drives us to wake up day after day and represent our savior Jesus Christ. family i love missionary work...i love this Gospel. I love you guys....keep going hard in all that you do...don’t worry about me. im doing my best to represent hard!!!! mum and dad i love you guys so much...so grateful for all that you have done and continue to do for us....george i love you bro..what ever you do bro go hard....know that i think about you guys a lot...watch the kiddies for me and give mona a kiss ae...hahaha na bro...stay focused and enjoy your time...have fun bro...i love you hard ae..thanks for everything my brother....ash....love you bro...for reals dog i want you to know that i really do love you ash...look up to you bro...talented as fellah ae but got a really strong mind...remember you can do anything bro...put your mind to it dog and get it done....be a good example to everyone around you k bro...be good to your sister dog...miss you heaps bro...what size shoe tui got now??? lol gumboot....hahaha but i love you dog...be a good boy....lia!!!! you crackup me up every week lia....too funny...idk what it is but i can just feel you here with me when i read your letter....its just you, you know...your personality just jumps right out of the screen....such a special girl lia....i believe mum when she says that you were the most beautiful thing there....so pretty lia...i love you so much...i hope you are being a good girl...a lot of people look up to you so set a good example k....i got you a few presents and i know you’re going to like them so keep an eye out k...might take a while get there cuz i still haven’t sent them but you’ll get them...send my love to gramz for me k...miss you heaps girl...but i love you so much lia...mwah!!!! oh and mum if you can send me some hard copy photos too just so i can carry them around in my scriptures and all...oh and my mailing address to send me packages has changed a little bit but you need to send it to this address or i wont get the stuff so here it is...
santiago chile norte mission
forestal 2680
oficina 32
piso 3, casilla 18
conchali, chile

but yeah family i love you guys so much...thanks for all that you do for me...keep going hard and we’ll talk next week...with all my love

Elder Conway Kauimua Kanahele kaka

Whats up family!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!!! dang 41 ae...whoooo old fut!!! bahahaha na just jokes lol...happy birthday for reals mum...still fine as!!! 41 and beautiful as ever!! i miss you so much and want you to know that i was thinking about you a lot yesterday mum..I love you heaps ae and so grateful for all that you have done and continue to do for me....the best ae..straight up..muchisimo gracia mamita!!! Sounds like had a mean as week....lol such surf bums you guys!!! hahaha crackup...but yeah i miss it ae...if anything it’s just spending time with you guys as a family..Can’t wait to be able to do it again. but yeah as for me it’s been along stressful week!!! lol so my companions name is ty peck....hes from washington and hes a cool as dude...was in a rock band before he came out playing the drums so he’s like one of those rockster punk guys hahahaha always tapping a beat crackup as if anything. We get along good as tho....cool as fella but yeah got him from the mission home and we didn’t even know how to get home!!!! bahahahaha crackup ae....lol i almost started crying BAHAHAHA na jokes...so that you know i didn’t ask George and start crying that day we got lost in melville!!! bahaha but yeah for real’s i didn’t know how to get to the house cause I’ve never been there and we were all over the place trying to find it....took us forever but finally got there and family our sector is straight up ghetto...if you thought my other sector was ghetto...this sector is 100 times worse!!! for real’s...i feel so bad for my comp having to start here...there’s so many gangsta dudes here and stuff and cause i pass for a latino they really don’t give me crap but they yell and do all kinds of crap to my comp....i get upset so much but i can’t do anything ae have to be a good example to my comp and plus I’m a missionary lol ...quick story..one night i think it was Thursday we were coming back from a members house and there were four of us missionaries....cuz there’s four of us who live in the house... and the area is really dangerous...like street fires and just straight up new York Bronx styles but there was a group of like 18 drunk guys who were doing drugs smoking and all that crap that we passed and we were just quite you know minding our own business and one of them yelled something at us and we didn’t give him the slightest attention...then out of nowhere someone thru a huge as beer can and hit my comp right in the head!!! lol its funny now that we talk about it but i was so ticked ae....straight up ae i turned around grabbed the can and took off to the group of drunk helmets and elder roth one of the other missionaries just grabbed me and pretty much held me to try calm me down...lol he’s a big boy too .so i couldn’t get away lol but he ..was state champ wrestler 189 pound weight class in washington and was 3rd in nationals in 08 lol so he pretty much just beasted me ae telling me to calm down and all.... felt bad for my comp if anything.....i think my anger temper in the mission just has gotten worst...lol na but the very next day some ghetto punk threw a rock and hit my comp again....was hard as..and hit him in the back...and later on that day we were entering in some apartment buildings and a dude let his dogs out on us and started attacking us!!!!! full on bitting and all...ripped up my comps pants!!! lol so yeah all kinds of crap going down ae...just gotta be careful...im sweet as but if anything just worried for my comp....tall as pakeha dude. with the most fresh spanish accent and its practically like he’s got a sign on his head saying here I am, hurt me please!!!! lol its funny but it’s the truth....it’s been a crazy week ae...especially for a new missionary but if anything i have learnt so much from him....idk what it is about new missionaries but they are so special ae....i can’t think of any other crappier week that a new missionary could have than this...plus the fact that he can’t talk, he can’t understand nothing , and just being in a country that is so foreign to him, but he’s got an attitude that’s gonna do him good for the rest of his life....he’s the man ae...not going to lie but i think im learning more from him than he is from me...I’ve felt so bad for him lately but he just laughs at everything and just says for something the lord has me here and just starts laughing again....cool as fella man...but yeah the work has been really slow....got to a sector where the missionaries before just pretty much killed....we don’t have any investigators (well we didn’t, gotta share that miracle with you) and even all the members hated them so it’s been hard as working here ae....but yeah our miracle is just that....we get here with nothing right....nobody to teach...no members not even recent converts nothing...so we just started working......doing everything possible to help us find someone...and nothing!!!! bahahaha getting doors slammed on us always...and just no success at all...then Wednesday elder snider called me from my last sector and told me...ae elder some bad news, hugo(our investigator from the english class) has moved homes and we won’t be able to teach him...it was pretty crappy hearing that from him, cuz we had found him you know and taught him and all, but then i asked him .....did he tell you where he’s moving???....he told me...well, yeah but i don’t know where it is, he gave me his address tho....then i asked him for it....and he gave it to me and family...you wouldn’t even believe it....he moved from my old sector right into the sector where I’m at right now!!!! bahahahaha crackup ae....so he’s the only investigator we have!!!! me and my comp were able to teach him this week in our new chapel and had a tour with him there and we ended with a lesson with him in the baptismal font and it was soooooooo powerful...we had him kneel down then and there in the font and ask god to see if he should be baptized....and he did and it was sooo special...I’ve never felt the spirit so strong than in that very moment...nothing was needed to be said cuz you could just feel it...was mean as ae...so he´ll be getting baptized on the 28th of November.....so yeah that was our week ae....a lot of crappy things happened but I’ve learnt some of the most important things ever in this past week....really grateful for my comp and his energy and faith...don’t have nothing but happier than ever to be here in the field serving our heavenly father....I’m so happy to be here and to be a representative of our savior Jesus Christ....i know that he lives. His atonement is real and allows us to better ourselves each day..thank you family for all that you do...i love you guys so much...you are my life...keep being good examples...mum happy birthday....love you heaps mum...dad love you to bro.. miss you ae....my best friend bro...Keep the family strong bro...George, I’m so proud of you bro...Keep going hard. Represent hard my brother....ash you´ll make the team bro...Just go hard bro...love and take care of lia.....lia i love you so much...keep being a good girl...you are so special lia so let others feel it through your love for them....i miss you so much...send my love to grandma...family I’m not perfect..but i wake up every day trying to be...I’m representing the best i can...i love you all so very much. Keep going hard in all that you do..And thank you all for everything...love you all so very much...but i gotta go...until next week fam... with all my love,

Elder kanahele kaka