What up Fam! and friends! let me address the fact that Trump beat Hillary!!!!! lets go! hahaha. also Happy earyl Birthday to my Mother!!! her bday is the 17th, every wish her a happy Bday!

This week has been crazy. my comp is being a baby hahaha. He only has 1 transfer left and hes super trunky and he one day just flipped on me because I wanted to go to the lessons that we had planned and he didn't. so now he refuses to work with me or any other elder besides the District leader (mostly because the DL is lazy sometimes too) so everyday I have had a different companion. we go on splits everyday. and the other elders are the ones that came in the transfer ahead of me and my Marshallese is better than theres except for 1 of them. so I taught all the lessons this week and they just bore their testimony. so I haven't even finished my first transfer and im already pretty much the senior companion. I have to rely on the Lord in everything I do. We have been teaching 7-9 lessons a day. about 3 or 4 of those are less actives. My area is tiny but there is a ton of people and I love it!

so we are allowed to wear sunglasses and hats here obviously so you know I found some cheap sunglasses that said "Ferrari" on them hahah (my friends should understand this, Chandler you broke my Porsche glasses so I had to switch to Ferrari) Also we wear flip flops and role up our pants. that's how we do it here in the islands, so sorry mom, I never wear any other shoes. Also the water here is super blue which is surprising because of all the trash. Also the Marshallese music is hilarious. They will take some American song and change the words. So I heard a song that had the same music as "breakin free" from High school musical but it had Marshallese words and it was so funny. Also look up the song Likatu kalulu and Likatu ilo Majel. They are super good Marshallese songs.

Also shout out to Mitchell Jacobson for the church music. Mom could you send me more? and Christmas music? thanks!

Well we'll see if I get a new companion soon. Pray for me that I can have the gift of tongues hahaa because I need it since im teaching all the lessons because my temporary companions don't know a ton haha. Love you all.

Here are some pics of my everyday views and a handful of the billion kids that are here. I should have internet for a while.

Love you all

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Elder Tingey

Second week on the island

Iokwe Iokwe! Ejet ami mour? What up fam!!! im just out here on an island yah know? where to start i dont know hhaah. lets talk a little bit more about the island. here on Ebeye i dont have to go fishing for my food. We have little stores here that sell food, but obviously its super expensive because its all imported. ON the outer islands is where you have to fish for your food everyday. They go spearfishing wish is dope! the 2 most common questions on the islands are "Where are you coming from? and where are you going?" and you just point oh i came from that house over there and im going to that house over there. and they just say oh thats cool. Here everyone works on Kwaj, the American base on the island right next to us. the people either work or just chill and somehow survive.  

Me and my comp did some good work this week, yesterday we taught 8 lessons! we have some solid investigators that im super excited for. One is 9 years old and her name is Miko and shes so cute and smart. She lives with her Grandma who is a very active member. We have a baptism date for her and im so excited for her. 

Here on the island its very hot! like super hot, and there is like no trees because every place is needed for someone to live. It also rains everyday, and when it rains it pours. i love when it rains cuz that means it will cool off. 

If everyone member here in ebeye was active we would probably have a temple super close, but there are soooooo many less actives. Also its pretty sad to see like 10 year old kids smoking cigarretes and gambling. Also there are a ton of dogs and cats here on the island. like there are so many. and also there are Rats. and big rats. one time we were teaching an investigator and i saw a ton of rats just climbing in the junk behind him, it was gross. gottta love it hahaha. i love the people here, especially the kids. 

Btw im mad i didnt get any pics of everyones Halloween costumes!! smh

The spiritual thought for this week is 2Nephi 31:20 i think thats the scripture, it talks about enduring to the end! love you guys! 

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Elder Tingey

What Up fam?!

WHat up fam! wow so much has happened. So flew into Majuro last week, stayed for 2 days with the ZL and one night went to a kemem which is a HUGE birthday party for a kid who turns 1. i know crazy right, the kid wont even remember the huge bday. then flew to Ebeye and its freakin sweeet here. The island is tiny, 1 mile by a 1/4 mile. but theres like a billion people here. the people here are super poor but always happy. Theres like houses within houses and when i say houses i mean like a little make shift house made out of metal and scrap pieces of wood (probs about half the size of my room at home) and they have like a fam of 6 in there, its crazy. If they have like more than one room they are more wealthy than others. Even though they are sooo poor they feed the missionaries soooo much. We have dinner with a family about every other night and when they feed you they feed you a ton! like i didn't think i would ever have too much food here for dinner but they give us a ton. 

So there are a total of 8 missionaries on Ebeye and a senior couple that teaches seminary. there are 6 of us elders and 2 sisters. My trainer is Elder Masur, he's from Vanuatu and is a stud! he doesn't speak that much English so we mostly communicate in Marshallese which is good. He is freakin ripped and can pull chicks like no other hahahah my boy! 

Since there is so many people here we always have someone to study with, we have a ton of investigators which is great! also we get to baptize in the Ocean here!! Its super hot and humid here, it rains a lot, and when it rains it pours! I live in an apartment with 3 other elders and i work in the Ebeye 3rd ward.. THere are a total of 3 wards in Ebeye which make one stake (they just barely were made a stake like 2 weeks ago). 

This morning i went fishing off the dock and a bunch of little kids came and helped me haha. THe little kids here are the best! they love missionaries and I always same my name is Elder Tankey now because its a Marshallese word that means flashlight and its easier for them to remember. One night me and my comp were walking down the street and a ton of little kids started walking with us and they were like Elder Tankey sing sing! i was like ok lets sing some Justin Bieber, so we sang Baby and they got sooo into it all of them were singing along and clapping there hands it was sooo awesome i was smiling so big. Now when all the little kids see me they say "sing sing!!!" so every night i always have a ton of kids around me and we sing songs ahhaha one of my favorites is "One call away" and then i incorporate some church songs because im a missionary haha. 

Sorry if i cant email everyone, we have limited time because all 8 of us missionaries use the same computer, and we are emailing a day early because the internet will be down for the next 10 days, classic Marshall Islands hahah. Love you All! Love the mission!!

Jeramman!

-Elder Tingey

scripture of the week Alma 7:11-14