Anywho, that was Hawaii. We made it to Guam and as soon as we got there... ugh... sisters. I had to be with FEMALES again..... Seriously though, that was so so hard, to have these sisters just come up to me and almost shun me away from those Elders who have pretty much become my sanity and family. I mean, I already left my family two weeks ago, then they make me do it again?! I was not very happy. I get into the car (with the three sisters 
) and the one sits next to me in the back seat, kicks her shoes off and sits cross legged. Her name is Sister Alanzo and she's Pohnpeian. She turned to me, put her hand on my shoulder firmly and said "I am your new temporary companion" like that guy from the movie with Tom Hanks who takes over the ship and says "I'm the captain now" and then she says "I will be with you all the time, I will never leave. Okay?" and then proceeds to nod at me encouragingly. Honestly I was so shocked I was just kinda like "uhh okay?" We then went to President and sister Poston's house ( pronounced: "Post" like post office and "uhn") and I reunited with my Elders and we talked and ate pizza. Then It was time for bed. And all the Elders just left. I was stuck in this house with Sister Poston and Sister Alanzo. honestly, I just started crying. I had had all my Elders, my second family, just walk out the door and leave me to the unknown. I felt so so alone and ripped to peices. Sister Poston talked with me and was talking to me about the islands and then she goes "and you know, I'm sure you'll love it on Yap once you-Oh!" haha I wasn't suppose to know what island Id be on yet, but she let it slip. And then she goes "Or Saipan, or Kosrae or Palau, you know you just never know.. oh my...." Haha it was kinda funny, but also nice I just got to know where I'd be. The next morning we got up and had breakfast at the stake center (the only stake in Micronesia) and had a training meeting where we then all found out where we'd be serving and who our companions would be! Of course it was ladies first again, but I already knew. So i read my call and in came running Sister Jones! My new companion :) She's pretty awesome, shes been serving on Yap for 9 months now. Only one other Elder is going to Yap, he's Elder Bryant.
I'm running out of time so imma summarize real quick. But at the meeting, they were explaining the rules, and when they got to the boy girl situation, the STL said "If youre saying something to make the other gender laugh, you've gone to far." That was ridiculous. I said heck no to that! Those guys are my friends and friends can laugh and have fun. When I talked with President Poston about it in my interview with him he shook his head and kind of agreed with me. He just said you don't want to flirt, but we're friends and you can have fun. But this is a professional relationship, so keep it mature as well. I like him. Anywho, Guam. I had to spend like two or three days on Guam before I could come to Yap and it was just terrible. I had no one to serve, not much to do, and I just felt so out of place and homesick. The only thing I found comfort in was reading the Book of Mormon. Because when I read it, it's just like when I'm reading it with you guys back at home sitting around the big coffee table. It's the exact same words, it's the exact same feeling. I'm sitting here starting to cry as I type. I miss you all so so much. Those days in Guam were so hard. When I had my interview with president I just broke down and started bawling. It's because I'm being selfish and missing my mountains and missing you and only thinking about me. I don't like the mess and all I can think about is I I I, Me me me. But I'm stuck cooped up in a messy apartment with nothing else to think about but me!?!? President actually asked me if I wanted to call home, because I told him at that point, I didn't want to be here, and I wanted to go home. i wasn't going to go home, but i wanted to go home. We talked and it was just nice to get all those feelings out. Me and some of the Elders had been joking lightly but seriously about "Just run me over so I can break my leg and go home" and stuff like that. But I survived. I made it to Yap
Oh Yap. This place is incredible. Seriously a living breathing real life Jungle!! I flew over with Elder Bryant and Elder Nelson and Sister Jones and I. We're the only Sisters on Yap, Sister Jones and I. So we'll fly back to Guam at least once a month for leadership conference. But Yap is beautiful! Driving down the one main road has coconut, banana, beetle nut, all kinds of trees and bushes just THERE! It's CRAZY! I love it so much! there's little geckos all over the place, and mangey dogs that just chill out everywhere. I got to the apartment and FINALLY unpacked. I had been living out of a suitcase for almost a full week and I had had ENOUGH of it. We got to Yap at like 10pm and then in the morning, it was Sunday and I got up and read scriptures and felt really homesick again. But then we left an hour early for church and drove through the jungle to this little field where there were a few huts/structures and this family. We went to invite them to church. As soon as I saw those people, all of my homesickness and depression and stress just went away. I FINALLY had some people to work for, help, and care about!! You know that whole, forget yourself and go to work? Ya. I could FINALLY do that because now there was work. It was so easy to do once there were people to serve! Sacrament meeting was beautiful and so spiritual and lovely. Also, everyone here speaks English and either Yapese or Woleaian (Wolly Eye an). I'm learning Woleaian (sometimes called outer island) The church is so new here, it's very unestablished. Dad, I think you'd have an anurism if you saw the unorganization of these churches. There's two of them on Yap and I went and helped out with Primary at the other more run down church. It was still AWESOME! I had to keep myself from crying throughout the whole sacrament meeting. It was so so incredible.
The air here is hot and wet, but its pretty nice :) Everyone either wears flipflops, some sort of sandle, or no shoes. The people chew Beetle nut which is against the word of wisdom. It's something from a beetle nut tree that they cover in lime poweder and wrap in a red leaf and chew it like Tobacco. Yesterday (which was Sunday here) we also went and talked to Emily and her kids in this house that's just a roof on stilts with rooms inside in the middle of the jungle. Today I bought my Machete (heck ya!) and I'm still gasping about the crazy awesomeness of this island. You know Moana? Ya, I'm pretty much living in her world. The houses, the trees, the people, everything is pretty much exactly like Moana. But no pigs. There are chickens all over the place, but I'd say the pig is the only difference. I love you all so much! I hope you know It's been a hard week for me, but I'm finally doing okay. We're about to go get our laundry out of the dryer (it costs 8 dollars to do laundry here?!?) and then join the Elders for a P-Day Barbeque at their house on the beach. They live out in the jungle because it's more dangerous there, but it's also more beautiful. We live in an apartment. Aslo the Moss's (senior couple. Elder and sister Moss) fed us dinner last night and it was lovely. My companion is not white, but she's american, so I think i'm the only blonde person on this island. love you all!!! have I said it yet? I love you all so so so so much!!!!
Love,
Sister Felt
P.S. Here is me and my machete and the mumu (wreath thing on my head) I got from the branch president. Plus, I love you 
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