Matt's most resent letter

Mahalo!‏
From: Matthew Prina
Sent: Mon 8/17/09 4:51 PM

Thanks for all the letters and emails everyone.
Anderea and Lisa it was so good to get the letters from you and all of your kids. Lisa, I was thinking the same thing about your kids, Christian looks like a full grown man. The hurricane didn't really effect us as much as we we're hoping, we just got a little rain (lame).
Also tell Andrea and Alli thanks for their letters I really enjoyed them.
Mark what is this about you moving out? Where exactly are you moving, what are your plans?? I've talked to a lot of people in the coast guard out here and they said its a really good option. I've learned a lot about the military out here, two of the three wards I've been in have military bases in them. We are teaching a Tongan kid right now who is about 21 years old, I think he will be baptized but we need to help him with his word of wisdom problems first. The lea faka Tongan language is still putting along, I need to study more, but I can never find time. I learn little words here and there everyday. Madagascar in Tongan is Matakasa.

Mom, do you send these to Travis? I haven't heard from him in a while. We are working hard here and lots of good things are happening. Our whole zone went on a hike this morning to Monauili Falls, it was way fun. I'll send pictures... eventually. Ahhhhhh, its like the bussyness never ends. I guess that's life.

How come I haven't heard from Rob in a while? Rob did you ever get my Package? Pretty much none of the emails I got this week worked except the one I read about education week, and Lisa's. I didn't get the link you sent for our blog or the pictures of our baptism. Please keep trying, I don't care if Rob was making a weird face in the picture.
I don't know if I already told you guys but I got new shoes! After much deliberation I decided on the Macbeth Manchesters. They're way different than anything I've had before, but that's why I got them, I like to try something different every time. Plus they were only like 55 bucks. Rob I met an Australian guy the other day and it made me think of you. I told him I was going to tell you about him and say he was sweet as but he told me to tell you he was true blue.
Last week, instead of having a regular zone confrence like we usually do every transfer (where two zones get together and Pres. Peterson and his wife speak), we had a mission conference instead with Elder Kikuchi as our guest speaker. He gave almost the same talk at a devotional when I was at the MTC but I liked it better this time. He also has an article in this months ensign called "Opening the heavens" or something like that. Anyways it was very long and very spirtual and got us all pumped up, I loved it. We need stuff like that every once in a while. So all of the missionaries on Oahu (like 100) as well as Kawaii (like 24) met up in Honolulu and it was awsome because 3 of the elders from my MTC district were there and we ate lunch together and had a little reunion. I've been able to do alot of cool hikes out here and seen alot of cool stuff, I cant wait till I can come back here with you guys some day and go swimming. Everyone that we saw up at the falls this morning was shocked that we hiked all the way up there and we weren't even getting in. ok I have to get back to work.
Love you all a lot. Mahalo for everything you do! Send me pictures... SEND ME PICTURES!!!!!
Ofa atu,
Elder Prina