Elder Tanner Gale

Aloha Everyone

Wow this week was a great week! It was also a very crazy week. On Tuesday we were going around saying goodbye to people and our car decided to have problems. Our check battery light came on so we called Elder Mayfield and he said if the car was drive-able not to worry about it cause we needed it for transfers, well while we were on the phone with him our power steering went out. So he said we needed to take it into the shop right away. So we went with out our car for the last day. Tuesday night I had to pack all of my things and get ready for my flight. I stayed up most of the night making sure I had everything ready to go. So I didn't get much sleep. We left our pad at 5:15 Am to head to the airport. My flight to Maui left at 7:30 Am. There were 10 of us flying together so that was good. On the plane I sat with a greenie missionary and a lady who was sick the whole ride, which was only 30 minutes. She was throwing up the whole time so that was nasty! We got to Maui and I met my new comp Elder Hatch. He is a very interesting Elder. Our Area is the Makawao ward, we are up country and it is a great area. It is so green and farm country. We see horses, cows and chickens everyday and I love it so much better than the city. The work is going pretty slow here in our area but that's OK, but are trying our best and having a good time.

This morning for p-day our zone leaders Elders Rigby and Fitau came over with us and the Pukalani Elders and we went and drove up Haleakala. Up on the very top is a park and lots of people come to watch the sunrise. We had to leave super early but it was fun. Up on top is way cold. I think it was around 45 degrees this morning and it felt like we were back in Utah. The sunrise wasn't that great this morning because there were too many clouds but it was still fun to try it. The rest of p-day we are meeting up with the other missionaries and going to play tennis or baseball so that will be fun!

My district is a pretty chill district! It is Elder Hatch (from Arizona) and I, the Pukalani Elders Lee, Chips, Sao (from French Polynesia) and Speakman (from Idaho), and the we have the Hana senior couple in our district so that is different but cool! We never see them so not too much to worry about!

Maui is awesome! I am very excited to be on a different island and to experience the life style. There is a huge difference from Oahu and Maui. The people are so much more laid back and just no worries. The off island life is a lot less stress and more fun. Glad to be here and to be able to serve the people here! I hope you all have a great day! Thank you all so much for everything! Love all of you!

Elder Gale