Great week. It has been a long time. I got transferred to Ebeye. I am with Elder Orton, someone I was in the MTC with. Love the guy. We have lots of fun. Ebeye is part of the atol of Kwajelein. The island with the US military base on it. There are about 15,000 people on this island of 80 acres of land. Crazy packed.
THe storm was supposed to hit, but we dodges it like a wrench. Also my Christmas call was great. Got to see the family. The whole island is shut down because of the holidays, so that was tough.
Recently I have been learning a lot about Marshallese culture. They have proverbs, but also they have good luck chants called Roro. They use them while sailing or they are just funny.
Kamakutut nejin jimem ke ar tou em enar kake - this is chanted when doing something difficult or lifting a lot of weight. It literally means "give strength to the man that almost killed his mom during birth." Really cool.
Limaro rej tarto lik to ak rejjab lo lepako ej pijak im kwir kon deka - this one is a funny one. It means "the girls are coming from the ocean and don't see the shark pooping and wiping with rocks." People think this one is so funny.
Anyway - until next week.....
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