Plates

Ok weird title thats making me hungry eeeven though i'm eating everything and anything thats infront of me right now lol...but the plates that i mean here are the plates that Lehi commanded Nephi to get from Laban. :) ok I started reading the BOM again yay and this morning i came across the notes i took from the last time i attempted to finish the BOM and this really stood out to me and jus wanted to share it with my million fans (mandi, lavi, leeann hahaha) out there reading my blog  lol i read this quote somewhere, i forgot to write who said it but its based out of 1 Nephi 4:13. here goes

"There will be plates in your own lives...maybe you will demonstrate persistence in obtaining your education. Perhaps you will be called on to exhibit courage when you're dating. Whatever the sacrifices, the roadblocks, the setbacks, the heartbreaks-- whatever it takes to preserve your future family and keep them from dwindling in unbelief-- go back and get the plates."

this quote made me think hard about my life right now...because whatever i do now i'm preparing for my future family. wow thats a good motiavator to choose the right... Kinda making me rethink my actions or thoughts because i wanna preserve my future family and keep them from dwindling in unbelief. It also makes me realize that whenever or whatever situation i'm in in life "going back to get the plates" aka reading the scriptures will help me out greatly. I heard someone say, you pray to talk to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Father speaks to you through the scriptures. So what better way or who better to seek advice from then from our Heavenly Father who knows each and every one of us and loves us and wants us to be happy :) This also reminds me of a talk that was given by Sis Maryann Cook at the last general conference. She said "don't do anything that we don't want to see our children do" and "to have one hand on the iron rod and one hand on the world is endangering our children." Its kinda hard to have both hands on the iron rod nowadays cause Satan is working extra hard to make things of the world so appealing. I've fell for that trap so many times and ya its still a work in progress but that's the beauty of the atonement :) Its also scary to think that when we have kids we are responsible for raising them and hopefully we do it the right way, but thats a whole another topic lol ok ramble so'o...i jus write wats going thru my head and my thoughts are jus all over the place right now lol i'm jus happy to be reading again and hope i'l finish it this time...i need all the encouragement i can get cause i'm A.D.D like that lol

anyways, it is my goal from now onwards to do better for my childrens sake. ooh cant wait to have em too  hahaha ok off topic lol ok its super late sooo i goin man down! looove you guyz!!! :)

Onward it is! :)

I'm pretty excited right now...and hungry cuz i'm having my dinner and writing this blog lol anywayz, i did something today that took me almost over a year or even more to do...i dont know why it was soooo hard for me...maybe it was pride getting in the way or jus plain dumbness...lol oh well whatever it was i'm sooo glad i can put that aside and move on aka progress with my life spiritually.

This has been something i've been lacking recently, and i was wondering why i wasnt so satisfied with my life. somehow i took it out on the people who i love and are close too, my family and friends. wish i cud take all that back. anyways yah i know i dont have the best situation in life right now but there are more people in this world who has it worse than me and time and time again i fail to remember this. Instead i let the negative side get to me. Its always someones fault or if only i had this or blah blah blah was my excuses, not realizing that if i really wanted to be happy it should start with me and my progress in the gospel. Actually, i've known this all along but chose to ignore it instead.

Well today i went in to see the bishop to put everything on the table. In doing so i was hoping to start the process of receiving my patriarchal blessing, something that has always been egged on by my family and friends, especially Lupe Piena. (Also, i wish to obtain a current temple recommend...even if its for baptisms).But this time its different, i'm not getting it cause someone else wants me to get it, but because i want it for myself. :) Anyways, i am four weeks away from getting it yay. Bishop said if i do good within that four weeks it will be a go. In the mean time i have to meet with him every week. I'm so blessed to have a Bishop like him. He believes in me, making me believe in myself. It gives me hope to know that his been thru the same thing i'm going thru right now and to know that he loves and supports me. I so sustain Bishop Tausinga :) anyways, he told me that by leaving his office Satan will tempt me sooo much more, even more than anything i've faced before because he does not want me to progress. That scares me but at the same time its pushing me to set daily goals, that is, i'm going to read the BOM again and have daily prayers. I need direction in my life right now and what better thing to direct me than my very own patriarchal blessing? :)

I'm soooo excited for the future and what it has instore for me. For the first time in a looong time i feel a sense of hope and know that if i put my full trust in the Lord he will direct me and all will be swell..goin be showered with blessings. and this may include a husband too lol...who knows lol so i'm going do my thing, and have the Lord take care of the rest :)

ps: RANDOM but i met a guy today at fhe lol it wasnt anything at all, but he is such a nice guy, like genuinely nice, like super genuine and i've never met a guy that nice before kind lol there was something about him that made me want to get to know him. could be him jus being nice but ya. And its weird cause he aint eeeven my type lol but oh well...jus wanted to share that too while i'm explaining my life lol

but thank the heavens only a few people get to read this, if they even do lol cause rambling is wat i do best. lol ok over and out lol loove u all! :)

Where do i see myself in 5 years?

In five years hmmmm...this is where i hope i'd be....lets see:


*married to a rich tall handsome hardwoking athletic worthy priesthood holder tongan palagi man with hmmm maybe 2 beautiful kids: boy and a girl. lol then i going join the FBI agency and be a secret spy thats goin be deployed out into Afghanistan to capture bin laden and save the world like i always do! then after i get all my medals i going move to hawaii and be declared RED. retired but extremely dangerous lol ok this is gay mando and lavo! lol but ya this is where i hope to be buuuut....

wats really goin happen is...

*ya i goin marry that tall handsome athletic hardworking worthy palagi tongan and two beautiful kids (crossing my fingers lol) but...my life is going be boring cause i going be probably *still living in utah *renting a house (prob in orem or something lol) and hopefully get one car that works *trying to finish my masters program in administration and working my way up to my dream job, that is, an athletic director to a Division one college. (yaaay) *coaching basketball on the side. ( gurrantz high school girls team...irritz lol) *prob fat and still TRYING to compete in high level club competition for basketball, vbal and maybe rugby lol *prob stil goin be a lady steeler and still doing all the fundraisers LoL* but will still have the coolest blog page eeever lol *hopefully still have the same friends or make cooler ones too yeeeee lol


ok ya thats all i can come up with for now...my brain cannot take it anymore cuz its 2 in the mornting lol annnd mandi and ashlyn are bubbo gumz right now snoring LOL but thanks guyz for the best Sheppard's pie eeever!!!! :)

Happy One Year

Wow i cant believe its already been a year since i've been living in Utah! Time sure does fly...Within that year i've grown to love utah (i know who would've thought)...made new friends, new hobbies (rugby) and best of all i get to live with my family :)

Somethings about me right now (cause idk wat else to write lol)

* i go to the Provo 7th singles ward *i play for the provo lady steelers (outside center) lol *i'm single booo hahaha *i mostly hangout with the rugby girls (mandi & ashlyn unga, lavi mounga, saane heimuli, tessi sometimes lol *i have a stake calling in the activities comittee *right now i'm loving all nicki minaj's song but reggae is still my thing *me and ashlyn are VT companions and we visit teach jocie and crystal *pate & ginger lives in seattle and  has two kids: diana and tainia *colin& char has 5: Chanice, CJ, ezra, whiti, chantay *Seta is in france playing rugby professionally for montipillier and is goin to marry mandi unga probably sometime in the summer (and he is annoying right now lol) *John and i leave with colin in Lehi *my parents are back home in fiji *my Best friends from home are jieni and chloe *my best friends from hawaii are all married (no pressure lol) : leeann mapu volavola, lesina funaki manutai, celeste ketcher oto , toriano taulogo *i also have homies in hawaii that are not married too (the crew) *my roomie melanie manutai jus left for her mish *hawaii is my most favorite place in the world *bbal is my fav sport, then vbal, then rugby *yellow is stil my fav color, slowly changin to red. *i'm 24 but people think i'm 16 (annoying lol) *i loooove eating *i sleeep too much *unemployed cuz i cant *phoneless cuz i never pay my bill lol *FB and twitter so'o lol

Somethings i hope to achieve this year:

*Finish reading the BOM *Get my patriarchal blessing *Have a current temple recommend *Get a Boyfriend, (get married and all that jazz lol) *Be in the best shape possible *Spend more time with my family *having one phone number for the whole year lol *think clean thoughts (no more dirty jokes lol) *cut down on unnecessary wants *stop being a brat and grow up lol *keep the word of wisdom *no swearing in any language *be independent *email the friends on the mish *be more in contact with family and friends *take more care of myself  *sleep early wake up early *less time on FB *dont tweet my every move lol *And jus Be me and Be Happy :)

Okay these are jus some random stuff bout myself and some things i wish to strive for just from the top of my head. And i'm glad no one reads this because this is sooo random but i love rambling to myself lol but hopefully before the next year i can write and say that i have done such things...well not really the married bit lol

vinaka. malo. fa'afetai. mahaloz. thank you.

testing

Hmmm trying this whole new blog thing out cause of sister volavola lol lets see how long i can do such things :)