If you want to BE. Give it away!

Malo e lelei!

Well last week was so fun Skyping my family! Im a little late on the Mothers day shout out but I am so grateful for my mom and all she does for me. She's my best friend and I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for her! I love you mom!

I didn't get a chance to email last week because we were skyping but two weeks ago we had a  baptism for our investigator Fane :) It was a really cool because it was a zone baptism so the elders had baptisms too and we were able to have one big program. 

This week I had the opportunity to go on an exchange with the Sister Ap's it was fun! I was in the area of Kolomotu'a and its way bigger than Havelu. We tracted the whole day and we were able to get so many new potential investigators. There area is also right next to the beach so for exercise that morning we were able to go run along the beach. Man the beaches here are so pretty! 

Yesterday we had stake conference and we had the opportunity to watch a broadcast that was broadcasted to all of the Pacific Islands. Elder Pearson spoke first and he talked about "standing firm in the storms of life" It was really cool because I was really able to relate to what he was saying because as a missionary I've had a lot of personal "storms". He talked a lot about faith and trusting in the Lord. Something he shared is "Trust is faith in action". Sometimes we tend to put those two things together but we trust in the lord we are putting our faith in action and we are acting on that promise from the lord that when we have faith and trust in him he will bless us.

Not a lot happened this week. We've been doing a lot of tracting and working with less actives to help us find new investigators. So we are praying that we will be guided by the spirit to those who are in need of His message! 

I want to share something that dad shared with me that has really helped me while I've been out here. The act of "giving it away!" Sometimes we expect more than what we offer but if we want to BE something we have to give it away. 

"If you want to "Be" - give it away!"  If you say you want to "Be" happy, you have just declared to God, the Universe and yourself that you don't have it.  If you want to "Be" happy, give it away.  Giveaway happiness and you are telling God, the Universe and yourself that you have "IT!"  You can't give away what you don't possess.  It goes along with the scripture, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."  If you want appreciation, compassion, peace, love, the Spirit, inspiration, joy - GIVE IT AWAY!

Just a little quote to ponder this week. Thank you for all of your love and support. You guys are so awesome! Keep being examples to those around you. Continue to love and have compassion. Remember if you want to BE give it away! 

Ofa Lahi Atu!!

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SISTA SYLVESTER

Last P-day it rained on us while playing volleyball it was so fun!