We had transfers today and I am staying in Havelu with my trainer Sister Palenapa :) I cant believe i've already been in Tonga for over a month. Time is flying by!
However, this week felt kind of long because the work has been kind of slow lately. We get most of our investigators from the members because its really hard to proselyte here. I was kind of bummed that we didn't have much work to do and so Ive been praying for some kind of way that we can pick the work back up. On Friday I was talking to my companion and I told her that we should try proselyting in this area. She told me how it doesn't really work but she was willing to try. We got lots of pamphlets and Saturday morning we went out for a couple of hours to place the pamphlets. We started on one end of our area and went all the way to the other end. Within two minuets we were able to give someone a pamphlet and make an appointment to come back and teach. After we both kind of looked at each other because we were surprised and we were so happy it gave us the motivation to keep going and we went hard. Almost every house we went to we were able to make an appointment to come back. It was so cool! The very last house we went to is this older guy named Kepu. He is such a great guy! He invited us into his house and we were able to share a message with him and he asked us to come back and teach him on Sunday. After church we were headed to his house and he called us. We thought maybe he was going to cancel but he was calling to make sure we were coming. We thought that was cool haha we've never had someone call to make sure we were coming! Anyways we got there and he had cleaned up his house and prepared drinks for us. He told us that after we left on Saturday he could not wait for us to come back again on Sunday. He told us how his daughter died in an accident last year and he has felt so lost. He said he's seen us around but he's been too embarrassed to ask us questions so when we stopped by he said he knew god was telling him something. Yesterday we taught him about the Plan of Salvation and the spirit was so strong. He asked us lots of questions and every time he spoke he just cried because he was so happy. He also kept thanking me for trying so hard to speak the language. I loved hearing that because sometimes teaching is so hard because the Tongans wont look at me when I talk to them because I’m a Palangi. I’ve gotten used to it so i'm okay with it now haha but yesterday was a really cool experience and to have him thank me for trying was such a tender mercy! We are teaching him again on Wednesday and we are hoping he will want to be baptized.
On Thursday my companions sister got Married and president let us go to the sealing. It was fun! I’ve never been to a sealing before and it was all in Tongan haha but it was a cool experience!
I learned this week that theres always more you can do! The Lord has prepared people for us and they are waiting to hear our message we just need to do our part and get to work. Never hesitate to share the gospel.
I hope you all have a great week!
Ofa Atu!
Our last district meeting. We also celebrated Elder Peti's birthday. Haha they're all doing their Haka faces!
This is an example of what it looks like when we go to fafanga at a members house. They place like 7 plates of food in front of you and then they watch you eat. They dont eat with you haha!
One of my favorite members daughter :)
--SISTA SYLVESTER
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