Sister Kenidee Sylvester TONGA NUKU' ALOFA: A week full of learning

Malo e lelei!

This week was a week full of learning experiences. On Tuesday me and my companion had the opportunity to go to Liahona High School for a missionary workshop with President and Sister Tuione. Liahona High School is owned by the church. Members from this island and all of the other islands are able to come live in the dorms and go to school here. It was their mutual activity and my companion and I along with two elders were able to come and participate in a panel for the students to ask us questions about missionary work. They also only speak English in this school so that was nice because I was able to answer the questions and express how I really felt and they could understand me ha-ha. Anyways the elders that came with us are Elder Lavaka and Takelo. Elder Lavaka is from Australia and he is a really well known professional rugby player. He gave up a huge rugby contract to come serve his mission and he is one of the most humble missionaries I have ever met. What we didn't know is that he’s a convert to the church and so to hear his story was really cool too. It was a great experience for all the kids to hear his story because most of the boys hear play rugby, but to hear why he decided to go on a mission was cool. After that me and my companion went with Sister Tuione and all of the young women. They were able to ask us questions about missionary and why we decided to serve a mission. It was a great experience one because I was able to express how much I love my mission and how much its changed my life, and two it helped remind me why I’m here and the importance of missionary work. Sometimes when times get hard here on the mission we forget to recognize and remember why we are here, and that is to invite others to come unto Christ :)

I had the opportunity to go on two exchanges this week and it was fun to work in other areas. I was able to work in Haleleva, and Sopu. I love doing exchanges because that is when I learn the most and when my language and faith is tested the most. Going to new areas where they don’t know how long you’ve been out or what you are capable of ha-ha. That’s when trusting in the Lord is very important. It’s always important, but that’s when my testimony has been strengthened a lot. I love being pushed and struggling to express how I feel. Ha-ha it sounds weird but I’m so grateful for the hard things I’ve been through and the hard things I will continue to go through. Heavenly Father is so aware of all of us and he knows us personally. He knows what we need to go through to make us stronger and better missionaries!

Anyways I love and miss you guys! Not much happened this week but I’m loving it here. Next week is transfers so we'll see what happens. Have a great week!!
Ofa Atu!
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SISTA SYLVESTER

Sister masima is from Hawaii she is serving in Sopu right now and there is the best pizza place so we bought ourselves a pizza hahaha!