After the meeting on Wednesday we finally had a solid day to do some work in our area. It was so good. We were a bit exhausted from spending time with the sisters this week at the MLC and everything else we had to do, but we didn't let it stop us. We left our house that morning and we didn't come back until night. Our area is a small area so sometimes we will come home to do our studies because our house is so close to where we work but this day we made it a goal to stay out the whole day. We found a little area to do our studies and we hit almost every house that day. There's a little part that we cover and they are not members, but we were able visit with all of the members in one day and we still had time left over hahah.
Wednesday night I had one of the best experiences on my mission. My companion and I met with one of our investigators to read the Book of Mormon with her. She is a investigator I have been working with for a longgggg time but she has yet to be baptized. Her husband has been baptized but she has not because she still has a smoking problem and has to be married legally with her husband. We met with them Wednesday night to read the Book of Mormon and it was great. They got home from work around 7 and it was already starting to get dark outside and their power has yet to be turned on so the house was really dark. We brought a little lantern with us and sat in a circle around the tiny light to read the Book of Mormon. It was such a powerful experience I dont even know how to explain it but it was so humbling. It was hard to see what we were reading but it was cool to see the spirit work to help them understand. We committed them to continue to read and they accepted to come to church this week. Yay!
This morning we had the opportunity to baptize Koni. One of my favorite investigators :) We had planned to baptize her a couple of weeks ago but she was busy and then we planned to baptize her the week the cyclone hit but her house was badly damaged and its just her and her mom there so she had to stay home to help her mom. We finally had the opportunity to see her enter the waters of baptism this morning and it was awesome! Koni struggled with drinking and smoking but it was cool to see when we taught her the Gospel she decided to stop on her own, and when we got to the lesson about the Word of Wisdom she had already committed herself to stop smoking and drinking. The gospel really does change lives for the better :)
This week in my personal studying I was reading in Mormon 9 about God being a God of Miracles, but the miracles only come when we do what God has asked us to do. Ive learned on the mission that God only Ceases to help us when we don't rely on Him and have faith in Him. We've been blessed with so many miracles in our life, some little some big but we should always be grateful for the things we've been blessed with. Remember that through God we can do all things but only if we believe in Him and doubt not. I saw many miracles this week while out working so I know he knows us and knows what we need. Here are two verses from this Chapter that I love. I love you all thank you for your love and support. Keep reading the Book of Mormon. And read Mormon chapter. 9 if you have a chance. Ofa lahi atu :)
21.Behold, I say unto you that
27.O then despise not, and wo
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Sista Silivesita
MLC
Reading the Book of Mormon with our investigators with no power.
My companion and I doing our comp study
Our baptism this morning. My favorite investigator :)
Learning how to make a "taufale" (Its like a broom). We sat and talked with this old lady while she was teaching how to make the broom.
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