Malo e lelei!
This week was a really great week! Wednesday we had mission tour here in Tongatapu with Elder Adern and it was great. He is such a cool guy! We had MLC Wednesday morning with him and his wife and then a meeting with him and all of the missionaries Wednesday evening. Thursday my companion and I flew with President and sister Tuione and Elder and Sister Adern to vava'u and there we had a meeting with the vava'u and ha'apai missionaries. It was two days of meetings but I learned so much and I feel like everything he shared was exactly what I needed to hear. My compaion and I also had the opportunity on Friday to go visit all of of the sisters in Vava'u and Ha'apai and see what we can do to help them in their work. It was a week full of learning and teaching and I feel like I progressed so much in just a couple of days.
The work here is good. We've had a couple of baptisms dates set but a lot of them have fallen through. We had one of our investigators move without telling us and we are so sad. I think I talked about her in my last email but her name is Ana and she had so many questions and was so interested in the church and so we were so surprised when she moved. We are still praying that we can get in contact with her and continue teaching her.
We also had a baptism set for today but that investigator moved too! So we are a little sad. But the work is still moving here. One of our wards is doing so good with missionary work. They are all working together and are really motivated to find someone for us to teach. We are struggling a bit with our other ward. They arent as motivated to do missionary work but we are thinking and praying for programs and activities to help the members get involved in missionary work. But I think we got our answer this week from the mission tour so we are excited to put it to work!
Something I learned from MLC was the importance of being a leader. Ive been in this position for quite awhile now but im still learning everyday. Im not perfect and I have a lot to work on but President talked about the importance of believing in yourself. I was really excited to go to vava'u this week and spend some time with the sisters. One thing I wanted them to know is how much I love them and how proud I am of them for the work they are doing. I have the opportunity to be a representative of Jesus Christ. In everything I do I need to represent Him the best I can. I think love is one of the best ways to help someone when they are struggling or when they want to make a change. President always shares a quote he says...."They dont care how much you know, until they know how much you care." Its so true! We can become true disciples of Jesus Christ when we have the pure love of Christ for those around us.
Elder Adern talked a lot about the importance of increasing our faith in Jesus Christ. The best way to increase your faith in Jesus Christ is to get to know him personally. Sometimes we come to know our Savior through His atonement and the blessing we have of repentance, but we can also come to know Him through studying His life and His plan. I say it every week but continue to read your scriptures! Study the life and the words of the Savior and you will come to know Him and He will be your Best friend. I know He lives and He Loves us! Another quote President Tuione always says is..."I love the Lord because He Loved me First." He loves you! So do all you can to become more like Him and love Him with all your heart might, mind, and strength! I hope you all have a great week! Remember who you are :) Ofa lahi atu!
1. We have cake and ice cream at our members house every Sunday. Their names are Feinga and Anau. Feinga is the one who carved my maui hook I sent home to you. Hes so good at carving things and this is a chair he made that they keep at their house. My companion and I were laughing because we thought we could both fit in the chair but we didnt....hahaha
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Sista Silivesita
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