Sister Kenidee Sylvester TONGA NUKU' ALOFA: Last Transfer

Malo e lelei!

Man what a week! This week we were so busy with missionaries leaving, activities, and also this morning we had a baptism :) It was awesome! It was a great way to start off the day. We baptized our investigator her name is Kusa. We've been teaching her for awhile now and this morning we had the opportunity to see her enter into the waters of baptism. Her family is really strong in weselyan church, but she has read the Book of Mormon and gained a testimony and decided to be baptized.

Like I said this week we were really busy with the kau osi. On Thursday we had their last devotional with them and we had umu for dinner. Its the most original tongan meal. We made luu and we had manioke, sipi (lamb), kumala (sweet potato), ota ika (raw fish), and otai meleni (a watermelon drink). We spent Thursday doing the feiumu getting everything ready for them. It was a really great devotional but it was sad to see them all go. Friday we had a temple session with them and then we took them to the airport. It was so weird because the next time we go to the airport with he kau osi, I will be a part of it. Ahhhh! I cant believe that I only have one transfer left. We have the transfer call tomorrow so im not sure if I will stay and finish from here or if I will go to a new area. I guess we will see tomorrow!

Anyways we had a really cool experience these past couple of weeks. There is a less active family in our area and we've been working whith them for awhile. The husband used to live in Utah and his son actually played football at Brighton but now plays football at East. Anyways ever since ive been here they have not come to church. They used to go to church in Havelu and claim that they still go there. Well we visit them a lot and always invite them to church but these past couple of months we havent had the opportunity to go see them because of the situation they are in. They are into really hard drugs and they fight all the time. And so sometimes we are just not able to go over there because of that. Well this past week we were out visiting the member's and I just felt so strongly to go to their house. I told comp we should go and when we went there the lady was there sitting by herself in their house. We talked with her and shared a spiritual thought with her. Before we got up to leave she shared with us the situation her and her husband are in and how she wants to make a change in her life. The night before we came they had just gotten in a big fight and she was just feeling like she didnt want to be here anymore. When she was sitting on her couch thinking of what she was going to do she heard us call her name from outside and she knew it was an answer to her prayers. We talked with her and gave her a commitment to read in the Book of Mormon. She came to church last week and you can just see a difference in her. We are still working with her and we know she will be an example to her husband. Im so glad I listened to the spirit and we went to her house to see her. I shared with her the scripture in 2 Nephi 27:23 about God being a God of miracles. God is still performing miracles but its according to our faith the blessings and miracles we will receive.

I hope you all have a good week. Read your Book of Mormon. Ofa lahi atu!

Sista Silivesita

Kusa's Baptism :)