Malo e lelei!
Man what a week! This week was probably one of the busiest most stressful weeks of my mission, hahah but it was still a good week! We had transfers on Monday and im staying again in Matangiake with Sis. Paletu'a. :) Yay! Although I've been in this area forever I was really wanting to finish from here. Anyway, on Wednesday we welcomed the new missionaries and it was really fun because I got to welcome a new palangi sister to the mission. Her name is Sister Foster and shes so cute! Shes from Utah and when I met her it took me right back to when I came here and everything I went through so I was able to share with her everything and tell her that its going to be okay! :) Wednesday and Thursday we did orientation with the new missionaries and took them to their new area's and finally on Friday we had the opportunity to visit our members in our area. It was a good week but a lot of late nights and early mornings transferring missionaries.
Wednesday was awesome because I got to see Joel and his daughter Laurel. (Joel Tuilava lives in our ward and was Kenidee's sunday school teacher. They are in Tonga for a big family reunion.) Man it felt so good to see them! I got to speak some Tongan with Joel and tell him how much I just love Tonga! :)
This week we had the opportunity to meet with one of our less active members her name is Daisy. We've been working with her for awhile and shes progressing really well. This week we talked with her about one of the conference talks she read called "One more Day" by Taylor G. Godoy. Man its a great talk! When talking about it with Daisy she shared with us goals that she had made from reading this talk to help her live everyday like its her last. What things she would do to help her be more spiritually and physically prepared to meet our Heavenly Father. The talk talks a lot about living a life of sacrifice. Personal Sacrifice and Sacrifices for others. We all have the blessing of the atonement in our lives. We all have the opportunity to make our selves better each day because of the sacrifice our Savior Jesus Christ made for us. EVERYDAY we need to be bettering ourselves through Christ's atonement and helping others do the same. The best way to prepare to meet God is to repent and serve others. Theres a quote by Howard W. Hunter in the talk we read and we committed Dasiy to live by it....and it says: “Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss
suspicon and replace it with trust. … Give a soft answer.
Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy.
Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on
others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle.
Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Speak your love and then speak it again”
I Invite all of you to first read this talk and second commit yourselves to live by the words of President Howard W. Hunter.
I have a testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know he died for my Sins and for yours. The least we can do is try our best to repent everyday and become more like him. We need to first love our savior Jesus Christ and then love our neighbors. Serve them and help them draw closer to God. Ofa lahi atu! Have a good week :)
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Sista Silivesita
Seeing Joel and Laurel :)
Sister Sylvester, I found you because my daughter Sister Foster is the cute new Palangi in Tonga. She has mentioned how you have blessed her life so much! Hugs and thank you for your love and service. We love her too!!
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