Hello!
So here in New Zealand when you get in front of the
congregation at church, you say "good morning" etc and the whole
congregation replies with "good morning!" It's pretty neat :) Maybe i
just never noticed that happen in the States...? Not sure.
So this week has been extremely exhausting. I am SO tired.
It has been great, though!!! (Of course, we bike a lot. And we drive out
to the far away places to see people because i love road trips. mmmm life is
good.) We are seeing so much success; the woman who said when she reads the
Book of Mormon she feels like she wants to repent of all her sins, the family
that said God saved their marriage but they know they're still missing
something, the man who said prayers is like a telephone call with God that he
first started when he was 3 years old, the members who stopped by just to tell
us that they invited one of our investigating families over for dinner/FHE
(something that was 100% their idea) and they want us to join.
Every Monday afternoon we go teach a woman. She is super
spiritual and she readily receives revelation and can recognize the spirit. We
have been teaching about the plan of salvation, and today we had a lesson with
a member from the ward. We are so thankful that this woman could come to the
lesson because our investigator was kind of hurt at the concept that she is not
doing enough right now to live with her family for forever. Neither of us were
sure what to say when she started crying out of sadness when we told her about
the Celestial kingdom. But the member stepped in and told a powerful story
about when her brother died and she had to gain a testimony of the Plan of
Salvation for herself. I'm so thankful for that testimony. I'm thankful that
the Lord will prompt us as to who is the correct person to invite to a lesson.
Man, seriously. It was amazing.
On a sillier note, I see God's wisdom in sending me only
Tongan companions; during a meal, Sister Niutupuivaha always asks who is
feeding us for the next meal. Without fail. I could really care less, but that
is not the case for her haha! She always makes sure we eat because it
"gives us strength to do the work" and it's super important in
their culture haha! :D So happy to have her with me :) Mahu, the man I wrote
about next week (who is getting baptized the 27th!!!!) heard our sad story this
week: We drove out to Hinds to get fed and we were stoked and then the family
didn't have time to feed us.. so we drove back home and bought a loaf of bread
and ate that on the way to our next appointment. We taught Mahu that night and
he asked what we had for tea and we were like, "uh.. bread.." and he
was like "WHAT?! I'm taking yous out for dinner on Thursday!" and he
did. And i had two large pieces of lamb and it was fantastic. We went out with
the family that is fellowshipping him as well. Here's a picture of
Mahu! He's 39, from the Cook Islands, and has a few kids about our
age.
Well, I had more time to write this week so I hope yous
enjoy a little more detail haha :) I know the church is true. I know that God
cares about us and the Holy Spirit only reveals the truth to us. I know that
God has a plan for each of us. And i'm so blessed to have my companion, Sister
Tongan Princess ;) haha!
love yous!!!!
Sister Rose
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