02/18/2013

02/18/2013     

            This week has been pretty great actually, Hotter than...something hot...but I’m still living! A few miracles happened this week, for one Elder Joly said that I talked in my sleep last night, in French! I laughed pretty hard about that, this language is my life now! I guess I said something like, "Tout les autre choses," Which means all the other things... so I have no idea what I was dreaming about! But it’s still worth a chortle.

            We fixed two baptisms this week!! One for a boy named Taroa who is about 11 years old. The only issue he has is his mother doesn’t accept the thought yet. YET! But with a lot of prayer and fasting, I know the lord will soften her heart. The other one was for a massive Tahitian named Nicola. His whole family is active and all are members except for him, so yesterday Elder Joly and I went over to his house, taught a quick lesson then I engaged him to baptism! The best part about that is, the last lesson we had with him, he told us that he had an issue with the word of wisdom. He drank coffee and a tad bit of alcohol. But at the end of that lesson we engaged him to stop; he sat there for a few minutes where his final thoughts were "that sounds really hard..." But when we engaged him to baptism this last time, (yesterday) he told us that he stopped drinking coffee and beer right after we left his house that last lesson (last week)! Through faith in the lord, we really can accomplish the things which seem impossible!

            Every time we ask people to pray and read the scriptures to obtain strength, we know that the lord will help them as long as they have the desire to change! He chose the date for the baptism; it’s going to be the 23rd of next month, after he told us why he chose that date, which was a touching moment for Elder Joly and I. He chose the 23rd because that’s his birthday. The day he was born will be the day he is re-born, being washed clean of all his sins! It’s amazing to witness the change in people! It’s an actual Physical change! There is a light in his eyes that was never there before, he smiles a lot more than he used to! I never imagined this is what a mission was really like. Yes it is the hardest thing I have ever done.          I’m always feeling like my head is going to explode from the language. Yet it is the most rewarding thing I have ever done!

            We got a referral from the bishop of an ami who already has her baptism date chosen for the end of this month, the day after she gets married! All she needed was to receive the lessons from us! It’s so true that the lord has people prepared to receive the gospel. I can see a huge difference from the people who have been prepared from the people who haven’t. I’m so grateful each time I get to bear my testimony, because it grows each time I do! I’m so blessed to be serving the lord at this time of my life! I know this church is true, that every word in the Book of Mormon was inspired. And through that inspiration, we can receive personal revelation! I love this mission! Everyone stay safe so I can have one less thing to worry about! I love you all so much!

Orometua Fyffe

Mango Trees everywhere

 

 

Huge mango

The first sunset able to see since being here.