09/23/2013
Well, not too much has happened this
week for me either, we had another Baptism here for a young teeny bopper named
Vaiana. It’s actually a really phuni story how we committed her to baptism. I
think it was my first family home evening here in my new sector. It was at
Bishops house so he invited a few investigators to join us. After I gave the
lesson we were just sitting there and she (Vaiana) whispers to the wife of
bishop something because she was too embarrassed to say it out loud. Then the bishop’s
wife said it out loud that Vaiana wants to be baptized, and she wants Elder
Fyffe to baptize her. I was really surprised because I’ve never had that sort
of experience before on my mission. It was the first time I met the girl, yet
right when she saw me, she wanted me to baptize her. It just goes to show you
that we must have planned that whole thing out in the preexistence. We both
promised to go down to earth, I would live in America and she would live in
Tahiti. But when I turned 19 I would go on my mission to find her and baptize
her.
It’s a real testimony of the plan of
happiness that our heavenly father prepared for us all. I’m so glad that our
paths crossed here in Tahiti, I know that she would have been baptized one day
by another missionary. But I feel like it was a part of my Plan to be the one
to baptize her! I love my mission so much! I don’t think I’ve ever had so much
joy in my life before. It’s not like I was wasting my life before, but I
definitely wasn’t using my divine potential to its fullest. I wish that instead
of all the nap taking I did before, I would have gone out and talked to people
more. Not forcibly to baptize people, but at least to meet them, be a part of
their lives as a friend and a support, and just profit from their existence....
I don’t even know if that makes sense.... But for me, maybe one day while I was
sleeping, there was someone walking outside who I was supposed to run into and
become friends with. I don’t know, I don’t regret anything, I "shouldn’t
should on myself" as my Grandpa Don would have told me haha.
Now that I have finally fully let
God into my life, I’m fully prepared to profit from this amazing plan that he
made from me. I know where I came from, I know why I’m here, and I know where I’m
going. All that is important is that I keep doing what I should be and God Will
place everyone in my path that I need in order to reach a fullness of joy. Baptizing
someone is one of my favorite things to do. But seeing their lives change
because of this message of hope, that we, the missionaries share with them, Is
one of the greatest miracles in life. I will never regret coming on a mission,
I know this is where I’m supposed to be. School can wait, friends can wait, and
the newest Zelda games can wait....a little.... But serving a mission for the
Lord as soon as I was able is definitely the priority. This truth has been confirmed
to me over and over, every time I leave my house here in Tahiti to start the
Day. Little by little, I know I will become the person my heavenly Father
always knew I could be.
Anyway, sorry if this email didn’t
make sense; it was more of a journal entry than anything. Anyway, I decided to
share some of my thoughts with you all this time! I love you all, like only a
missionary knows. Keep safe! Here are 2 pictures from this week, the baptism of
Vaiana and then some parakeet pigeons!
Orometua Fyffe
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