10/28/2013
Oh before I
forget, I got the package today with the ties and stuff for chrimis, thanks!! I
can’t wait to open them in about 2 months! But those months will fly past, no
doubt about that! Also, Please tell trace to cut his hair, he reminds me of
Violet off of the Incredibles. And tell cam bam to stop growing, its freaking
me out how much everybody is changing, weren’t they all supposed to stay how
they were until I got back?! I’m realizing how much I miss all of our holiday
traditions, it seems like just yesterday we got out of the winter season, now
were heading back into it again, crazy. Here, winter is just a little rainier.
So it reminds me a lot of being in Washington.
I’m glad to
see that My family is happy and healthy, I’m really grateful for technology
too, I don’t know if I would be able to survive serving a mission if I wasn’t
able to have contact with my family for two years. All In all, I guess that I
would really have to work on my faith and trust in The Lord! I’m so grateful
for the protection and safety that he provides you all while I am away. He
knows that you are all my greatest treasure, so he helps me worry less by
keeping you all busy and safe.
I was just
talking to the other Elder Fyffe and I shared with him one of my favorite
things that I say to myself before I go into any lesson. It’s a quote that I
made for myself, "Make them cry;" Let me explain. I’ve never been
much of a crier these past years, don’t know why, but I was just too desensitized
by the world... don’t know really. Anyway, I came into the MTC still with a non-mission
mentality. But I remember the first time I cried, it was when Elder Holland
shared a testimony about how God really does know our names. He said he has a
personal witness that he knows each and every one of us by our names. I
remember then looking at my nametag and tears started to fill my eyes. It was
the coolest feeling ever to have this experience! After that moment, I did all
that I could, in order to feel that same feeling as much as I could. I read the
book of Mormon for hours every day, and by the time I reached 3rd Nephi, 11:8,
I felt the same feeling again, and tears filled my eyes. It was at that moment
that I realized that the Book of Mormon was true. The next time I cried was in
my first lesson here in Tahiti. I bore testimony (in Tahitian) that I know I
have a Heavenly Father and a Savior Jesus Christ. Tears streaming down my face,
I knew that everything I had just said was true.
I’m pretty
sensitive now when it comes to bearing testimony about my Eternal Family.
Almost every time, I get teary eyed, I hope you all know how much I really do
love you! I was listening to a talk on night that said that when we cry, because
of something we read, or something we hear, or something we say and we are
touched or moved enough to shed a tear, Its God testifying to us that these
things are true. We should then kneel down, without hesitation and thank our
Heavenly Father for talking to us and letting us know that these things are
true. God has talked to me a lot up to this point on my mission, because I’ve
shed many tears of joy. My goal is to help others receive this same manifestation.
So, I, with the help of the spirit, try to make my investigators cry. I’ve realized
that it’s actually quite easy when I am in tune with the spirit. Countless
people have cried in front of me during the lessons, and every time I see this
happen, I say a little prayer of gratitude in my heart, to my Heavenly Father
for talking and touching our investigators.
I love my
Mission so much. I hope that you all will get the occasion this week to shed a
few tears of joy at church, or during scripture study or while praying. I live
for these moments, because once you’ve tasted the love of God, you realize that
it really is the most precious thing in the world. I love you all so much and
hope that you all have a great Halloween! I’m dressing up as an Elder this year
haha! Stay safe!!
Orometua Fyffe
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