Elder Christian Fyffe

11/04/2013

            This week has been crazy, I love the Area that I’m in right now, and the Lord is giving me blessings that I haven’t even been asking for! This week we had 2 baptisms, one for my sister Poehere teore and the other for Elta Faara. I love them both so much and am so happy for this decision that they made in their lives to finally get the key in order to enter into the kingdom of God. I had a really powerful experience during Poehere's baptism, a memory that will forever be graven into my mind. It was right after I baptized her and she came out of the water crying, so naturally I thought it was only because she had really been feeling the spirit. But later after she had changed and came back into the chapel, I went down to talk to her and ask how she was feeling, she quickly grabbed my hand and squeezed it really tight, and with tears streaming down her face, she looked at me with one of the purest smiles I’ve ever seen and simply said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." It was crazy how strong the spirit was for me at that point, it was a real testimony for me that we had just accomplished a promise that we had made to each other, long before we came to this earth. I will never forget that experience, it was so cool!!

            I love my mission way too much, sometimes I feel bad because I never thought that a mission would be this uplifting! Missionaries ask me all the time why I am so happy, the only answer that I can really give them is because I love the people so much. I never doubt why I was sent here, I’ve had too many experiences that tell me that I was always supposed to be here. So, I thank the Lord every day for this amazing gift he has given me.

            Other than the two baptisms we had, we had the usual things happen during the week, I eat, I teach, I bear testimony, I smile, I laugh, I drive, and I sleep. All in Tahiti. Halloween was really phun this year; we were invited by an investigator, to be a part of their trick or treating activity for their little neighborhood. So I made banana leaf costumes for my companion and I and then we went and helped pass candy out for all the kids. It’s really phuni, all the little kids here think I look like superman, so they always just call me superman haha. But for Halloween, I dressed up like a Tahitian Zorro, Twas great phun. Many videos that are too big to be sent over email, but we shall all sit together after my mission to watch a slideshow of the best two years of my life! I love you all so much, and am very grateful for all the fasts and prayers, they really do help me and my companion! We are truly blessed!!

Stay safe this week!

Elder Fyffe