04/21/2014  

            This week went really well, even though we didn’t have a ton of lessons. The people are all just too nice here. I’ve had the chance to see the happiness that children can bring to parents here in Tahiti. I’ve blessed a few of my investigator’s babies, and have had the opportunity on occasion to ask them what it's like to have a child and what the different levels of joy between each child is. We are all the children of our Heavenly Father, and He loves us all the same. He probably has the biggest wallet in the world with all of our baby PICTURES in it. I imagine the joy He feels all the time seeing all the good that His children are doing in His world. Then I think of the sadness that He feels when he has to see so many of His children move farther and farther away from Him (spiritually) He loves us so much though, that He sent His first born son to die for us, so that we may come back to our Father one day.

            Easter for me this year had nothing to do with eggs. I had the blessing to focus on the true message, probably for the first time in my life. The conclusion that I came up with.... I will never fully understand the atonement, or the greatness of things that the Savior did for me. Crazy thing is, with the small amount of knowledge that I have on the subject, and a whole lot of faith, it's enough to get me to the judgment seat before GOD, where I can thank Him face to face. Faith is such a simple yet profound subject for me. I simply believe, I work for a greater knowledge, hoping that one day it will all pay off. Deep down inside I know it will, and that’s what pushes me along.

            GOD watches over my sister and that’s why I will never give up, because I know one day it will all work out. You have no idea how much I miss the thought of GOING to church with her. Like the Lehi days, then walking home together. I bet that’s all Jesus thought about when my sister and I stopped GOING to church. He missed how nice it was to be in our lives, daily but, we put him aside. I've asked him to forgive me for these things Many times; yet I’ve got a long way to go to make up for it all. It's been so much phun coming back to the right path. It’s sad that it took so long.... I just hope that I can GO for a walk one day with my sister again on this path, then I think it would all come back; all the good memories, all the good feelings, all the promises, and all the happiness that our father has to offer. All I know is that as I keep praying for my family, the Lord is preparing something great for us all and that’s why life has probably been so hard lately haha. That’s the way I think of it. I love my mission way too much; 7 months will go by too fast. So I enjoy every second I have.  

I love you all so much! Stay safe this week! 

ELDER Fyffe

"M" for Mormon or Missionary or Mom... Probably Mormon

04/14/2014

 

            This week went by really well; we actually saw a lot of miracles happen. First off, we fixed 2 other baptisms! It was really cool how it worked out. So we went to go teach one of our investigators who already has her baptism fixed, but when we got there, the husband came out and said that she was in Moorea and that she will be coming back Monday. So we sat in the car and thought for a second. The spirit told me to get out of the car and talk to him so I did. As I was talking to him, I offered to just read a chapter of the book of Mormon with him. He accepted so I went and got my companions and we had a really powerful lesson with him. We gave him a blessing and testified of the life changing decision that his wife would be making soon, in being baptized into Christ’s church. We testified of how blessed him and his family would be if he entered into the waters of baptism on the same day as his wife. He sat there for a second and then accepted to be baptized the same day. The funny thing about this whole experience was that it wasn’t even planned. In fact we were about to turn the car around and go visit a family. Yet the Lord had a different Idea, so he used us to save another one of his children.

            Then right after that lesson, we went to go visit another investigator. On arriving to her house, we called her name and a young girl came out and told us that she had moved, so we decided to do a contact with her and asked if she had some time to talk. We gave her a really quick lesson on the plan of salvation and she accepted to receive the lessons! We were led again by the spirit not knowing what to do beforehand! Her name is Megan and she doesn’t have a religion, usually cases like that are baptized in a heartbeat, so we will see what happens next!

            The last miracle that happened this week is part of a contact that we had a few weeks ago. While driving to a lesson, there was a man on the side of the road walking home. We offered to take him home and he thanked us because he lives all the way at the top of the mountain and it takes him an hour and a half just to get home. On the way up to his house, we talked to him and he accepted that we pass by and hear our message with his family. He gave us his number and that was the last we heard from him for a few weeks. Then one day while at the top of the mountain, after our lesson, I was prompted by the spirit to go knock on one door before we went back down. We were led to a door and when we knocked a lady answered with her two little twin girls. She had never talked to the missionaries so we offered to share a message with her. She accepted and when she was introducing her family she told us the name of her husband and we realized that it was the same guy that we had been trying to contact for the past few weeks! We were all extremely happy to know we had finally found the family, and they are all potential baptisms!

            So pretty much my message for the week is, the best things in life are always the things we never plan for. We simply let the spirit do its work in leading us, and we follow. The Lord has blessed us so much this week, and I can’t wait to see where he will lead us next. All I have to do is continue to act on every little prompting that comes our way. I know that the Lord is watching over his children, even little families that live on the tallest mountain in Tahiti! I’m happy to know that you are all still living. Thank you for all the prayers! I love you all so much. Stay safe this week! 

Elder Fyffe

 

 

04/08/2014

Ya so, Its looking like I dont have the time to write this week, at least not a letter like normal. Lots of things have happened this week, the highlight is definitely general conference! It went by soo quick, I loved all of the talks. I noticed they talked a lot about family relationships and how wee need to do what we know is right, even when everyone and everything around is doing the opposite. Something I like doing during the talks is not noting the phrases word for word but just writing the key words and phrases that the Spirit tells me to write. I definitely have a lot more hope for things to come. The Lord really does take care of his sheep. Im doing the best I can while Im here to show my brothers and sisters here that I love them more than anything! I love you all, please stay safe! Sorry for not having time to write this week!

Elder Fyffe