Elder Christian Fyffe

05/26/2014

            This weekend was great! We celebrated the 170th anniversary of the church here in French Polynesia with a bunch of dances from every stake here in Tahiti. It was really incredible to see all of the members there participating. I recorded most all of the dances and that filled up one of my memory cards. So I don’t think I will forget that night. Saturday night was a huge fireside that we did, where we heard talks from the area 70 along with our mission president and then the president of French Polynesia. It was all really great. My favorite part though was when they asked all of the returned missionaries to come down and walk around the track of the field walking with the flags of the missions that they served in.

            I got to see a ton of the old members that I knew when I started my mission. Then they asked the full time missionaries to walk around the track. It was a really spiritual moment for me, because when I walked around the track, I saw all of the investigators that I baptized and all of the members that I served for these past 20 months of my mission. As I walked around they all screamed my name and waved, all the children wanted to give me a high five, they all took pictures and I believe that all of the missionaries felt like royalty as we saw all of the lives we touched. It really made me think of how much of a difference one person can make in just two small years and all of the lives that I’ve been blessed to be a part of. All of these people have become family and I could feel the genuine love they had for me, because I am their missionary. It seriously was one of the coolest moments of my life. I really need to find a way to come back here after my mission. I’ve told them all that I will come back, so I need to do my best to make sure I can live up to my word.

            I forgot my cable to transfer pictures so I will have to find the time during the week to send you guys the pictures. It really was an awesome night; almost like the stadium of fire Tahiti style! Kinda made me dread the day when I will have to get on the plane and leave Tahiti. I can Imagine all of the people I know being there and me crying like a baby because I don’t want to leave them. SO, I might as well make it as hard as I can for myself and work my butt off these last few months so that they can all be at the airport when I leave.

            I love you all so much, and thank you all again for helping me come out here on my mission. I will never regret these two years. Scares me to think that I almost passed this blessing up!! Have a great week!

Elder Fyffe