06/17/2014

            Sad day in Elder Fyffe town, I’m being transferred... I don’t really want to leave the sector. It seems that right when all of the work that we’ve been doing is starting to pay off, the Lord wants me to go start working somewhere else. But I know there is a reason why I will be sent over there. I know it’s because someone needs me. It’s just hard because a little part of me needs these people too. Sometimes I wonder if I love these people too much. I asked this question recently to a member in a past ward. Because the new missionaries in the ward are having a little trouble. I asked the member if maybe I was a little too close to the investigators, because at times I wonder if the investigators were too attached to me. The reply that he gave me helped me out a lot, he said, “I don’t think God could ever be too close to someone, or love someone too much." As his representative I should and I am loving these people with all that I have. All missionaries have a different way of working, for some people it is difficult to express charity or love. Even though they have those feelings inside. For me it has never been difficult to show my love. It just makes me too happy to see others happy. The Lord is sending me to a new sector to love his children. I hope that he will continue to use me in order to show his love to his children.

            Anyway, this past weekend we had 2 baptisms! Maeva and Heitiare, Maeva is like an Aunt Rebecca kinda figure, and Heitiare is more like Aunt Raja, I love those two so much! Their baptisms were really powerful, when they both came out of the water they were bawling. The spirit did his work and made a lot of others cry too. We even had an investigator say that she witnessed a true baptism. The baptism that Christ exemplified. The Lord really helped these two sisters change their lives. They both found the truth, and said that the baptism was better than they had ever imagined. The whole ward was there for both of the baptisms, and we all enjoyed accepting these two into our ward family. Then at church we had our class with our investigators and they promised us that they would be baptized in July. Stinkin sweet!  Writing emails is getting difficult for me. My joys keep growing while my vocabulary to express my joy keeps getting smaller haha. I never really know what to say. Just know that Life is treating me better than ever. Don’t be surprised if I miss my flight back haha.....joshn... I love you all, have a great week!

Elder Fyffe

06/10/2014

                It’s been really crazy lately, it seems that the closer I get to finishing up my mission, the more things I have to do and the busier I get. Even finding time to email is a little difficult. Mostly because we don’t have a key to the church building, so it depends on the schedule of others too. I’ve completely forgotten what it’s like to be around Americans. There was a time when a bunch of tourists came here and all my companions told me to go talk to them. It was culture shock to me, and I didn’t really even know what to say, and frankly how to say it haha. It’s true that there are other Americans that I talk to here, but, they are missionaries, it’s different. Anyway, talking to those Americans was a scary experience for me; thankfully I haven’t had to do it much.

            This week went by really well. Saturday we took all of the investigators that we are teaching on a little field trip to the temple. Our stake rented a huge tour bus and we took about 45 people to the temple to have a tour and stuff. It was really awesome to end our little outing with a fast so that the investigators that we invited would work towards having this eternal family that we talk about so much. We had about 15 investigators come from our ward, and normally all of these investigators will be baptized in the following 2 months while I am here. I pray that the lord will keep me here. I’ve been giving most all of my thoughts and efforts towards these two families, it’s practically all that I think about. So pretty much, my life is great. Life as a leader in the mission can be a lot to handle at times but I do my best to try and stay on top of things. I’ve come to realize that not reading scriptures and not praying is probably the biggest reason why I was having such a hard time spiritually before the mission. I didn’t really understand the importance of those little things. I wasn’t really looking for God. But now when my investigators need him, I’ve never needed him more. So, I started looking, and when I looked, I found. How can I get to know someone if I never talk to the person? I didn’t know God because I didn’t talk to him enough. How can I receive strength and answers to overcome personal trials if I don’t look for them? I was spiritually stagnant because I never feasted on the words of Christ.

            A mission is a spiritual eye opener, it’s been hard, but I think I finally get it. We have a lot of investigators who struggle at this moment, the reason being, God is not their priority. Men are that they might have joy, if were not happy, then there is something that needs to be changed. Eternal happiness comes through the personal relationship that we have with the Savior. I’ve learned what true happiness is on mission because I have come to learn who the Savior is. I owe it to all the prayers, fasts and scripture studies that I’ve done thus far. That’s what makes me so happy. If I’ve come this far in 20 months, if I’ve become this happy...imagine how happy I will be in a few years after all the scripture studies and prayers that I will do. Well, I love my life, and I owe it all to the Lord. Stay safe this week,

Elder Fyffe

06/06/2014

                Okay, so it looks like I won’t have time this week to send you some more pictures. But I will try to do better next week. This week has been really great, full of a lot of moments where I thought that I would explode from too much joy. I’ve noticed how much that has been happening to me lately, it’s almost becoming an every second of the day sort of thing if I let it. Then again, there are those times when we see an investigator struggling or we get rejected and such. Those moments are filled with sorrow, but then the Lord picks my spirits up with another tender mercy. For example, there were 3 big miracles this week.

            First off was this family that we are working on, we stop by their house pretty often just to make sure that they are all doing well. This past Monday we stopped by and the mother of the family asked if we could bless her daughter who has been having problems with her legs, trouble walking because of pain, things like that. So of course we accepted to give her the blessing. We had only taught this girl once up to this point so we didn’t really know her too well. It was also the first blessing that she had ever received so she was a little nervous. She asked me to give the blessing and when we finished she just sat there teary eyed. It was great because after we had left, the mother called us and told us that when she is baptized, her daughter wants to be baptized too, she said that the blessing we gave her was a really powerful experience and that she had felt something that she had never felt before. It was such great news!

            Second miracle was when we went to their house again for our lesson a few days later. We started the lesson off where the Sister told us that she wants to be baptized in one year. After my companion talked it changed and she said she wants to be baptized in a few months. Then when I finished talking she told us that she will give us an answer this weekend to confirm her baptism for the end of this month! It was so cool to see the evolution that took place during the lesson. All we had to do was listen and follow the spirit. It works every time! This month if everything goes well, we will have 5 baptisms! I can’t wait, and I need you all to pray for them.

             This week has been going pretty slow, I’ve been tired. Maybe I should stop staying up a little later just to finish up an art project that I’m doing for my Companion. I found a satellite dish on the side of the road. My old pack rat habits got a hold of me and I took it home and started drawing on it. Something that I was doing just to relieve a little bit of stress turned into an art project that my companion wants to hang on his wall! Crazy. I love art too much; too bad it’s not a stable career! Anyway, I love my mission more than ever. Thanks for being patient while I took this 2 year bathroom break! I will be back soon enough! I love you all, stay safe!

Elder Fyffe

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I will have to find more time this week to send other pictures, I really only took videos this week so I don't have much to show... Forgive me.... Anyway, I don't have time right now to send a normal message, But I will find the time this week! This is the only picture that I could find with me in It for this week! Talk to you guys again soon! Sorry!

Elder Fyffe