Three cute little Samoan kids just having fun.
Taking a break.
This week was pretty good!
Tuesday we had an island conference with one of the Area Seventies who
is in the Pacific Presidency, Elder Nielson. It was a really good conference.
I wish we could do more things like that because it gives a great spiritual boost
for the week. I also got to see all the other missionaries on the island which
is always fun.
Our investigators are good. We have about 8 but only one is
progressing. We've finished lessons with him and he comes to church every Sunday
but he says he wants to understand more before he gets baptized. We're trying
to help him read the Book of Mormon every day and let him know that we're not supposed to
know everything...especially, before getting baptized.
We have a family that we're teaching and they love the church
and accept everything we teach them. They really want to get baptized but their
other family is strong in another religion so they are kind of afraid to make the
change. This is one of the biggest problems we face here and one of the hardest to solve
because Samoans are such a respectful people. Going against the leaders of the
family is considered one of the worst things people can do which I completely understand. Family is so important in our church as well. That makes it even more amazing when those people commit to the gospel. There are a lot of Halloween
activities happening at the church this week so we're gonna try to get our
investigators to make it out to those.
The Tongan wards are in the stake we're in so Friday I had
to do a baptismal interview for the elders there. Usually they put Tongans
there but they changed it so now there is a palagi elder and a Samoan so
they've been learning Tongan. I had to do the interview for this cute little
girl who only knew Tongan. It felt like I was starting my mission over and it was very humbling...ha ha.
That's bout it for the week. if you have questions about
stuff ask!
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