Hello My
Family and Friends,
So I’m kind
of freaking out because today is my LAST pday.
I never
thought the end would come!
Since there
are 3 of us in our zone who are finishing, we did another Motu activity and so
that was fun. We went and played volleyball, and Soeur Falesii went fishing a
little bit! We found a good spot where there was a fallen tree trunk so we sat
down and fished right there on the beach but we (by we I mean I ha ha) only
caught 2 little fish before we tried to find another spot where there were
bigger fish right on the shore and we failed. Ha ha, guess I’ll have to try
again after the mission when we can go out in the water.
Zone Activity at the Motu!
Our zone!
This past
week was AWESOME and super busy. We taught almost 40 lessons this past week
which brings back flash backs to when I left Papara almost a year ago. The work
was really hopping in Papara (and still is!!) We have a lot of new investigators
and SO much potential which is kind of a bummer that I'll only be here for
another week!! Remember our miracle family, Suzanne and Boniface? Well the
adversary REALLY got them this past weekend but Boniface is determined to be
baptized this coming Sunday morning and Suzanne said she would tell us in the
week if she was going to be baptized as well. We're still on edge because I
really hope that she decides to be baptized with her husband but overall I know
that she will be baptized, even if it’s not this coming Sunday. She has a WHOLE
lot of opposition coming from the RLDS church because she’s a leader and they didn’t
accept her decision to be baptized. We encouraged them to keep going and that
the opposition is only normal because they are on the point of making the
greatest decision for their family. We have shared with them Matthew 16:19 (https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/16?lang=eng)
and D&C 22 (https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/22?lang=eng)
to help her understand that nothing holds her back from being baptized because
when she will be baptized with priesthood authority, it will be sealed not only
on the earth but also in heaven. Fingers crossed and lots of prayers that
her answer will be yes for this Sunday.
Another
miracle we saw was with a part member family that we ate with on Wednesday. We
ate a traditional Tahitian meal and we were talking with this family where two
of the kids (and their spouses) are members but their parents are not (they’re
Adventist) and it went so well! We shared a message before leaving and when the
Dad was sharing his thoughts he said, "I want to thank y'all for always
coming to teach my kids and for everything that y'all do and after all these
years I don’t know why, but no one has ever come to teach me!" It’s been
like 7 years since his kids have joined the church so we kind of laughed and
told him that it was not a problem, we would come to teach him. One of the
coolest miracles on my mission because he is very active in his church.
Well it
looks like this will be my last email. I want to thank all y'all for all
of the support and for all of the prayers that were offered for me. I really
did the see the tender mercies of the Lord and SO many miracles, I can never
even type them all out on Pday. I learned a WHOLE lot about myself but the most
important thing I learned is that God lives and that because he loves us, He
sent His son to die for us. This restored gospel that we have is literally the
path to receiving eternal life. I can't even say how grateful I am for the
opportunity that I have had to share it here in French Polynesia. Good
thing my mission isn’t quite finished yet, but that's just what I wanted to
share in my last email home.
I love y'all
and I will see y'all really soon.
CRABS at the Tiatia's house. They still freak me out.
My favorite little boys- Ariihei, Terehau, and Moeava (the kids at Suzanne and Boniface) They make me laugh.
YUMMMM Ma'a Tahiti (Tahitian food) hahahaha I promise that it actually tastes soooo good.
Lots of
Love,
Soeur Rachel
Taylor
