Howdy Utuafare!
Life is going really well here in
Papara and we have had such a good week! It was rough starting out with
Soeur Green going home, but then it really picked up and we definitely saw some
miracles this past week!
First of all- Famille Tauhiro- a
family we started teaching in January after our 2nd counselor in the Stake
Presidency introduced us to them- is getting baptized on Saturday!!! The
first time we met them- we were on splits with the ward. So it was just me and
3 leaders in our ward. Being on a split with members, especially to meet a new
family, is hard. To not have your companion with you is weird! The members were
so great, but it’s just different. So when we went to go see them, I was really
nervous. We had a good lesson about the Restoration and how families can be
forever and after that we started with the lessons. This family is just so
golden. We taught the dad- Denny, the mom- Titaina, and their oldest- Heirani
who is 15. She already asks us so many questions about the mission and was the
first out of the 3 to be ready for baptism.
Famille Tauhiro! It's blurry but oh well.
We started the lessons and
everything was going really well. We engaged them for the 15th of March and
they were thinking about it and praying about it until they came to our
activity at the temple on Friday (like we have done before). They were really
touched by the spirit and Elder Taylor (what a coincidence eh?) who is one of
the assistants, got to talking with them. He engaged them for the 22nd of
February- and they accepted! It was totally confirmed until yesterday when
Titaina got her answer. We saw them on Saturday and Sunday and last night she
recounted her experience- She said she was eating breakfast and they were
watching TV before church. A little section came on about the church and at the
end, a huge picture of Christ appeared with the words- "Viens, et suis
moi!" (Come and follow me) She was so shocked and knew that that was her
answer.
I have to say- I have never been so
happy and full of joy than when she was explaining how she got her answer and
to see them so happy about their baptism on Saturday. Missions really are
the hardest and BEST experiences ever. I know that families really can be
eternal and I CAN'T WAIT to watch this family progress and achieve that.
Cute little kitten at the Pereitai home.
Our view recently - RAIN.
STACY, always styling.
Beaucoup d'amour,
Soeur Taylor
PS. RUSSELL M NELSON comes this
week! We have a mission conference on Friday. I'M SO EXCITED :)
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