My Testimony

Week 41

12th October 2015

Saturday and Sunday, Saturday was packed with appointments and a lot fell through but we didn't get down. My companion went to play volleyball while I made plans with the Branch President to have a activity/ fireside in the village. One thing we are trying to do is to get a lot more youth investigators seeings as there are a tonne in one of the villages we live in and we try and play volleyball with them so that they know us and are comfortable with us also :) That's why my companion went to play volleyball. Sunday, sadly Elenoa didn't attend church. 

We are a group..yes group not unit or branch or ward. Group!!! for those who don't know what a group is, its a group of members that has no priesthood keys leadership as in bishop or branch president it just has a leader and people are given responsibilities instead of callings, its a bit confusing but yeah we look after that group and although Elenoa didn't attend church the group made good plans to hold a FHE this Friday to allow more people to be interested and to gain member unity :) Elenoa will be going to Suva this week too for a school trip so hopefully next week when she return she can be baptised!! fingers crossed..

I am so grateful for the gospel, this morning as I listened to one of the general conference videos of the priesthood session I felt so blessed to be able to hear the voice of the Lords servants. I felt so happy to hear the words of wisdom he shared to me, sometimes I think that I am just one small missionary and many times I fall and I say to myself "Shuxx, sole why did you do that!!??" and I know immediatly that satan is already there trying to pollute my mind with negative thoughts by telling me to enjoy sin and submit myself to my weaknesses -.- but even with a small light of hope the gospel can add fire to the flame and the candle turns into a torch... I am so grateful for the power of the atonement and how its strengthens me and provides me with the way to seek repentance from my heavenly father. I felt the power of the atonement and repentance in my life this saturday when I did something wrong as a missionary and my companion spoke to me about it. My immediate thoughts were "oh be quiet sole" after I laid down and couldnt help but think about his words and I felt a strong feeling in my heart that I had done something wrong and I went and said a prayer after being prompted to do so and to seek the Lords forgiveness. I prayed and then shook my companions hand and thanked him for speaking to me. As I did this I felt the spirit enter back into me and I testify that the spirit is so vital!!!! Missionaries say this all the time but they can never say it enough if you dont have the spirit you cannot teach family, you cannot be guided by his hand, recieve his blessings. the spirit is key!!!!

I love my Saviour and love his gospel, I dont know everything and all things, I wouldnt stand a chance in a bible bash because they happen frequently here in Fiji but I know what is true and what I believe, what we believe and know is true. A man came to Jesus once seeking healing for his sick son and Jesus spoke to the man and the man spoke back saying "help thou my unbelief" ... if we can only believe that the things of the gospel are true, truly greatness is only to come from that one small candle of belief in a room dark, cold, dirty and wicked. 

I love my mission, I cannot thank God enough for this time I have to serve him to learn of him and share of him to his children so that they may know what I know and recieve the blessings of which I have received. Truly we do take the gospel for granted many times!! Alma 5:37 "a sheperd hath called after you and is still calling you yet ye will not hearken unto his voice" READ IT!!! #PONDARIZE he calls you like a mother calls her child when he cries and seeks healing... so does the good sheperd the Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. God loves us so much that he gave his own son to loosen the bands of death and allows us to recieve all that the Saviour recieved. All is possible through Christ the redeemer of the world. This is my testimony in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.