Amazing Week!

Week 47

23rd November 2015

Ni Sa Bula Vina'a

Well!!!! Whaat a Tripp!!! Both physically and spiritually :) And where to begin with explaining this amazing trip shuxx!! first of all I am tired as, we all are, we literally just got off the boat from Taveuni and took an hour ride to Savusavu so we can email today :) Because its PDAY lol, not wasting this day for the world haha But anyway Taveuni was amazing! Beautiful and spiritually a ball. Ill try and send photo's..

It was a great 4/5 days trip with all the members in Vanua Levu, Rabi and Taveuni. District Conference was honestly powerful!! As us missionaries all woke up early to be seated and help prepare for the morning of District Conference. As we greeted families, the elderly, children, young men and women as well as leaders. Greeting members who has literally traveled around the whole island just to come hear the voice of the Lord speak through their leaders the District presidency as well as the mission President and Area Seventy Elder Pearson. Many of us missionaries shed tears as we saw these members literally travel by faith alone rather than their legs which carried them. It was magical, a moment to remember!!!

We had the great opportunity to hear from Elder Pearson, the Area Seventy in the Pacific. Booy!!!! He is a SMART man and I loved all the things which he spoke about. He got right in the faces of the members especially to the men the women not really but he focus on he men and especially toward Kava and as the question "Are you a Priesthood Holder or a Villager?" & "Are you a Son of God or just another person in the Village?" I thought about this question, it really interested me a lot? It made me think about us Polynesians, yes many of us are born in to villages and grow up in the village doing and only knowing village life but that doesn't mean we come from the Village?? No. I thought of another example in Australia, many Polynesians all year round are migrating to great land down under to do what they say is to "Re-start their lives, or give a better life to their children, or seek change etc." But yet all they have really done is just bring the Village to a new land and are still practicing the Village customs. eg. Abuse to women, Kava drinking etc. So are we Children of God or just another Villager?? I loved this point he was trying to get across.

He spoke a lot about our Identity. And how when we can understand who we are, it changes everything even our views on our culture and how some customs can be put away in order to continue being Polynesian but as well as disciples of God. I loved his teachings, because although I love being a Polynesian I know that some things can be forgone in order "To be inline ourselves with God" - Elder Pearson. He also posed another question I loved and greatly thought about myself "What do I need to STOP doing, in order for me to be inline with God?" I loved how he said stop instead of start!! because if we are not inline with God then we have follow no principle and have no promise with or for us. When we're out of line we go against God and when we are out of line we can sometimes fall down to the river or wonder off to the large and spacious building in Lehi's dream. There was so much I learnt and wrote down over the last couple days. Sorry this letter wont be so great I didn't have any time to prepare a well thought out email, we boarded the boat this morning at 6am and arrived to Vanua Levu around 8am.

But Taveuni was amazing!! I shared many moment laughing, shedding tears and smiling with the Tukavesi members and other members also. The chance to be reunited with the members from Tukavesi, I saw them and they all ran to me and literally dog pilled me in hugs. I miss those guys so much!!! They say the work, and just the feeling of the missionaries isn't the same anymore lol haha the members in Tukavesi are literally like family to me. I miss them so much, I wore my Tahitian necklace I received from MTC from my Tahitian friends, everyone wanted it off me hahaha ... reunited with all the Samoan missionaries too and had a lot of jam sessions!!! District President asked us to do a musical item in Conference because he overheard our harmonies :P :P hehe nah kidding was cool to do a musical item though. Zone Conference was a blast also with so much learnt there as well and learning about the confirmed plans for next years rededication of the temple.

All the missionaries in Fiji will be attending the rededication and we will have the presence of President Henry B. Eyring in attendance with another new apostle (Don't know yet?) All us missionaries will attend a cultural night at the Suva ANZ Stadium where us missionaries will also march on the field at one point and join the Celebration :) All sisters will be guides when the temple is going through open house to the public. We also got to view the new Christmas video for the church this Christmas which is not out yet we're told. We also received a number of give away cards in preparation for the Christmas message this December :DD Truly there is no better time to be in Fiji than NOW!!! I am so blessed and grateful to be here!!! I can't even explain how blessed I am. One more things before I close off was that Elder Pearson had a private meeting with Just us missionaries and shared many wisdoms to us one of them being that we are not on missions to prove anything to anyone!!! Not our friends, family, country etc. We will come to know and learn at some point that we are serving Heavenly Father so that he may show to us that we can do, be, and say anything we want in our lives and that through the gospel we can know how much we really are capable of in order to seek our divine potential!! :) I love that :))

I learn't so much, felt so much, did so much (Climbed more mountains, had a lesson with a Chief, shook the hand of a seventy etc.) It was amazing, I shall never forget it. I love my mission, the message we bring, the membersof Fiji I love my family, my family in Tukavesi and all over Fiji a I love my heavenly father :)

Moce toka,

xoxoxoxoxo

Elder Lemusu

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