Transfers

Week 86

22nd August 2016

It's transfers week and as a District Leader I am so eager to find out who will go and who will stay. From what I have worked out in my mind I will stay in Tamavua, because my companion now the ward missionary Brother Rokorasei, will go back to his village & I will get a new companion because I mean someone needs to know the area unless President wants to white wash the Tamavua area, but that doesn't seem very likely I think. It has been a ball been a District Leader during this transfer & I have loved my District so much!!! I hope that we won't be split but you know, God has his plans for everyone and so we will see what they are this Tuesday afternoon when we get the transfer calls. 

My thoughts is I will lose my 2 favorite Kiribatian missionaries Elder Tenoa and Sister Tenamokai. I loves these two missionaries so much!! They're are just so hilarious, fun, out going and beautiful simple innocent people from the wonderful island of Kiribati. That's what I love about island people, they're so innocent, pure and simple people. They enjoy everything and all things good that come to them, even when they are bad things. Sister Tenamokai for one, whenever our district might come across a challenge or something negative etc. She always says something positive in her broken English "Its okay, Heavenly Father still loves you!" She is just so full of hope, love, positivism and strength. Elder Tenoa is just so simple and happy, he loves to work and had such true desires to learn English and Fijian. He shared with us in District meeting last week that when he was taking the missionary discussions, he would read the Book of Mormon and from the first chapter to the last he would open in a prayer before ready a chapter and then as he finished that exact same chapter he prayed again to ask if it was true. He did that throughout the whole Book of Mormon. Even as a missionary every night he reads his BOM in English and then in Gilbertese. He is a great example of pure intent.

This transfer has been a ball, such a fun and joyful journey with my District. The Zone leaders comment to me often saying out of the entire zone, my district is the most unified and happy. I don't say that to brag but I say to testify that Heavenly Father has definitely blessed me a lot through out this transfer. A wonderful unified and family oriented district. I will miss these guys when they leave. Missionary work is wonderful I don't think there has being a better time of my life, been a missionary is just speechless. I will miss my companion though, so many memories with this funny Fijian. In the beginning he was just so shy and scared to do anything he wasn't used to but now he is like a rugby player that has made it to the big leagues. I have seen him change a lot, especially the way he sees, thinks and understands things in life. Blessings right there from the mission. Will miss this friend of mine. 

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Week 85

15th August 2016

Life Lessons

Week 84

08 August 2016

Bula Everyone,

This week has being a week of drama's. Oi auue a lot happened throughout this week and it has taught me a lot about one specific principle being "Facing your Fears". 

Let me tell you why. This one on Wednesday one of the sisters in my District did something that was a tad silly, nothing of which would send her home but it was a scary experience for the people involved. After she had realized what she had done, she was so scared, shy and embarrassed she said to face the person she had done wrong to. I told her "you need to face him, apologize and talk things out. If you don't you will always be afraid of him but others that you might do wrong to." 

There were other experiences as well.

These experiences I had throughout this week, I found it interesting on how they all had something relatively similar. Fear was present in the each situation. As I thought about these individually, I remembered the words from a movie back home. Its called, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Its one of the many movie's from Tyler Perry, featuring the famous Mabel (Madea) Simmons. In one scene a mother talks to her daughter saying "When you don't forgive somebody for doing wrong to you. Then that person that did wrong to you, has a sense of power over you & he will keep that power."

What I learned from that reference was that when we do not face our fears, our fears will continually face us. If you do not solve the problem, then the problem will always remain there, in front of you or on the side or even at the back of your minds no matter how hard you try to foget about it. Then when it comes to similar experiences you will just feel the same. 

If the Sister that did wrong, does not face up to the fear of apologizing and make amends. Every time she see that person, every time she comes across similar situations she will always run back, hide in her shell. Holding herself back from the happiness and healing that comes with facing your fears and seeking forgiveness.

What I'm trying to get at is that fear is a normal part of our life here on earth. Lehi from the Book of Mormon teaches us that there must be opposition in all things. Happiness & sadness, Love & Hate, Confidence and Shyness. With the many challenges we face in life, fear is one of those of them. If we do not face our fears, the fears will always face us. By that I mean, for example I will always be afraid of the dark if I never go out at night. The more I expose myself to the dark the more comfortable I become with it and the fear begins to drift away.

Gladly the Sister Missionary made amends, and is once again happy, bright and full of energy & life. Because of her decision to face her fears she has received freedom & unlocked the door that seemed closed forever.

I am grateful to Heavenly Father for providing me with the knowledge I have learned from these experiences. I am thankful to have had these lessons come to me in my life, its so interesting and mind boggling. I love it, I really do.

I know i have written another novel, but this is how I think. The work is wonderful. We are busy, busy, busy, we had the baptism of Jona last week and his family attended, as well as church the next day and they have said they wanted to take the lessons and be baptised.

I am grateful, so grateful to the ward for their fellowship, my Father in Heaven for his blessings and miracles and i am grateful to my family for the guidance. I am grateful for my mission. 

Love you all, take care. xoxox

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Week 83

01 August 2016

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Week 82

25 July 2016

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