Lessons learnt and Miracles

Week 89

12th September 2016

Malo e lelei!!

Man, I don't know how many Tongan's we met this week lol, there are a lot here in Suva! They're way fun though. This week was definitely a better one than last week, we went to that area again, I told my companion don't worry about what happened we just go and continue our job.

This week was fun, having a companion who was in my intake or group when I came to Fiji, is awesome. We have fun all the time, smiling, laughing and doing the work of course. We were hoping this week for some more referrals so we could extend our teaching pool, and the Lord he did just that, he provided. Sunday, after sacrament meeting 2 Chinese men walk into the Chapel in really nice!! suits, black and white. I thought they were the men in black or something. A couple minutes late the Bishop called us into his office and sat us down telling us that these two men are interested in the church. They have heard a lot about the church and would like to know if they could learn more. Their names are Alan and Chow. They have being in Fiji for almost 5 years and will be here for another 2 years for work.

It was a big miracle. When they said they want to learn more I thought about the missionary movie  "The District" where the missionaries in that movie teach an Asian man, who eventually was baptized too. I was sort've in disbelief, my landlord in Tamavua was Chinese and he told me that in China they don't believe in God so the concept is hard for them to understand. As I have learned though, the Lord has proved different.

This Tuesday we have Zone conference, I think this is my 2nd last Zone Conference? after this I only have one left and that is where I will bear my departing testimony to the missionaries of my Zone. 

31st December 2016 is when I will be coming home! Flying back into Sydney, Australia. I'll be honest I am "Trunky" it's a missionary term to say I guess ready or excited to go home lol. But I know the task at hand and I want to finish strong and do all I can before I finish the race. We got a lot of dinner appointments this week, so I'm really look forward to that, not just the food but getting to know more the members of the ward. We have many Indians, Tongans, Kiribati, a couple Fijians and one Maori. Its funny the Tongans always give me a hard time it's fun.

I didn't end up giving my talk last week, I have being pushed back to the last week of the month, the temple President and his wife spoke to us instead yesterday. It was nice. 

After the incident last week my views have changed about people and I have been humbled very much so, as we met with more and more families this week as that is mostly where the work is for us. Not many Fijians living around, some but not a lot. I guess that is the learning obstacle for them, to socialize with others and for me to get to know better those I am unfamiliar with and such. Challenging but doable. 

Anyways, I do look forward to coming home, but not really to leaving my home of Fiji. Not too much else to report on this week though, Love you.