Tai gali.
Talofa everyone! It has been another great week and
now my countdown has begun for my last transfer here on Tuvalu.
Lots of
great things happened this week, but unfortunately S____ wasn't baptized. It
was a bit disappointing, but we are planning to have it in another two weeks,
so hopefully it will happen! We were excited for it all the way up until
Friday afternoon, when Brother Niko came by and told us that he unexpectedly
had to work on Saturday, and his boss wouldn't let him take it off. Since she is his sister-in-law and he was the one that was to baptize her, we decided
that we better postpone it. Then we found out that next week is
Independence Day for Tuvalu, so we are pushing it back two weeks. We
thought it would be really hard for her when we told her, but she seemed to be
okay. Maybe it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise so we can
prepare her really well.
Other than that, this week has been fantastic! I
taught more lessons than any other week in my whole mission! We were
really busy and working hard and it seems like our work was paying off because
we had 3 investigators come to church and they are all progressing really
well!
L____, the one who I challenged in basketball, is doing really
well and wants to be baptized! He has been really enjoying our lessons
and church, and we are developing a good friendship with him. Tuvaluans
are really funny because all you have to do to make friends with them is to
tease them! So it's really fun to mix in with the culture!
One thing that has really impacted me on Tuvalu is the
importance of the Book of Mormon. It is sooo important in missionary
work, and unfortunately we don't have a Book of Mormon in Tuvaluan yet, so it
makes things very difficult. It is the key to gaining a testimony of the
truthfulness of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and building your
life on that gospel through diligent scripture study. We try to use the
English one here, but most people don't really understand it at all. I
know that someday when Tuvalu gets a Book of Mormon in their own language the
work here is going to explode!! So I hope and pray that one day that time
will come, but for now we just keep doing the best we can.
It is getting hotter here. With the work and with the
weather. It drains all my energy, but I love those nights when I know I
gave all I have! It's the best feeling there is!
Manuia te vaiaso!
Alofa atu,
Elder Harris
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| A bunch of crabs someone caught |
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They
have been pumping in sand from this big ship drilling into the seabed to cover
these areas that are low and flood during the rain. This one they pumped
in a ton and everyone calls it the Tuvalu mountain!
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| Another Sunset |
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