Bula vinaka!
Man this has been a great week down here in Fiji! I
can't believe how fast the time flies.....and how fast the internet is here
compared to Tuvalu! For P-day we come and email in Lami, where the rest
of our district is, and we spend the night here so we can go to district
meeting tomorrow. We take a 40 minute bus ride every week to get here
which is a nice drive through the Fijian hills! I love how green it is
here!
We did a lot of walking this week. Navua is just a
bunch of dirt roads and fields, so we get pretty dusty from all the passing
cars, but it is all part of the fun! We have been seeing the work in the
area pick up slowly but steadily, and I am super excited about the people we
are working with. There are a lot of less-actives here, so we spend a lot
of time trying to see them, but at the same time we are slowly building our
investigator pool! First of all we have a guy named Makaia, who is 15
years old and both of his parents are members. He wants to be baptized
too! The only problem is that he lives very far away in a town called
Pacific Harbor. Pacific Harbor is pretty much a resort town with a bunch
of white people and a lot of big houses! But it is a good 40 min drive from
Navua, so we are trying to figure out a way to get all of our members and
investigators to church.
Also we finally got to meet with the family of Raijeli, who
got baptized last week. They live right next to the church and really
like the church and all its programs! They have even been attending a
self-reliance class every week at the church, so we are excited to get working
with them! They seem very humble and ready to accept the gospel!
We had an interesting experience meeting with an Indian
family the other day. They are another family who really love the
programs of the church--one of their relatives went on a mission and went to
BYU Hawaii so they want that for their 4 daughters! So we went over and
taught them a bit and talked about baptism. They really want their
daughter to be baptized (only one is over age 8), but the parents said they
can't be baptized. I'm not sure exactly what the reason is, but it
sounded like because of their Hindi religion, they are forbidden from
being baptized. It's kind of hard to understand, but we will continue to
visit them and try to help them and their daughters.
We had zone conference as well this week! It was great
to hear from President and Sister Layton. We talked a lot about becoming
a living epistle of Jesus Christ! It made me realize how much my
appearance, attitude, and behaviour can influence those around me. I want
to be a more enthusiastic missionary! I am working on that and being an
epistle of Christ at all times. Sometimes it is hard to do the same thing
day after day for two years, but we should be energetic because we have the
most important message the world could hear: the gospel of Jesus Christ!
One quote sums it up pretty well: "The real voyage of discovery consists
not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
Have a great week everyone!
Loloma yani,
Elder Harris
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| Baptism of Raijeli and Cannan |
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| Suva North Zone November 2015 |
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| Cool looking place in Pacific Harbor |
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