Bula vinaka!
To start off we finally got our car! It was probably
the happiest day of my life. Three months of walking and catching buses
is now finished! We got a Toyota Yaris which is a pretty small car for
the rough Navua roads, but it's definitely better than walking. It's
helping out so much with the work by eliminating almost all the waiting time
between lessons, so we can see so many more people! I'm pretty excited.
The work has been going well in our area. Jerry and
Emma are so close to getting married! They are just waiting for one
document from a previous spouse so they can do it! We're praying really
hard that everything will go well so they can get baptized this week.
Emma is doing so good and has been sharing the gospel with everyone! Every
lesson she tells us about how she told her mom, friend, coworker, etc. to go
and talk to the missionaries and come to church! It's hard to believe how
much people can change in just a few weeks teaching them. We are looking
forward to seeing Emma and her 3 kids get baptized on Saturday!
The temple open house closed on Saturday. It was such
a good thing for Fiji and people of all religions to come and see what's
inside. The temple is on a busy street up on top of a hill overlooking
Suva so literally everyone knows what it is! We went again on Friday with
our ward and there were so many people trying to see it the past two
days. It took so long waiting in line but it was definitely worth
it. I'm so excited for the re-dedication in two weeks! And the
cultural celebration will be the night before; I'm pretty sure that there will
be a link online so everyone can watch it from back at home! We found out
today that we get to sing with the youth at the end of the performance!
One of our goals this year as a
mission is to expect and receive miracles. It has really changed my
outlook on what a miracle is and how they come about. I realized that
miracles aren't exactly for our faith, but rather a result of our faith.
I try to ask myself a lot "Is this not faith?", which just gets me
pumped up to work harder and to watch the miracles roll in! The gospel is
true.
Have a great week!
Loloma yani
Elda Harris  |
| Elder Olsen, Elder Giacalone, Elder Harris |
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| Elder and Sister Olsen. A couple serving in the temple assigned to the Navua Ward. |
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| On our way to the Browns for dinner. The island in the background is Beqa. |
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| The Beach! |
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