hello:)
Well what a
great week I had.
Some good things
happened this week and some
interesting things. My companion and I got a call on Wednesday to leave
what we were doing and drive immediately to Whakatane and pick up the
sisters over there. They were getting ET (emergency transferred), so we
had to drive and hour to get them, wait an hour or so for them to finish
packing and then drive them back to Tauranga. It was a long day of
travel and we were exhausted.
Tata
is doing great. He came to church on Sunday all dressed in a suit. It's
so nice to see him dressed up . We visited him last night after church
and he seemed fine but then he opened up to us and he told us how he is
struggling.
Honestly I think the only thing that is getting him through and keeping
him strong is that he reads the book of Mormon for 30 minutes everyday
and prays hard out. He feels better when he does that but he is still
struggling. He asks the question "why me" why am I different than my
other family members who are good people and who finished their
schooling. He just feels lost and I think satan is working hard on him. He is so cool, you all would love him. We really enjoy our
time with him, he is hilarious and has become one
of our best friends.
Please pray for him.
So good
news is that our investigator Maree came to church this sunday. She is
great. She really just came to support us because we might be leaving
soon. ( tranfers are next week) But it was great that she came. she is a
spiritual lady and believes in angels and stuff. But since we have been
meeting with her and being her friend and teaching her she has really
grown. She is starting to believe. We taught her the restoration this
week and she said that she would like to know if that is true. So that
is cool. Now we just got to help her recognize her answer. Please pray
for her!
So
yesterday we went finding on the beach for a bit. It was actually
really fun and seemed pretty natural to talk to people at the beach:)
plus we never get to go to the beach because we are busy with missionary
work. but this is a good way to see it and do the work:)
last night we straightened my companions hair and I wore it. look how good it looks on me:) ha so funny, I look so young!
We also had dinner at the prestons:) I love being there. they are
so great! I am really gonna miss them.
Last
night I was pondering about tata and all of these people that I have
grown to love. I thought about how I will be home in 3 months and how I
won't be able to stop in whenever I want. In fact I won't be able to at
all. this made me really sad.... I love it here. I love these people, I
love doing what I do. Being on the Lords errand is the best thing ever.
It brings so much joy. I am certainly going to miss it.
love you all:)
sister Bird
