Ia ora na tatou!
Another week gone by just like
that, and that makes 10 weeks in Tahiti for me. Some good things happened this
week, and the potential is building up big time.
First of all, the weather here
is nuts right now. The past 3 days have been pretty rainy, and today has been
the worst with crazy thunder and lighting and hurricane status wind. That makes
biking around pretty fun, getting completely soaked in not just sweat, but rain
and mud and who knows what else. I realised the dangers of not having a mud
guard on my bike... the backs of some of my shirts are completely brown! So
yeah, I went out and bought one of those today. Today its been unusually cold
too, so I brought out my sweatshirt for the first time. Needless to say, its
chilly for us all... and its probably not any lower than 65 degrees!
So yeah, we got a new
investigator, Patrick! He's pretty chill (just like everyone else I guess) and
he was referred to us by the Elders in Pirae 1. He has a pretty solid testimony
already of Joseph Smith, and he's read some of the Book of Mormon, so that's a
great start for us! Only problem is, his job is pretty demanding so he can only
meet once a week and can never make it to Church. So it'll be a little slow, but
hes someone that we can focus on.
We engaged Ruta to baptism for
November 16, a day that would be comfortable for her but would still push her,
because she cant meet with us that often either. She said she would think on it
and talk with her family... but she does want to get baptized! Its not really
fixed, but shes feeling really motivated to go through with it. Were hoping
that Orama will be encouraged by her example as well.
We also got a ton of references
from the ward council yesterday... about 20! Bishop got everyone into doing
this program that helps them focus on the missionary work, reading certain
scriptures about it and also thinking about, praying about, and talking to
certain friends that they would like to have receive the missionary lessons.
They've been digging it, and now so have we! I can say that coordination with the
members is the absolute BEST way to improve the missionary work in any ward.
We'll see how things go with all these references next week.
I wanna just say that I love
the Book of Mormon, so much. There's a chapter in there that could help with any
situation. One that really hit me this week is now one of my all time
favorites, Ether 12. It talks all about faith, and how it can truly bring about
miracles, and as Moroni states it, "hope for a better world." The
best is verse 27, when the Lord speaks to Moroni: "And if men come unto me
I will show unto them their aweakness.
I bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my cgrace
is sufficient for all men that dhumble
themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith
in me, then will I make eweak
things become strong unto them." I realize that I have so many weaknesses,
and so does everyone in this life. But with faith and humility, we can overcome
these weaknesses and make them strong.
Yeah, that's a wrap for this
week. Things are improving, and were gonna continue to pray that it will! Love
you all, keep it cool in the states!
Je vous aime,
Elder Ball
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