Iaorana!
Its been a while! Sorry that I
missed last week--internet was down and out and thus the email was a no go. But
to say the least, its been a testing two weeks for me and Elder Firuu, a lot of
experience gained.
Our investigators are doin
alright for the most part. For most of our investigators, however, there lies
two problems: drugs and concubinage, two things that, without faith, are so
hard to overcome. So,
it's been so important for Elder Firuu and I to focus and bringing the Spirit
into the lessons, because in all things, the Spirit is the one who converts
them unto Christ. All we can do right now is do our best to invite the Spirit
and testify and continue to teach, and then its up to them to make the decision
based on the testimony they have thus far received. Its hard... but like I
said, I have such a strong feeling that they will make it.
The lack of rain has continued
here on Tubuai, and now we are officially at drought status. The water reserve
is cut off for most of the day, and some mornings, because of such low water
pressure, its either cold shower or no shower for us! It hasn't been easy for
all the farms here either... its a real trial for this island. Right now our
prime water supply is bottled water, not exactly the cheapest! We've been
praying for rain, and now we just gotta wait it out and endure. The drought
shouldn't last too much longer, because seriously, this is Polynesia, not
Africa. The rainy season should be starting any day now...
Summed up in a short email,
that's been our two weeks! A lot of people have already left for Tahiti for the
holidays, and so many of our investigators will be gone for the next month.
But, no matter the trial or wall in our way, we just gotta stand tall and break
it down together. This Gospel is what makes us realize that adversity and
weakness is in our life to strengthen us and help us rely more on the Lord for
help in our lives. The Lord said to the prophet Moroni in the Book of Mormon,
Ether 12:27, "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." Thanks to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we
can know how to humble ourselves and rely on the Lord to make us strong in our
afflictions and in our personal weakness as well.
Life is good! Love you all and keep the faith!
Elder Ball
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