Ia ora na tatou paatoa!
Alright, this week has been
great overall. But like my title suggests, sometimes missionaries hit a wall.
And I admit that this week was one of those weeks! After a succession of pretty
action packed weeks here at Vairao, Elder Larsen and I got a little unlucky
with tons of lessons cancelled, some baptisms pushed back and sickness. It felt
like that we hit a straight up wall because we were building a lot of momentum
the past few weeks, and this week felt like one of the slowest, progress-lacking
weeks that we've had in a while. But that's alright, because despite the trials
there's always some highlights in the week and hope for better weeks ahead! Its
good to have a nice P-Day to recharge a little and get our heads together.
This week we actually went on
splits with a couple of Priest-age young men one day, Curtis and Hitinui. It
was an awesome learning experience for everyone and the young men had the
chance to practice teaching and proclaiming the gospel. I went out with Hitinui,
and we were able to talk to a lot of people, practice our OLB (ouvrir la
bouche=open the mouth) and do a couple of lessons. It was good times, and doing
splits like this strengthens the bonds between us and the members, and I hope
that it helps the young men out a ton too in preparing for their own missions.
We had a couple lessons with
A----- and K--- this week. Our first one was Tuesday, and we had a super lesson
with them about the Restoration that answered all of A-----'s questions about
where to find the truth. She and Karl dug it. Then during the split, Elder
Larsen and Curtis went to see em again (sadly I wasn't there for the lesson but
I wanna talk about it anyway cuz its flippin sweet). According to what Elder
Larsen told me, A---- had read up to 1 Nephi 15 in the Book of Mormon since
the visit just two days before and was talking about it like she was a BYU
religion professor. She then asked if we had more scriptures, and when they
replied yes she demanded that she have it all. Next time we plan on giving her
the triple combination as well as some teachings of the modern prophets. That
is what you call hungering and thirsting after righteousness.
There are always amazing things
that happen in the work, despite the other difficulties that are so common in
missionary life. I can say that there is nothing at all in this world quite
like being a full time missionary. I wouldn't trade these experiences for
anything else, and I probably wont realize the impact that they have had on my
life until I return home.
That's the good stuff for this
week, I love you all and keep the faith!
Elder Ball
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