Ia ora na tatou!
Another week passed... and another week left. A little over
2 weeks left before I see all your lovely faces again. Things are going by
quickly, but I'm just doing my best not to pay any attention and just work, cuz
it's not over yet.
Elder Swartz and I had another solid week of work, work,
work. Last week we had found many new investigators, and the same has been for
this week. The members have been outstanding and motivated in the work. But
unfortunately, we've had many investigators, new and old alike, decide to turn
away from our message... So it feels like we're just sorting through the wheat
and the tares. We see that there's a lot of field, but is it really white
already for the harvest?
Three of these new investigators were a couple named T and T [note from Casey's mom: sorry, that almost everyone's name in Tahiti begins with T], and the mother of T named E. They were a reference given us
by the RS president, so we went over to contact them. We were greeted by a
cranky E, who just started drinking and was already slightly tipsy. She
was upset that we didn't call before coming, and we said sorry we didn't know we
just wanted to meet them! We were going to propose to come back another day,
but she insisted that we come in (after all that fuss...) and T and T were happy to see us. We learn that they are all inactive Adventists, haven't
been to church in a while. As we start teaching, E asks a bunch of
questions and making objections to our teachings, and we respond with the
Bible, but you know you cant get far when teaching an intoxicated Mamie. But
T and T were loving everything we were teaching, and T just tells
her mother to hush up and listen a little to our message. All in all it worked
out well, didn't get super far in the lesson but we fixed a return date and plan
on calling in advance this time!
We had other new investigators as well, such as H, a
woman who was walking down the street as we were teaching another new
investigator of ours, T, next to the road. She's a good friend of T and she was interested in what was going on, so she came over to listen. We
taught about the Restoration, and it was awesome! They were both psyched to
receive a Book of Mormon and read it, and then test Moroni's promise,
especially H. I truly feel that she has much potential, and maybe we were in
the right place at the right time and Heavenly Father led her right to us. It
helps me remember that as we do our best, God takes care of the rest.
Those are just a few examples of the experiences of this
week. We've been taking advantage of the awesomeness of this island every P-day,
and we have some pretty great photos. Enjoy. Love you all, have a great week!
Elder Ball
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| We caught all that fish ourselves. Booyah |
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| Beautiful Bora Bora, Casey's final area. |
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| The district |
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