Baptism! / Sent. Oct. 1, 2018

 

What a great week for Papara!! We had way more success in basically every aspect of the work this week than we have had for a long time. God blesses those who get to work!

  So, the highlight was definitely the baptism of Teva. He is a stud. We found him just a few months ago just raking leaves in his yard, and we decided to chat with him, and now he is baptised! His wife passed away about a year ago, so it is just him and his 11 year old daughter at home, and the gospel has already helped him so much. I could literally go on for hours about all the miracles we have seen, but they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will just send a few of those, that will be a lot more effective.

  We also had zone conference this week and that was a party. The way that works here is they do one conference on each side of Tahiti, and another on in the islands. Since I have been here in Papara, pretty much all of my old companions and the Elders in my promo have been in one of the other two, and I haven't gotten to see any of them. But this time there were a ton of people I have been dying to see, so that was great!

  I had a good friend send me an email and he asked what I was doing to prepare for conference. Well, that helped me realize I actually haven't done a whole lot, so I'm gonna kick it into gear this week so that I can make the most of it, and I hope you all do the same. I challenge you all to take a question about the gospel, study it and pray about it this week, and I'm sure you will get an answer in listening to conference! Love you all and have a great week!




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