Mission Life in the NWP: Week 8

Again, thanks for all the emails for my Birthday. This week was crazy and I may have had too many sweets, but I don't have a belly yet so... Anyways here are the highlights of the week:

Birthday dinner - So after a whole day of writing emails because Elder Herbst had to sign up for classes, so we finally had dinner and it was amazing. I had gumbo for the first time and the member also baked me a cake. It looked super cool and tasted better.

Stuck Inside - We just contacted over the phone today and it was so boring. We got like no lessons out of it. It was a hard day, but then right before we stopped to cook dinner a member randomly stopped by and dropped off a cooked chicken so that was an awesome blessing. There was one good contact tho...

Seth - He finally responded and said sorry for not saying anything sooner but he invited us over the next day and so I was so happy. We went over to help him chop wood but instead we just talked about struggles and how God can help us. We shared Alma 7:11-13 and Elder Fuluvaka shared an amazing testimony and now we have planned for a weekly lesson, so now we are going to work with him slowly.

Morning Run - I got my companions to go on a longer run, meaning 2 miles, which for them was long, but it was fun. We ran to an earth sanctuary, basically a park but you had to pay $7/person which was very dumb so we turned around and left.

Tiana - We met her and she is very willing to learn and has studied about the church but not the Book of Mormon so I can't wait for her to read it and feel the Holy Ghost tell her it is true. Also the only way we were able to have a lesson with her is because of Elder Fuluvaka. Being in a trio is different but this week would not have been this good without him.

Member Baptism - We went to another member's baptism and we were actually asked to help confirm her with the Holy Ghost so that was really neat.

Bro. Salmon & Nina - They are a less active and a girlfriend and Elder Fuluvaka came in clutch again. Bro. Salmon was not going to invite us in but then saw Elder Fuluvaka and they started talking and really bonded. Elder Herbst and I were then able to talk to Nina and find out about her and invite her to a ward activity. Together we were able to get a return appointment so it was super awesome. It also lasted for 3 hours, but they needed it.

This week had it's up and downs but I love writing this email and in my journal because when I start to write I just think about all the good and I am able to see God's hand in my life more. Two times I shared my testimony really stood out to me this week and I wanted to share them with you guys. One of them was with Nina and I shared John 14:27 about God giving us peace and sharing that with her really hit home how much His Gospel can make us feel peace despite our circumstances. I hope you all have been able to feel that in your lives and if you haven't try reaching out to Him and I promise you can feel His love too. The other time was when we were roleplaying and teaching the Doctrine of Christ. I shared how enduring to the end is like running a race. You can't just stop, quit, and walk off. You have to keep pressing forward and I know that the reward will be so much better than any medal or trophy we can get. I truly love all of you and I hope you can feel my sincerity. No matter where you are in life right now you can always focus more on Jesus, and when you do you can feel that peace, know the truth, and have the greatest gift of all. I wish you could hear my voice and my conviction. I hope and pray the best for all of you. Until next week, ofa lahi atu!!

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