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| Enet, Wendy and Cindy after being confirmed on Sunday |
This week has been a week of up and downs for
sure! I found out on Monday I would be flying to Brisbane, Australia to have
my ears fixed at the end of the week. I have had almost continual double
ear infections for the last eight months.
I fly out today and if everything goes as planned, I will be back here
in Vila on the 12th of July. My doctor’s appointment is tomorrow, so
please pray that things go well and that they can fix the problem quickly and
completely. On top of that, we had four exchanges we had to fit into one
week as well as continue to help out investigators and our area progress.
It's been crazy, but God has taken every opportunity to teach me all He can and
now that the week is finally over, I can say I am thankful for what I have
learned.
An update on our investigators: Flafi and
Takame will be getting married this coming Saturday (July 9th) by Flafi's
father who is flying in from Kiribati to perform the wedding. Flafi has
been taught by over four sets of missionaries and will be baptized the
following Saturday (July 16). It truly is a miracle that things have
finally fallen into place for them to be married and Flafi to be
baptized. Hopefully Takame will be able to perform the baptism. I
can't wait!
Sabrina is scheduled to be baptized on the 9th
of July, this coming Saturday. We taught her about a few of the
commandments this week and she bore her testimony to us at the end. She
said she knew that she has a lot to change, but because she knows that what she
is learning is true, she is willing to pay the price. I love that girl so
very much!!
Saturday night I flew into Vila and got to spend
Saturday and Sunday with two of my favorite sistas in the whole wide world:
Sista Sellesin and Sista Norton! When I got to their house, I
jumped out of the car, threw open the door and gave Sista Sellesin a 5 minute
hug haha! I was so happy to see them again and these last two days have
been a blast with them and being able to see all the people in my old ward and
area. Going to church on Sunday was just what I needed. I have been
really struggling because Banban is not as open to the gospel as the people in
Ohlen, and even though I feel like I am working harder than ever I don't see a
lot of results coming from our hard work. Going to church on Sunday
helped me remember how blessed I am to have had the chance to work with the
people in Ohlen and how much the gospel continues to change the lives of those
I had the privilege to teach. It was also super exciting to see how many
of the people I started to teach before I left have been baptized. I even
had the privilege to see Enet get confirmed. We worked with her family
for a long time to get them reactivated so that she could join the church with
an active family at her side. This past week it finally happened.
God is a God of miracles!!
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