tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86106049349589404192024-03-05T22:11:51.099-08:0018 months in the Outback!Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01785377325869844647noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610604934958940419.post-21103123353621456022014-11-02T06:17:00.003-08:002014-11-02T06:28:36.782-08:00She's Home!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a short 18 months over there and a long 3 days home. We tracked
her every minute of the 33 hours. 20 1/2 in the air and 12 1/2 in
layovers. Thank goodness my parents, Paula and Abby could go see her
and take her to lunch while she had her 4 hour layover in SLC. Ashley
and Henry tried to see her in the LAX airport because they were flying
to see Megan around the same time. But that airport is as big as a city
and it would have taken a miracle for it to have happened. Google
Earth and a couple great air trackers make it great to watch people
travel across the world. Here she was just leaving Perth at 10ish at
night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She got into Brisbane around 5am.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLv-EVKaEhWVo1rQ-CBMgpvz_-q_gA5FpRZyMYaLd8dptHFiHEJjGzHx4c_k0LC_JIuzSNgvx6XRASPrZsiIOJETMvMyTdjHuQGN0XSj602fEC21YcktsbyguolIG-7_NWlH_ayRxcJo3/s1600/Joel's+camera+1045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLv-EVKaEhWVo1rQ-CBMgpvz_-q_gA5FpRZyMYaLd8dptHFiHEJjGzHx4c_k0LC_JIuzSNgvx6XRASPrZsiIOJETMvMyTdjHuQGN0XSj602fEC21YcktsbyguolIG-7_NWlH_ayRxcJo3/s1600/Joel's+camera+1045.jpg" height="360" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> She left Brisbane at 10am and got to California at 6am the same day. TIME TRAVEL! COOL!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As soon as that happened a sigh of relief that she was in the states
happened the same time that an anxiety attack happened. Did I have
everything ready? I went to work until noon just to get my mind off of
things. I hadn't eaten much in the past 6 weeks because of the stress
that other mom's had said about their daughters that had just gotten
home from Perth the transfer earlier. I had lost some weight but I was
Nervous! Once she past over St. George It was time for me to leave work
and go hang up signs. </span></span><br />
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We had them all over the place. It was fun. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Meanwhile I was getting these awesome pictures through Instagram along
with some videos that I wish I could download. They are great! They
are of her hugging my parents. It gave me a sense of peace that I
needed that day when I saw those.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> After lunch they took Shayne over to see the Salt Lake Temple. While
she was there she was reminded that one of the girls in one of the wards
got her call to the SLC Temple Visitor Center. So she wondered if she
could be there. My mom asked her what she looked like and she said,
"Indian." Then my mom said, "Well, that Sister missionary looks
Indian." and points to the exact girl that Shayne had just been talking
about. Shayne squealed and ran over to her. It was a tender mercy of
the Lord because he knew how badly Shayne needed to see someone from
DownUnder right at the very moment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> We hung more signs as we headed out to the airport and it just so
happened, another tender mercy, that Morgun Phelps was coming home from
his mission on the same fight from SLC that Shayne was. So we had a TON
of family and friends at the airport. It was awesome! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> These were the monitors that we were all watching. They were on the
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then there was Sloan. I think he was the most excited. It was good to see.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Then to all the friends that came to welcome her home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's the Lusk's...and Sloan. And Jared with his family. Shayne and Jacob hadn't seen each other in 3 years. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The Wells family. Brian's family. It was also Taye's birthday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Sloan again, and Emily comparing how white Shayne's legs are compared to hers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Courtney showed up right as we were getting ready to leave.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then we made it back home. Shayne showed us the lei's she was given and
we did a selfie for Aeronny back in Perth to celebrate. It's great to
have her home. We are so proud of all of her hard work. Thanks so much for setting such an incredible example for all of us.</span></span><br />
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What a great week to end on! So many
revelatory moments this week. We had an amazing Zone Meeting on
Tuesday. President Lindsay came and gave training. We were pretty sure
it was going to be on obedience but it was on our divine nature as
children of God. We talked about the best ways to receive personal
revelation. The thing that hit me the most was about how in order to
receive revelation we have to act. Joseph Smith didn't ask which church
is true he asked which church he should <b>join</b>. He also studied
it out before he acted. If you want to receive revelation then you need
to prepare yourself for it.<br />
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It's been an incredible week to reflect on
the last year and a half of life. We talked about who we see in the
mirror when we get up in the morning. I'm excited to see how much you
all think I have changed when you see me this week. I don't feel any
different but I know that so much has changed within me. It's been
amazing to look back on. We studied with the Sisters in Kwinana this
week. That made me realize how much I've learned and grown. I felt so
humbled to have them just soaking in whatever Sister Faiva and I said.
They wrote a lot of what we said in their Preach My Gospels and
notebooks. I can't say it enough but this whole journey has been
incredibly humbling. You never know who is looking up to you and what
you do.</div>
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The young men have had all of the missionaries at
youth activites for the last few weeks. One week we just shared why we served and
gave advice on how to prepare to serve. The next week we did a relay
race where we had them search the scriptures, do push-ups, tie a tie,
and take/put on bike tires. This week was great! We went and were the
team captains of the red team. Each team was given certain food items
to cook up. Well our team was definitely super unified. Each boy
actually helped cut and cook up amazing pasta and hand made garlic
bread. I thought we did pretty good. We had ripped up a tank top and
gave each boy a red strip of fabric to tie around their heads. We had
the best team outfit for sure. haha Those young men are amazing. They
will all make amazing missionaries.</div>
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Saturday was the best day
ever. We woke up super early and got ready for a mission devotional.
We took the train with our Elders from Mandurah up to the Perth
Underground station then took the bus to the temple for a 9am start. We
were assigned to be there at 8:15 to be studying by 8:30. Elder S.
Gifford Neilsen of the First Quorum of the Seventy came and visited
Perth. He has been recently assigned as the 2nd counselor of the
Pacific Area Presidency. President Lindsay had asked Elder Neilsen if
he would come speak to all of the missionaries. He was hilarious! He
was so down to earth. We all walked through and shook his hand and then
he stood up and said, "I'm so privileged to be here with all of you. I
may never shake this hand again." He started off by asking what the
Spirit had already told us this morning. He said that if we have been
on our knees in prayer that morning that the Spirit should have
whispered something to us. That had me really think back over my
morning and the way I go about my morning prayers. I've been very
guilty of being that missionary that rolls out of bed onto the floor and
usually struggles to keep my head off of the edge of the bed while I
pray. Sister Faiva is one of the missionaries that hears the alarm and
get on her knees in her bed and prayers that way. He told us that we
should learn and grow wherever we go. He asked us a lot of rhetorical
questions that made us think heaps. Questions like, "What do I have
within me?" "What can I become with the Lord's help?" "Why are you
here?" That last question he actually opened up and asked us why we
decided to serve. Many answers were like, "To share the gospel with
others." "Because I know God love me and I want others to know that
too." "Because I want everyone to be in eternal families." "Because
Christ died for me and this is my way of living for Him." There were
many many answers and after every one Elder Nielsen would say, "That's
right!" He spent a long time listening to everyone's answers and then he
said, "I want you all to write this down. All of your answers are
correct but you are on a mission to become an amazing mother or father.
You are becoming cemented into the gospel now because you will need to
live the gospel and how your children the way to receive the blessings
of Salvation. This is the only time you have to become that person
under such intense circumstances as a mission. You need to be the best
missionary God knows you can be so that you can become the amazing
mothers and fathers that God needs and intends you to be." It was
amazing to feel like a successful missionary. <br />
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exactly what I needed. It was also so nice to see all of the
missionaries. Sister Tomaki nearly knocked me off me off my feet when
we gave me a hug. She is the best. We were given specific instructions
to not take photos or linger after the meeting so we weren't able to
get any photos. I was able to see Elder Wihongi, Elder Teuira, Elder
Maughan, Elder Eti, Sister Tomaki and countless others. It made my
day! Then that night Jordy and Sione took us to a buffet called the
Atrium in the city. It is part of a huge hotel called the Crown Hotel.
It was amazing! We had so much fun with them this whole week. Those
two and Ina, Siones little brother, were like our best friends this
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quite know how to feel about the fact that next Sunday I won't be at the
Mandurah Ward. The whole day was kind of like being in a twilight
zone. Bishop had Sister Faiva and I give final testimonies. All of the
members came up and said the nicest things to us. I was offered rooms
at like 3 different houses for when I come back and visit. I love these
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can't wait to see all of you. I'm excited to see the boys play
football, watch Josh in action with his running, and just spend time
with Soph. I look forward to seeing you all in just a few days! Can't
wait to get hugs from you all. Have a great couple of days and I'll see
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is to strong for the cutlery. He broke it and looked down at the plate
and said, "What the heck! These stupid pakia knifes!" When the lady
came to pick up our plates he said, "I'm sorry I broke your knife." She
just looked down at the knife and said, "Well I've never seen that
before." We all got a great laugh out of it. This was another dinner
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This week was again gone in the blink of an eye. I feel like last
monday was forever ago though! Saturday marked me being out for
exactly 18 months :) What a crazy realization that was. Well last
Monday we went and hung out with our zone. We won a mission wide
challenge so the Assistants came and threw a zone p-day for us. It
was kinda lame but the best part was a massive game of tug-a-war.
They brought this huge rope and we lined up. We ended up doing the
Mandurah District plus Nikau and the Assistants vs the other 2
districts in our zone. We won. We were pretty stoked haha. We
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This week we went and studied with the Sisters in Waikiki. It was
great. We all did our own thing for personal study and then when it
came to companionship study it was just opened up for everyone to
share what they learned. Then we asked them about the people in their
area. They shared with us their concerns and the trials they are
facing with getting the work moving there. We went through nearly all
of their people and gave suggestions and left them with commitments
to do with these people. It was so fun to see the two sisters just
absorbing each and every word that came out of our mouths. I don't
feel worthy to have that kind of admiration but it's cool to be the
senior sisters of the mission. I feel like in many ways I've just got
the hang of it all but then seeing these new sisters just helps me see
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We joined the Mutu painting crew this week and helped paint Ally's new
house. Brother Mutu has his own painting business that Jordy and
Sione both work for. Sione will probably take it over when dad
retires. We all went to Ally's new house and got to work. Manaia
gave us each a small bucket of paint and told us what to do. I was in
charge of painting the bottom of all of the walls throughout the
house. I just started and then Manaia brought me kneepads so that I
didn't kill my knees. Later when mum showed up she looked at me and
said, "where did you get the kneepads?" I told her that Manaia gave
them to me and she said, "He's never given me the kneepads!" I just
smiled and said, "I'm telling you, secretly I'm his favourite!" :)</pre>
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Saturday was a day full of service! We woke up and met the Elders at
a less active lady's home in Mandurah to help her move. It was a
pretty easy move. Since we were down those ways Aeronny took us out
for lunch and then we went and did some spring cleaning at her house.
Grandma was saying that Aeronny was supposed to clean out the garage
but took us to lunch instead. I jumped up and headed straight for the
garage. One hour later we had a very clean and organized garage, a
freshly mowed lawn and no weeds along the edges! I felt pretty useful.
Then we headed to the Mutu's. We helped mum plant a veggie garden in
the back. While we were out there with Ally she said, "The
landscapers are coming to my house this next week. I need to get rid
of the weeds before they come." I just looked at her and said, "Let's
go!" and we did! haha I love being able to serve! That's what I was
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Sunday was great. Church was fantastic. Our speakers in sacrament
meeting bore powerful testimonies about the Book of Mormon. We had
dinner at the Mutu's. Mum and dad left this morning to go on a cruise
and won't be back until the 25th. We just enjoyed each others company
and had a good night. When it was time for us to go there were a lot
of tears shed. We got photos of course. I was picked to say the
closing prayer and struggled to not let tears fall. Sister Mutu gave
me a big long hug and we just cried. I'm going to miss her. Trips
are being planned to see each other soon! Then I went back into the
lounge to shake Manaia's hand. I had tears running down my face and
he got up and gave me a big hug too. So much love in that home. It's
going to be hard to say good-bye to the rest of them next week. I
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Sister Shayne
3 Nephi
26:10 Tia Greentree once told me that you must believe to receive.
How true is that here.
26:19-21 Wouldn't that be nice?
27:5 The name of Christ. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
27:20-21 Repent, be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost. That is the
gospel. We just need to do it and then endure to the end!
All of chapter 27 actually is great!
Chapter 28. I admire the dedication and diligence of the 3 Nephites
to want to continue the Lord's work always.
Chapter 30 speaks a commandment for all of us
4 Nephi
1:15 Love can overcome anything
1:35 In just one chapter a lot happens. It covers many hundreds of
years but look how quickly they fell away just because they gave in to
whatever Satan dropped in their path. I've seen this happen to too
many members and return missionaries. The answer to anything that
ails you is Jesus Christ and His gospel.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Well this week was pretty full-on by fulfilling our assignment as Sister Training Leaders. We gave training at Zone Meeting again on Tuesday. This week we gave more than half of the training. The Zone Leaders had us train on the importance of using the scriptures and teaching for understanding. You can't effectively teach someone if you are teaching them without the scriptures. My favourite thing that I've noticed about myself throughout my mission is the growth of my knowledge of the scriptures. If you had asked me about a specific story in the Book of Mormon that didn't involve Nephi or Abinadi then I wouldn't have known what you were talking about. My scriptural knowledge was very poor. I always said I would marry a scriptural giant because someone would need to teach the scriptures to our kids. Sister Faiva in the middle of Zone Meeting complimented me on the fact that I don't just share a scripture with people but that I give a great detailed background of the scripture so that they understand why the scripture I am sharing is important and how it applies to them. I LOVE the scriptures. Especially the Book of Mormon. It amazes me that no matter how many times I read it I learn something different. When you study the scriptures with a prayer that you will learn something that you can apply to your life, the answer always comes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 Nephi<br />17:8 Do you ahve sufficient faith?<br />18:5 Our church has the authoity given from the Lord<br />18:25 He denied none to come unto HIm<br />19:20 I feel like the people we are blessed to teach and baptize are<br />those that are chosen from the world to have the gospel. This also<br />shows me the importace of why we close are prayers in the name of<br />Jesus Christ.<br />20:31 This book is another testament of Jesus Christ</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I'm a little behind on my reading because we are doing another Book of<br />Mormon challenge as a mission and I've been trying to tackle both. I<br />promise that I will have finished it before I land home though. Keep<br />reading and building that testimony!</span></span></div>
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This has been an incredibly crazy week.
Full of trials, celebrations, emotions, and fun. The two main things
that happened this week was our Missionary Leadership Meeting and Stake
Conference. On Friday Sister Faivakimoana and I drove up to the mission
home to join all of the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders for a
monthly meeting to discuss the work in the mission. I've had a lot of
time to reflect this week. MLC was incredible. The last time I was at
one of those meetings was nearly a year ago. It was amazing to look back
and see what has changed in me and in the mission. I'm so grateful for
the chances I have had to help so many people move forward in the
gospel. The Greentree kids are so excited to go to the temple. They are
keeping on to us to get their interviews with Bishop so they can go.
It's amazing to see the change in people. I've deeply come to love the
people of WA and especially here in Golden Bay. At MLC they had me,
Sister Faiva, and Sister Ensign all give our last testimonies. It was
super emotional. I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity to serve
with both of them. It was amazing to have a super charge of my purpose
as a missionary. We invite and help people get closer to God. No
better example of that this week then having Nikau get the Melchezidek
Priesthood. The atonement amazes me. I love seeing it change my life. I
love seeing others change. This week Satan worked as hard as he could
on Nikau. On Wednesday we went over to the Mutu's to study with Nikau.
We got there and he just broke down to us about the struggles he has
been going through. He knew the adversary was going to work hard on him
but he didn't realise how hard. We had this saying all week that we
just needed to make it to Sunday. Once we make it to Sunday all will be
good. I wish you could see the change that I've seen in him in the
last 8 months or so. Throughout the whole week we kept in contact with
him mum and him to make sure that he was going to stay strong and
receive the priesthood on Sunday. The change in him in the last 8 months
is remarkable. Hearing his mum talk about his change always brings me
to tears. I'm so grateful I was able to be a part of it all. I'll come
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Saturday night Sister Faiva and I along with our Zone Leaders gave a
training at the adult session of Stake Conference. President Johnson
told us Tuesday that we would be giving training in front of all of the
stake. We were training on how members can be better missionaries. We
used quotes from Elder Bednar and Elder Ballard. Elder Bednar
said, "We properly pray for the safety and success of the full-time
missionaries throughout the world. And a common element in many of our
prayers is a request that the missionaries will be led to individuals
and families who are prepared to receive the message of the Restoration.
But ultimately it is my responsibility and your responsibility to find
people for the missionaries to teach. Missionaries are full-time
teachers; you and I are full-time finders. And you and I as lifelong
missionaries should not be praying for the full-time missionaries to do
our work!" We talked about every member can invite someone to hear the
gospel. We talked about living the gospel out loud. When someone asks
you how you are instead of just saying, "I'm tired." say, "I'm tired
because I had a privilege of waking up at 5am to take my kids to
seminary." By using what the Elders called "Mormon words" it opens doors
for people to ask about the gospel and for us to testify. Elder
Ballard in the last conference invited all of us to invite our friends
to learn and to deepen our own conversion by studying Preach My Gospel.
He said, "May I suggest that we can all be more consistently involved
in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith, inviting
someone at least once a quarter—or four times every year—to be taught by
the full-time missionaries. They are prepared to teach by the Spirit,
with sincere and heartfelt inspiration from the Lord. Together we can
follow up on our invitations, take others by the hand, lift them up, and
walk with them on their spiritual journey. To help you in this
process, I invite all members, regardless of your current calling or
level of activity in the Church, to obtain a copy of Preach My Gospel.
It is available through our distribution centers and also online. The
online version can be read or downloaded at no cost. It is a guidebook
for missionary work—which means it is a guidebook for all of us. Read
it, study it, and then apply what you learn to help you understand how
to bring souls to Christ through invitation and follow-up. As President
Thomas S. Monson has said, “Now is the time for members and missionaries
to come together, to work together, to labor in the Lord’s vineyard to
bring souls unto Him.” We had a lot of members come up to us after and
tell us we did a great job and how much they appreciated our training.
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Sunday morning I was incredibly excited and nervous all at
the same time. Brother Light was bringing Aaron with his family. Aaron
loved conference. Each person who came to conference was given a CD of
songs that some missionaries compiled with the Stake President. Aaron
texted us later last night and said, "I have a new favourite CD. I've
been playing it all day! It's beautiful." I teared up when I read that.
The gospel is so perfect. I LOVE IT! About 9:30 Sunday morning I was
pacing the floor of the Performing Arts Centre where conference is
held. I texted Mum Mutu and asked her how Nikau was going. She said, "
He's good :) I'm so excited and sooky it's the best day ever :) xxx
see you soon." When Nikau, mum and dad walked in I couldn't help just
just smile from ear to ear. They all looked so happy. Dad was even in
slacks and a button-up shirt! For those of you who don't
remember Manaia is not a member. He has come to church 5 times since
I've been here. He went from not wanting to have anything to do with the
church to coming to baptisms and church because he has seen the change
in his son. Nikau's example is what will bring his dad into the gospel.
It was a beautiful sight. When they had those who were getting the
priesthood stand up I teared up. We were on the stand singing with the
choir and I had a direct view of Nikau. I just cried. It was amazing
to be there and be able to just think, "He did it. He made it. All of
the tears, all the hard work, all of the turns and dips along the crazy
roller coaster of a journey it was to get here, he made it." It was an
overwhelming feeling. My heart was full of admiration. When the
conference ended we all made our way to a different room to see Nikau
get the priesthood. I'm not even going to try and explain the feeling
in that room and Nikau walked up and sat in the chair to have the
priesthood conferred upon him. I was in tears. I love this family. I
love that I have family here in WA. They've taken part of my heart and I
won't ever get it back. I love this gospel. I love being a
missionary. My prayers are with you all and I hope all is going well
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moment for both of them. They are like my brothers. I love these two
so much. I don't they understand how much they mean to me. They gave
each other the biggest hug after and I just smiled because I was so
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Look who was serving in Rockingham when Nikau was baptized!!!!<br />Someone please forward this to Ryan!<br />We had a freak out this week at the Mutu's when we pulled up this<br />photo and I saw that it was Ryan. Cool aye! :) -Penny note - Ryan and Shayne are cousins!</span></div>
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by like weeks but that the week as a whole went by in a day. It's a
unique feeling. We got a call from the office this week informing us of
our flight plans. That's an interesting phone call to receive. I'm
glad Sister Faivakimoana and I are finishing together. It's been nice
to have someone who understands. We are helping each other stay
focused. It's been hard though. Sister Faiva is ready to go. She
moved to a new area for her last transfer and hasn't unpacked. She's
just living out of her suitcases. She's definitely in the 'enduring to
the end' phase. I'm still just trying to wrap my head around the fact
that it's going to come to an end. I love the people here and I'm so
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Tuesday Sister Faiva and I were able to give training at Zone
Meeting. It is part of being a Sister Training Leader now. Back a year
or so ago when I was SLT with Sister Terry we didn't have many
responsibilities. We were mainly just in charge of doing exchanges with
the Sisters and that was it. It was different being the one giving
training. We kept it really simple. We were training on the importance
of the Book of Mormon. We had decided to have some of the new
missionaries share with the zone how a story or teaching from the Book
of Mormon helped their conversion to the gospel. Sister Reynolds went
first. She is amazing. She is the 10th of 13 kids from Utah but she is
the only member in her family. She has only been a member for about a
year and a half. Hearing her testimony was so powerful. Next was Elder
Collings from England. He was born and raised in the church and
testified that the Book of Mormon is the center of everything else in
the gospel. I was humbled to hear their testimonies. I was glad that
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definitely felt the Spirit and he knows he can't deny it. He shared a
really cool experience with us this week. He has an hour long train
ride every day up to the city for work and the same trip back at the end
of the day. He downloaded the gospel library onto his phone so that he
can put in his headphones and listen to the scriptures as he reads on
the train home each day. He said that he was having a pretty down day
and got on the train not really wanting to do anything. He felt like he
should listen and acted on the prompting. He was really reflective and
said, "Looking back on it that really did give me more peace then
anything else could have." He also expressed how he was on the train
one other day sometime this last week and just felt like he should pray.
He said, "I probably looked dumb sitting there. I just said it in my
head but as I prayed I could feel myself smiling." I love hearing
stories like that from people. I love seeing how Heavenly Father reach
out and touch lives. It puts a smile on my face. :) Fun story about
our lesson with him on Wednesday night. We asked if he had extra
speakers he didn't need and he took us into his spare room with just
stuff in it and got side tract and opened this box and pulled out a
lightsaber! It was amazing. We had way too much fun at the end of
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for Nikau to be able to go in a do baptisms. It's been a couple of
years since he had last gone in and done work for the dead. It was
amazing to be there with them. Mum, Jordy, and Sione took us with them.
When we got there Sister Tomaki and her companion Sister Tupuna also
showed up! It was so good to see her. She ran up and gave me the
biggest hug and just cried. We got there just early enough to beat the
traffic of youth and YSA that came at 7. Sister Mutu has been doing
amazing work with her mother-in-laws family line and they were able to
take 30 names to the temple. Jordy was baptized and confirmed for the
females and Nikau for all the male names. Sione was able to be there to
perform the baptisms and confirmations. It was a beautiful sight. As
Nikau left the font Elder Meredith the Temple President shook his hand
and said, "Welcome back." I was amazed at how strong the spirit was and
I was just watching. It was such a special experience to be a part of.
Sister Tomaki was also able to do baptisms for the dead. That was a
huge thing for her. It was only her second time in her life. She and
Nikau were just beaming when they came out of the temple. Moments to
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well this was one interesting week. The week of transfers is always exciting and sad at the same time. We don't know what is going to happen until Monday morning and then we all get moved on Wednesday morning. We made plans for Monday night and Tuesday night as if everyone was going to be transferred out of the ward. Monday morning we got the call and 4 out of the 6 of us got the boot. Elder Hereaka is staying and training a new missionary. His trainee is Elder Daniel from North Carolina. I'm staying here in Golden Bay. My new companion is Sister Faivakimoana. She is from Sydney but was raised in New Zealand and her family is Tongan. She is the 6th of 12 kids. Her oldest sister is adopted but the other 11 are all biological siblings. All of her biological siblings have served missions. There are 10 girls in her family and 2 boys. In order of missionaries in her family they have served in Missouri, Hawaii, Philipines, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland, and England. Her sister in Melbourne finishes next week, her sister in Auckland has been out for about 3 months and her sister in England just left for the MTC last week. 4 missionaries out at the same time! She is amazing. Another cool fact about her family is they have different tribes in their family. Sister Faiva is from Joseph but some of her siblings are from Ephraim and others are from Manassah. This was definitely an inspired companionship. She came out with me so we will finish our missions serving together. We are loving it. Elder Maughan and Elder Teuria got put together down in Bussleton, Elder Wihongi got sent up to Gosnels in the same district as Sister Tomaki. She got sent to the Thornlie area. I was sooo gutted to have her leave. She was ready to spread her wings though. I had several members come up to me at church and tell me how they saw the inspiration of having her serve with me. I was humbled to hear all of the nice compliments from the members on our companionship. I was touched to see the change in Sister Tomaki over the last 4 and a half months. She went from a little seedling to a massive tree. I learned so much from her. We will be friends for life. No doubt about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday night we had a fantastic FHE with the Mutu family. All of the missionaries came and the whole Mutu gang was there. Elder Teuria and Elder Wihongi were in charge of our lesson. They gave an incredible lesson on eternal families, temples, and the power of the sealing covenant. The spirit was sooo strong throughout the whole lesson. You could have cut it with a knife. After the lesson and family council, which is actually like family testimony meeting in this family, we played games. Everyone was supposed to bring a different game to play. Oh man I have videos and pictures that will bring me to tears by laughter every time I watch them. I'm excited to teach all of these new games to you all when I get back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday night we had a feed at the Mandin's. It was fun to get together with all of them and just enjoy the night together. We laughed, played games, and just relaxed. No one was ready to have the district be split up. We had to keep ourselves talking or doing something so that we wouldn't get sad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday was transfers. The Elders came to our flat in the morning to drop off some luggage because it wouldn't all fit in their car with the 4 Elders in the car too. Elder Wihongi said one last district prayer for us and made us all cry. I'm going to miss these missionaries so much. On to another chapter though. We will still be in touch and friends for a lifetime. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday night we went to the chapel to play games with the Young Women. While we were there Nikau had an interview with Bishop. When he came out he came right up to me and held up two pieces of paper. In one hand he has his temple recommend and in the other hand he has his paperwork signed by Bishop in order to receive the Melchezidek Priesthood at Stake Conference in two weeks! I let out a squeal and did a little happy dance. We were like to the moon and back. He went and showed Sione and Jordy who were there for youth and we all just had ear to ear grins across our faces. Then we followed them back home so we could see mum, dad and Ally's reaction too. Lots of tears of happiness. We are soo stinkin proud of this kid. I told him that I'll fly back for his mission farewell. At church on Sunday we were out shaking hands with everyone and Mum came up behind me and said, "Look who is sitting on the stand!" Nikau was up at the sacrament table with Sione and another priest to help bless the sacrament to the ward. Nikau is my little brother. We've decided that we are brother and sister. We've already planned that we are going to Skype for his birthday because it's like 10 days after mine. Man I can't express how much I love this family. I'm so excited to be able to go to the temple with the Greentree kids and with Nikau soon. I'm grateful that I got to stay here for my last transfer. Sister Faiva and I have decided that we aren't going to let anything slow us down. We are going to leave our mark here in a good way. Golden Bay won't know what hit it :) Scripture of the week is D&C 42:61. </span></div>
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This last week will be one that I won't soon forget. Let me start on Wednesday. Wednesday we went and saw the Greentree family. We taught them about temples and family history work. It was a great lesson and everyone participated. After the lesson everyone had all kinds of questions about baptism. Anything from how they are baptized to the white clothes they have to wear. We addressed each concern and helped them feel confident about it all. I was kind of surprised that they had so many questions about it. At the end of every question answered I would say something like, "but we have another week to worry about that." We finished their lesson and went to see Sister James and her lovely kids. She had a friend over for dinner. We taught all of them about the importance of following the prophet. There were two 10 year olds, and two 6 year olds that each and every one of them wanted the attention so we played 'Thomas S. Monson says' :) I thought it was a clever game. We watched the Mormon Message 'Dare to Stand Alone' and the mum's friend really felt the spirit. It was really great to see. We invited her to join us for our lessons with the James family every week. :) I love seeing members share what they know and not being afraid to let people know what they stand for. When we left I checked our phone. We missed a call from Brother Dean Timms. Dean is the one who baptized Phil Greentree 17 years ago and was planning on baptizing all the children as well. We drove down the street and called him back. As soon as it started to ring I looked at Sister Tomaki and said, "We got the weekend wrong. Brother Timms is back this weekend, not next weekend." Sure enough Dean answered and said, "Hey Sisters it's Dean here. I was just talking to Phil and we decided that the children's baptism will be on Saturday at 5pm." Now you need to know something about Brother Timms, when he says "jump" he expects you to say, "how high?" I answered, "This Saturday or next Saturday?" He said, "This Saturday! I'm back this weekend and I won't be back for about 3-4 more weekends after this one." I just went silent and didn't really know what to say. My head was spinning like a million and a half miles per hour. He asked if I was there and I said, "Yes we are here but Brother Timms they haven't had their baptismal interviews yet." In this mission they have to have them done no later that Wednesday night in order to be baptized on the upcoming Saturday. He had a lot of confidence in us. He said, "Sisters you know how to make it happen! You can do it. If not we will have to wait 3-4 more weeks." That was enough for me to freak out just a little. I called Elder Hereaka and just vented all of what had just happened off to him. After I finished my little freak out moment I asked, "What are you doing right now?" He just laughed and said, "I'm coming to meet you at the Greentree's to give them their baptismal interviews." Sure enough we went to our flat and grabbed the records to fill out and met him at the Greentree's house to give them their interviews. The kids were really cool with the whole thing. We started with a prayer and then Elder Hereaka interviewed one by one while mum and I filled out the records. It was a crazy moment. After the interviews were completed Phil opened up with us and shared the full story of his accident up in the mines. Here is a picture of the accident.<br />
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The ABC has been told the truck driver was unaware the vehicle had been hit.<br />
It was dragged 40 metres before the two occupants radioed the driver, who pulled to a stop.<br />
The
Department of Mines and Petroleum said the four-wheel drive entered the
bulking-in work area in the stockyards, without following access
procedures.<br />
It said the accident happened when the vehicle
collided with the truck on a single lane access ramp while trying to
exit the area.<br />
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In
a statement, Rio said all those involved were able to exit their
vehicles safely, however the company was conducting an in-depth
investigation.<br />
It said the incident was extremely rare and it was
taking it very seriously to ensure it does not happen again at any of
its sites.<br />
The company said it was working closely with the department.<br /> <br />
The department said it had issued Rio with an improvement notice regarding traffic management at the mine.<br />
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He was in the ute that is under the wheel of that truck. He was on the passenger side as well which means that he was right under that wheel. He said that the ute had been moved in order to get them out and this picture was a set up of what had happened so they could put it in the paper. I wanted to throw up actually hearing the whole story. He shouldn't be alive but Heavenly Father has a much greater plan for him.<br />
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Saturday morning I got a text from Aeronny asking me how Tia was feeling about her baptism. I told her that I could tell something was up but didn't know what. Well Aeronny being the incredible Young Womens leader she is she just talked with Tia over Facebook for a bit and then got back to us. Aeronny felt that she really stood in need of a priesthood blessing for comfort if she was going to make it to her baptism that evening. We texted Tash and asked if we could bring the Elders around to give them all a blessing of comfort and she readily accepted. We called the Elders and set up a time to go around. When we walked up we heard yelling inside and Phil stormed out of the house. He said some choice words and said he was going for a walk. The poor Elders and Aeronny were probably freaking out about what was going on. Sister Tomaki and I walked right in the house and into Tia's room where she was in tears. I just sat on the floor next to her and pulled her into a hug where she continued to cry it all out. To make a long story short her friends at school have been making fun of her for joining the church. She was bullied a lot growing up and having it all come back because of something she knew was right was really eating at her. When dad found out he was mad. Not at Tia but at her friends. Since her friends weren't there his voice was raised at her. Aeronny came into her room and we all had a nice chat. When we got her calmed down we went out to meet the Elders to give the kids and Tash a blessing. Aeronny opened with a beautiful prayer and Elder Teuira explained the priesthood a little bit and what a priesthood blessing is. Then he proceeded to give Tia a blessing. Phil came back from his walk right in the middle of Tia's prayer. Just hearing him coming down the hall I knew he was mad. He heard that we were praying and walked back out into the front room. After Tia's blessing she gave me another huge hug. Georgia went next. We took a little break after Georgia and Tia turned to me and asked, "Will you stand up with me today as I bare my testimony at my baptism?" I choked back tears and said, "Of course." Tash came back into the room and asked Tia for her phone. As Tia left the room Tash said, "I don't think she is going to be baptized tonight. Phil is really mad." I looked at her and said, "Can I go talk to him?" She responded, "He is out in the front. You are welcome if you like but I really don't think it's going to make a difference." I stood straight away and walked into the front yard. I pulled up a chair and faced Phil. I started with, "What is going on?" He just spilled everything out on the table and we talked about it all. I have to admit that I came at him in the "you know you need to knock off that attitude and get your butt in gear" tactic but I didn't think anything else would work. After about a 20 minute conversation with him he had finally cooled down and could see that he was actually being a big problem. We talked about the adversary and how he will try to do literally everything in his power to bring us down. Especially on days that are of utmost importance. I told Phil that he needed to ask the Elders for a blessing as well. We went inside and he excused us and sat and talked with the Elders. I wish I had words to describe how much I love and appreciate having Elders who are always worthy and willing to help us in any way they can. It's the greatest blessing to a sister missionary. We left their house with just enough time to go get ready for the baptism and book it to the chapel to make sure that we had enough baptismal whites and what have you so that everything would run smoothly. <br />
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Baptisms are really really stressful. I went and saw Dr. Mutu on Friday and before she even started adjusting my back she said, "You are stressed aren't you?" It's amazing what your body can tell you. Anyway about 10 minutes after we showed up so did the Greentrees. We got them all changed. Along with the Mandurah Elder's investigator Lesley and the Halls Head Elder's investigator Payam who were all baptized at the same service. Of course we all got their early enough to take pictures. I just want you to get an idea of how amazing the Mandurah ward is. Our building is currently under construction and we don't have a baptismal font which means we all have to travel up to Rockingham chapel for a baptism. We had easily 100+ members show up to this baptism. It was absolutely incredible. The YW did a musical item where Lesley sang her favorite hymn, I Know That my Redeemer Lives. It was great. The baptisms were beautiful. I cried and cried through the whole thing. This whole week has been emotionally draining. After the baptisms Alex, Nikau, and Jordy sang a song. I had heard the song the night before and I just bawled my eyes out when I first heard it. It's one of my new favorite songs. I've been singing it every day since. Tia did go up and bare her testimony with me right by her side. Moments like that shape my mission. I just teared up in the library just thinking about it. These children are remarkable! I can't explain my love for each of them. At church on Sunday all 5 new members were confirmed the newest members of the Mandurah Ward in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints :) What an incredible experience. Kian met with Bishop Mandin before church on Sunday to be interviewed to receive the Aaronic Priesthood. He was not only confirmed a member on Sunday but was also given the Priesthood. Bishop told Phil that once he and Tash are married that he too can get the Aaronic Priesthood and then in turn baptize Tash :) It just brings so much joy to my heart to be a small part of the change and blessings of this families life. I'm incredible humbled to have met them. There are definitely friendships that will last a lifetime. Phil told me that he will purchase my ticket back here to see their family be sealed together in the temple. That will be a day I will never forget. Much like this last Saturday. I'm grateful for the Spirit guiding Aeronny to have Tia and the others get a blessing. Without that blessing her baptism wouldn't have happened. Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways but His way is always the best. I'm so grateful to be a missionary here in the Mandurah Ward. <br />
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We just received transfer calls this week and I will be finishing my mission here in the Golden Bay area. I'm so happy. I'm absolutely gutted that I am losing Sister Tomaki. I'm not coping very well with that but I know she is needed elsewhere and that she will be a spiritual powerhouse wherever the Lord needs her. I'm also super sad that we are losing 3 of our Elders in our district. This district really was like my family. We were so unified we had prayer together every night via phone calls. I'm going to miss them all heaps but I know I'll see them again. That's the beautiful thing about technology :) My new companion is Sister Faivakimoana. I don't know much about her except that we go home together. I'll have more info on her next week. I hope you are all surviving your first week of school! Work hard and remember to invite the Spirit to be with you always. We need that constant companionship of the Holy Ghost in order to get by. I love you all and miss you heaps! <br />
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These are the lyrics to the song "He will carry you" that the Mutu's sang. <br /><br />
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There is no problem too big<br />
God cannot solve it<br />
There is no mountain too tall<br />
God cannot move it</div>
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There is no storm too dark<br />
God cannot calm it<br />
There is no sorrow too deep<br />
He cannot soothe it</div>
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Oh, if He carries the weight of the world upon His shoulders<br />
I know my brother that He will carry you<br />
Oh, if He carries the weight of the world upon His shoulders<br />
I know my sister that He will carry you</div>
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He said, "Come on to me all who are weary<br />
And I will give you rest, rest, rest, rest"</div>
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There is no problem too big<br />
God cannot solve it<br />
There is no mountain too tall<br />
He cannot move it</div>
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There is no storm too dark<br />
God cannot calm it<br />
There is no sorrow too deep<br />
He cannot soothe it</div>
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Oh, if He carries the weight of the world upon His shoulders<br />
Oh, I know my brother that He will carry you<br />
Oh, if He carries the weight of the world upon His shoulders<br />
Oh, I know my sister that He will carry you<br />
I know my brother and I know my sister that He will carry you</div>
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want to share a bunch of funny things to start this letter out and then
I will get into what the title is all about. My companion is
hilarious. There is never a dull moment in our flat. Most of the
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#1 We have a less-active that just got a job in a night club.
When we got home later that night Sister Tomaki said, "I'm scared to
work in a club." I didn't get what she was saying and made her say it
two more times. Finally she said, "Work. in. the. club. like what Keely
does." Then it clicked and I said, "Oooohh I thought you said 'walk in
the could' and I was going to say I'm scared to die too Sister
Tomaki!" She laughed and laughed because it was my fault this time not
understanding her English even though it was perfectly clear. I was
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#2 Sister Tomaki is reading the Book of Mormon daily to help with
her understanding and English. She has just reached the Isaiah chapters
in 2nd Nephi. Everyday when I ask her what she learned in her personal
study she just stares at the chapter she read and says, "I don't like
Isaiah." Then we go over what she read and I try to explain Isaiah. We
got to chapter 16 and it talks about Isaiah having 'unclean lips' and
how he received a remission of his sins. When she realized that it was
talking about Isaiah she said, "Oh he was the one with unclean lips. No
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#3 You know you are doing language study right when your companion
goes from reading a General Conference talk to singing a song by
Shakira. The sentence went like this, "Being spiritually prepared means
we have developed spiritual stamina mina aye aye waka waka aye aye!"
She didn't skip a beat. I laughed so hard I cried and my stomach hurt.
Sister Tomaki is the greatest! :) </div>
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#4 We were at choir practice on Thursday, Grandma was talking
about transfers and Sister Tomaki started pointing to the missionaries and said,
"Innie minnie miney mo, you're the one who's going to go!" We all
cracked up laughing! She is determined that that is how President picks
where people go sometimes. <br />
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Its moments like this that helped us get through the week we
just had. We visited with the Greentree's on Friday. We had a good
lesson with them about the Priesthood. After the lesson Phil excused
his kids and we sat and talked with him and Tash for another good 30
minutes. Phil found out that he has to undergo a operation in about 2
weeks time. It doesn't have anything to do with the accident up in the
mines. It was just a little much to have to get that news along with
going through the trauma of the accident and all. We talked about
relying on the Lord with everything. They all fasted with us this week
to help them get through their trials. The kids are still progressing
well but it is affecting everyone in a different way. We left their
house just so mad. Not at anything in particular but just the fact that
Satan is trying so hard to bring them down. Once this family is in the
gospel fully there is no taking them out. They will be incredible
missionaries to those around them that have already seen the changes
within them. They will be a mighty force in strengthening the Kingdom
of God. We drove home and I had a good little cry. </div>
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We had got a text
from Nikau just before we went into the Greentrees and I knew that
something had happened to him just by the way his text was phrased. I
tried to call him back but he didn't answer. I called his mum and
talked with her. I told her that we would be over to sort him out after
we finished our lesson with the Greentrees. Sure enough Satan was
working really hard to bring Nikau down too. Nikau is amazing. I have
no other words to describe him. He has made amazing changes in the last
3 weeks. He is happy and is moving forward in the gospel. I found out
this week that he is going to get the Melchezidik Priesthood on the
31st of this month at Stake Conference. I flipped out just a little
when I got that text message. I feel like I am part of this family.
Nikaus is like my brother. I cry when he cries. I laugh when he
laughs. I love that kid and want only the very best for him. He was
going so well and then one little thing happened that could have turned
into a major setback to his progression. We pulled up to the Mutus that
night and mum asked if she wanted us to go see if he would come out of
his room. I asked her if we could try and go talk to him. She said we
could and we went in and sat by his bed. Sister Tomaki tried to talk to
him and he just buried his face into his blanket. I said, "Two can
play that game Nikau and I'm prepared to stay here all night if I have
to." We eventually got him talking and discussed everything from deep
concerns to really just over all wanting to punch Satan in the face. I
was able to share, through more tears, how Satan knows exactly how to
get us down. As we left the Greentree home and pit stopped at our house
for a cry before going to Nikaus I couldn't help but have the thought
come into my head that said, "If you were a little bit more obedient
this week, if you were a harder working missionary, if you loved a
little more, if you blah blah blah then these trials wouldn't have
happened to these people." I know that was a lie. I know that that was
just Satan's way of trying to bring me down so that I couldn't help
those around me up to higher ground. I was just mad that he would even
try to bring me down. These people mean sooooo much to me that even the
thought that I couldn't help them made me completely forget my pity and
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When we are trying our hardest that
is when our temptations and such get stronger and stronger. We will
come out on top. This battle is already over. Satan knows he is going
to lose. I don't know about you but I don't want to be doing anything
that puts me on a losing team. Fasting is amazing. It brings spiritual
strength that you can't get anywhere else. Our fast and testimony
meeting was incredibly powerful yesterday. I'm so grateful for the
Spirit. It only teaches us truth. Truth is was we need to focus on.
It builds faith and solidifies the foundation we are building our lives
upon. I love this gospel. Through the atonement and the principles of
the gospel we can find happiness in even the darkest of times. I hope
you all have felt that. If you are in a dark spot then turn on a
light. Bring some happiness into your life through something in the
gospel. Read a verse of scripture, sing a hymn, anything! It will
help. I hope you all enjoy your last week of summer! I love you all!<br />
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Cleaning the inward vessel first. If we repent and put our life of the
right path then we can easily reach out an help others. <br />
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<b>Helaman </b></div>
3:35 Stronger humility and firmer faith. We all need that. <br />
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4:24-25 What can we do to have the Spirit more? </div>
5:9 The only way back is through Jesus Christ</div>
5:10-11 We are saved from sin, not in our sins. </div>
5:30 The still small voice! </div>
5:47 Peace, peace be unto you <br />
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The wonderful Mandurah District :) </div>
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Nikau Mutu, E. Teuira. <br />
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This is what happen when your Vanuatu companion is missing home and you
can't fall asleep. She does your hair and you stay up talking for
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has been an incredibly hard week physically. As a missionary with a
car every month we are given a certain number of kilometers that we are
allowed to use. For the last 5 months that I have been here
in Golden Bay we have been allotted 1,800ks a month. On the 19th of
this month we got a text from the Zone Leaders that read, "1,400 ks.
Sorry for getting it to you so late." I was quite frustrated. To be
honest I really don't think I'm really over it yet. By the 19th we had
had mini missionary meetings, Zone Meetings and a Zone Conference up in
Rockingham so we were already at just over 1,100 ks for the month and I
was trying to be careful how we used the rest of them anyway. I was
judging it by 1,800 so getting 400 ks cut from us caused me quite a bit
of discomfort. We cover 5 suburbs. 3 of them we can walk to (we have
to walk because Sister Tomaki just can't figure out this whole bike
thing. We devoted an entire p-day to it last week and she still hasn't
got the hang of it.) but the other 2 we have no way of getting to them
except by car. It just so happens that our 4 people with baptismal
dates all live in those 2 suburbs. I think it was Satan's way of trying
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We had Zone Meeting on Tuesday morning up
in Rockingham. We got up and caught a bus at 7:35am to the train
station. We met up with the Elders at the train and took the train up
to the Rockingham station where we got off and caught another bus to the
chapel. Our meeting went longer than expected so we missed our bus
back to the station. We decided to walk because it would be faster then
waiting for the next bus. About 45 minutes later we got on the train
to go back to Mandurah station. The Elders got back in their car there
and we waited for the next bus back to Golden Bay. We were on exchanges
so Sister Ama was my companion for the day. Since she can bike we
spent all day on the bikes. It was great! I was happier than a fat kid
with chocolate cake being back on a bike. I missed it so much! Sister
Ama just laughed at me the whole day. Tuesday came to a close and we
went to bed. We woke up and during personal study I realized that I
didn't have my scriptures. I started frantically searching the flat.
Sister Ama asked me what I was looking for and I told her that I lost my
scriptures. I kept pleading with Heavenly Father that I would find
them. Then Sister Ama used her awesome memory and told me that I left
them at the train station while we were waiting for the bus back home. I
called the Mandurah Elders and asked them if they would stop by the
train station before we saw them at 3 and check to see if someone turned
them in to a lost and found or something. I didn't hear back from them
all day. When we saw them all they said was that on there way to
meeting us they bought us chocolate. I was gutted because that in my
mind meant that they couldn't find them. Sister Tomaki opened the bag
that they gave her and pulled out my scriptures! I wanted to cry. I
just held them against my chest and said the most sincere prayer of
gratitude I think I have ever offered. It's funny how something as
simple as scriptures can make your whole life fall apart if you don't
have them. I've had these scriptures since I was 8. They are marked
and have notes and everything from the last 12 years of my life. I know
Heavenly Father answers prayers!! My testimony of that definitely was
strengthened this week. <br />
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Story number 2:</div>
Sister Tomaki and I had a meeting at our
chapel with the Elders and our Ward Mission Leader. We told them that
we would be at the meeting and that we would be getting there by bus.
The Elders really didn't like that idea because the sun goes down here
at 6pm and our meeting was at 7. We finished a lesson at 6:10 and got
to the closes bus stop at 6:25. I checked the timetable and it said
that the next bus was coming at 6:27. I prayed that my watch and the
bus time was the same. I told Sister Tomaki that we needed to show our
faith and I had her pull out her fare and I grabbed my bus pass out of
my bag. I figured it's one thing to pray that something will happen but
you need to show your faith just as much and think you have faith.
Less than a minute after we made sure we had our stuff the bus came
around the corner. We made it on time to our meeting and everything
worked out alright. After the meeting we caught the bus home and the
bus driver asked to talk to me. I thought I was in trouble. Come to
find out he just caught my accent and asked what part of the states I'm
from. He is heading over in September and had heaps of questions for
me. It was kind of fun. <br />
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Walking everywhere has made me really sore but it is totally worth it! </div>
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Saturday
morning we got a call from Phil Greentree. He has been away at work
this week. We had 2 awesome lessons with his wife and kids this week. I
love this family. Tia told me that we have to keep in touch when I go
back to the states. I told her that their family will always have a
part of my heart. It's amazing how much you can grow to love people.
When I answered Phil's call I knew something was wrong. I asked if he
was okay and he said, "Actually no I'm not. We just got in a massive
truck accident up here on site. The driver of the truck shouldn't have
made it out alive." Basically they weren't even done figuring out what
had happened with the accident when Phil called us. I could tell he was
still in shock. He said, "I just felt like I needed to call you. They
keep trying to give me alcohol and stuff to calm me down and I told
them to bug off and that I didn't need any of that stuff. I just needed
to talk to yous." I got off the phone and burst into tears. I texted
Bishop and all the ward leaders, I called our Elders and the Zone
Leaders who sent a text out to all of the missionaries in our Zone
asking for prayers for their family. Then I called the temple and put
Phil and Tash's names on the prayer roll. At our last lesson with his
family cute little Georgia prayed that her dad would be safe at work.
She said that she always prays that he will be safe. Tash also told us
how not having Phil home makes it harder to do the right thing. She
still hasn't had a drink but the temptation has been a lot harder not
having him home. We talked about how the Savior is always there when
Phil can't be and she said, "I know I think about that every time I'm
tempted to have a drink!" We explained that she is more converted than
she realized. Phil was flown home last night after they figured out all
of the statement papers and what have you from the accident. He will
be home for a while before they make him go back up. I talked to Tash
at work and helped her see how this is a blessing in disguise. They all
pray that he will be safe at work which he was but Heavenly Father
still created a way to have him home to help his family become
stronger. Heavenly Father is brilliant. His plan is perfect. We have
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<b>Alma</b> </div>
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Anger caused him to curse God because of the righteousness of others.
Are we helping those around us or are we letting their blessings get us
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53:20-21 they went to help. I want to be like them. </div>
Chapter 54 This is what happens when men try to settle an argument with a letter. <br />
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loom and has been making these bracelets like crazy. The heart one we
made as part of our Young Women's lesson last week at church. It is to
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Hey there everyone!<br />
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This week has been a powerhouse high of spiritually awesome events! </div>
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Tuesday
night we had a baptism for the Tutai family. Little Memory was baptized on her 9th birthday. Therefore it counts as a convert baptism
and the Elders were put in charge of organizing the whole thing. They
had just over a week to get it all sauced out. We got picked up by Alex
at 5 and got a call from them. They sounded pretty stressed.
Basically the musical item cancelled on them, the man who was supposed
to have the key for the projector didn't have a key and they had no way
to show a video to keep the spirit while we waited for the people to
change after the baptism. We hung up and Ally told us that she had her
laptop in the boot and then called Nikau to bring a HDMI cable. He said
he would and we called the Elders and told them not to worry about it
and that we would take care of everything else. Indeed we got the
laptop hooked up to the tv and shared awesome videos to keep the Spirit
while they took care of everything else. We invited our investigator
Aaron to come to the baptism. He set a reminder on his phone so that
he could leave work early to make it on time :) He met so many members
and they all just sat and talked to him. He really enjoyed it. The mum
gave the talk on the Holy Ghost and she said that she was less-active
for a long time and that with trying to find happiness in the world she
was just lost and selfish. She said that coming back to church was the
best choice she could have made for her life. Aaron afterward said, "I
feel like I might have just been lost for a long time." I can't help
but just smile every time I talk to this guy. He has been soo prepared
to hear the gospel. After the baptism we texted the Elders and thank
them for preparing such a great baptism. They texted us back and told
us that it wouldn't have worked out if we didn't save the day. And then we got this text. I took a picture of it so that I would remember it.<br />
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I was reading in the Book of Mormon this week and I have to say
Alma 41:14 has 3 specific things that can help us all heaps. Deal
justly, judge righteously, and do good continually. Lets all apply
those more into our lives. I know I'm definitely going to try harder to
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Now for the Greentree update! I LOVE THIS FAMILY! That's nothing
new but I just wanted to make sure everyone knows that. It's amazing
how much love you can have for people that just a few short months ago
you didn't know even existed. We taught them twice this week. When we
got there on Wednesday they told us about how they had friends in town
over the weekend that were all drinking but they didn't have anything to
drink. One of their friends only had like 2 beers and then put it
down and said that from Phil's example that he didn't really want to
drink anymore either! We were so proud of them both! Then they told us
that they had a fight Sunday night. Phil said that he left the house
to calm down and on the way out he grabbed his Book of Mormon. He went
down to the foreshore to read and calm down. When he came home he found
Tash in their room reading her Book of Mormon that we gave her just
over a week ago. My jaw was on the floor and I wanted to cry. I asked
her why she picked up the Book of Mormon of all things. With tears in
her eyes her response was, "Because it just felt like the right thing to
do." Kian is up to 1 Nephi chapter 4 and loves reading. They are
progressing leaps and bounds. They all came to church on Sunday. With
all the money they are saving by not buying alcohol (~$1,500 a month)
they went on a shopping spree and bought everyone knew dresses and
outfits for church. They stayed for all 3 hours. While we were in
Gospel Principles we were talking about how families can be together
forever. While hearing the blessings of being sealed the teacher asked
Phil what his thoughts were and Phil said, "That's what we want." I
caught eyes with one of the Elders sitting on the other side of Phil and
we both had tears in our eyes. The Spirit was so strong. You wait
your whole mission for a family like this. Hearing your investigators
say that they understand where this path is taking them and that it
isn't just baptism makes everything else we do worth it. </div>
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We got to
teach the Mai maid class this week which is good because that is the
class that Tia is in. We taught a great lesson on inviting the Holy
Ghost to be with us. We made bracelets at the end off the lesson to
help them remember to pray for the Spirit throughout their days. The
girls loved the lesson. We had made heaps of phone calls throughout the
week to have someone sit with mum during Relief Society and the ward
just took her under their wing. It was beautiful to see the ward
members and leaders just welcome this family in with big arms. We got a
text from the Elders during the last hour of church. It said, "Brother
Bennett just asked the men in Elders Quorum to help one of the elderly
sisters with some service and as usual no one raised their hands.
Brother Greentree was the only one who volunteered. He put the rest of
the Priesthood to shame! He is a miracle within himself." </div>
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The other amazing thing that happened this week is that we had an
incredible lesson with our friend Aaron on Saturday. Alex went with us
again and we planned on teaching him the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We
asked him his thoughts about church and the baptism. He said that he
really enjoyed the baptism. He said that he thought the sacrament was a
little cliche. We started teaching about repentance and how that is
the whole reason we come to church. That really got him thinking. He
was quiet for about 3 minutes and then said, "Well that puts a whole new
light on it doesn't it?" Then he shared a special experience with us.
He said he was on the train and the song, "Temporary Home" by Carrie
Underwood came on his phone. He said that was the last straw for him.
He said it sent shivers down his spine. I just smiled and said, "That
is the Spirit!" We just smiled and the Spirit was soooo strong! We
invited him to be baptized and he got really quiet. He said, "You know I
was thinking about you three coming over today and I was baptized when I
was a baby but I was going to find a way to ask you if it was possible
to be baptized again." We freaked out inside just a little. HE WAS
GOING TO ASK US IF HE CAN BE BAPTIZED! That never happens!!!! We set
the date for the 13th of September (my 18 month mark). I'm so excited!
We were just ear to ear with grins. He has always said that he loves
having us come over because we are always smiling. We asked him how he
felt after we set the date and he said, "Well you aren't the only ones
smiling anymore!" It was so great :) He came to church on Sunday as
well. The second speaker was the second counselor in the Stake
Presidency and he talked all about baptism! He also basically said to
the members that if you don't know the people that your missionaries are
teaching then you aren't doing your part. Aaron looked over at us at
the end of the meeting and with a smile on his face said, "That's
another piece of the puzzle isn't it? What are the odds that he spoke
on baptism today of all day?" It was so great. The work is moving
along and I couldn't be happier. Thank you for all of your prayers and
support. I know that they are what have helped me get through the hard
times and what helps these people progress. I love you all and miss you
heaps! Have a fantastic week!</div>
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<b>Alma</b></div>
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41:3-4 Agency is simple and yet it has huge effects</div>
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41:10 Scripture Mastery :) It will always ring true!</div>
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42:5 Adam and Eve's fall was part of the plan</div>
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Why was the Atonement necessary?</div>
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What are there so many trials in life? </div>
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44:3-4, 10, 12-14 Take that Zarahemnah!</div>
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46:14-15 Are you Christian? </div>
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Chapter 47 Tricked, poisoned, and lied to. What are the influences of that world that have a hold on you? </div>
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Photo of the week. Elder Teuira has a sticker of
the St. George Temple on the back of his badge from when he served
around Elder Tidwell from Santa Clara. It made me really happy to see
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This
has been an incredibly emotional week. I loved having our mini
missionary. We learned soo much from her and I pray that she learned a
lot of good things from us. We had a meeting on Wednesday night where
we gave her back to her family. It was a great meeting. They opened
the meeting and then gave the time to the mini's to bear their
testimonies. It was amazing to see the change in these youth in just 5
days of living the gospel. Their was time left over and they told us
that the full-time missionaries could go up and share our testimonies. I
don't normally stand up at meetings like that but my heart was pounding
out of my chest. I can only think of one other time in my life that I
felt the prompting that strong to stand up. I just bore my testimony
about how everything in the gospel is completely inspired. Taylor was
our mini because she needed to touch the lives of those she met here in
our area. She may only be a member for 3 months but there is absolutely
nothing mini about her testimony. We were gutted to give her back.
Lots of tears were held back. We had the amazing privilege after that
meeting to have Sister Hadlock and Sister Tukuafu stay the night at our
flat. Sister Hadlock and I stayed up way later than we should have.
For 2 sisters who spent a good 30 hours getting to this country together
we haven't really seen each other for the last 16 months. It was good
to just sit and talk with her. She is going home early for school. She
is starting up at SUU the week after she gets home in August. She only
has about 3 weeks left. We were able to share similar feelings about
going home and what have you. She mentioned how the next day was going
to be our last Zone Conference as full-time missionaries. I hadn't
thought of that until she said it. That was one heck of a way to prep
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Thursday there was no holding tears back. President Lindsay
started the meeting with telling us about how the mission is doing.
It's been incredibly humbling to be a part of the massive change that
this mission has had over the last year or so. Then Sister Lindsay got
up. She gets me every time but I was not prepared for her talk this
time. She shared the life story (with permission) about one of the
Sisters from our mission that just left to BYU-Hawaii. It was touching
because I served with the Sister and hearing about the change she
experienced through her mission really touched me. Then Sister Lindsay
had us all think about how we have changed over our time on the
mission. With Sister Hadlocks preparation the night before I was deeply
reflective of everything before I even heard her question. I was
pretty deep in thought when she asked Sister Tomaki and I to come up to
the pulpit and tell everyone about our experience of taking Sister
Tomaki's family names to the temple. I just stood by the side and let
Sister Tomaki do all the talking. I was so proud of her being able to
just share her feelings and have that moment. Then Sister Lindsay
turned to me and asked, "Sister Beckstrand, how has this experience of
serving with Sister Tomaki and going to the temple changed you?" That
took me off guard I answered her question with tears in my eyes. As
soon as I sat back down in my pew I couldn't hold it in. I just cried
and cried. Then there were musical numbers and testimonies as well as a
video of all of the baptisms and recent converts at the temple over
this last year. I don't have words to explain the feeling that I had in
that chapel. That is one of the holiest places I have ever been. We
really can just create holy places when we are focused and the Spirit is
present. I won't forget that. The changes that I've seen in my life
are precious to me. I won't ever go back to the way I was before I
came to Australia. The Lord works in mysterious ways. His plan is
perfect. The gospel brings us happiness and it will never lead us the
wrong way. If you question that try it out. Make it an experiment.
You can not prove it wrong. I've seen it change lives. This week we
had a lesson with our investigator Aaron. We took Alex Mutu with us at
the last minute. We were at her house and I felt inspired to ask her to
come with us to his lesson. She was able to say exactly what he needed
to hear. There was no denying the Spirit in his home. We pointed it
out and told him how much Heavenly Father wants to hear from him. Alex
invited him to come to church and offered to save him a seat. Sunday
morning at about 8:45 we got a text from Aaron saying that he was on his
way to church. It is incredibly humbling to have the Lord's trust to
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Everyone keeps reminding me how much time I have left. I
asked President Lindsay for a blessing today during an interview with
him because I'm not coping well with the idea that I'm heading home
soon. It was exactly what I needed. He said so many things in the
interview and blessing that I desperately needed to hear. I was just
stressed, worried, and afraid of going home. It's a transition that I
don't want to make but I know I have to make it soon. I love the power
of the priesthood. It is like nothing else in this world. <br />The
scripture of the week comes from Romans 10:11-17. I stumbled across it
during a personal study and it hit me hard. I love being a missionary.
I love being here in Australia. I love being a member of the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love knowing that I am a daughter
of God. I hope you all are doing fantastic and are growing each and
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24:22-23 Do we praise God when it is the hardest?</div>
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Yes! This is what I want a lot of people to learn. There is a
difference between the Law of Moses and the gospel that Christ brought
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26:12, 16 This is how I feel</div>
26:35-37 Love his testimony of God's love</div>
28:8 We will have sufferings, sorrows, and afflictions but they will bring incomprehensible joy :)</div>
29:10 But really all of chapter 29 is good<br />
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30:16 I've heard stuff like this a lot over my mission</div>
30:39-42 What has given you your testimony? Everything denotes that there is a God. </div>
31:5 How powerful are the scriptures? </div>
31:31-35 My favorite part of Alma's prayer <br />
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32: 6 People are prepared. Did you share something with them today? </div>
32:13 Humble = repent = saved</div>
34:11-12 The atonement is necessary</div>
34:33 Choose ye this day </div>
37:6 Small and Simple things. I quote this scripture daily!<br />
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37:9 The scriptures are important. <br />
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Taylor Jade Lehmann :) <br />
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It was really cold the other morning. This is what I was wearing during our studies :)<br />
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They destroyed the house that burnt down. I took like 20
pictures/videos of them tearing it down. It was the most exciting thing
during our weekly planning.<br />
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Sunday Selfies and the sunset from the Mandins<br />
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We were with the Elders this last week at a meeting and the Elders asked
Sister Tomaki how to say, "I am a child of God" in her language. Elder
Teuira said, "I know that Heavenly Father in your language is
pronounced Papa God." She said he was right to which his companion
Elder Wihongi said, So is I'm a child of God 'Me kidkid papa God'?" We
all laughed soo hard. It's been an ongoing joke ever since. For those
of you wondering it is actually "Mi pikinini blong God". <br />
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Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01785377325869844647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610604934958940419.post-62914090252403617082014-07-06T22:05:00.001-07:002014-07-06T22:05:16.970-07:00Miracles! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey everyone!<br /></div>
This was such a good week. :) <br /></div>
Monday
we had a Nerf gun battle at the church for p-day. We set up all of the
tables and chairs we could find to make a battle field. Then we
divided the 6 of us to 3 on 3 and each team had a ball. It was
basically capture the flag but with Nerf guns. It was great. We had
soo much fun. Then we pulled out the ping pong table and played a bit
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Wednesday we had transfers. Sad to see Elder Eti go but Elder
Hereaka is going to be great for the Hall Head area. He has fit in to
the district family pretty well. </div>
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Thursday was the best
day I've had in a really long time. We had dinner with Alex Mutu. She
made these awesomely massive chicken sandwiches for us. Then we went
and visited the Greentree family. I love this family more than I have
words to explain. We started off by following up if Tia, Kian and
Georgia had been praying about the decision to be baptized. Kian said,
"I've never been so sure of something in my life. I'm ready to give me
life over to God." Tia said, "I'm not as sure as Kian but I know that
its a family thing and as you teach us I will understand more." She has
incredible faith. We set baptismal dates with all of them for the 2nd
of August! We left their house more excited than I've been in months.
It was a huge miracle that we have been fasting and praying for. We
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Needless to say this was the best night sleep I've had in a
long time. It was soo good in fact that we didn't hear any of the
commotion that happened to our neighbors house during the night. I woke
up to do morning exercise on the 4th and I saw flashing lights
outside. I went over to the window and peeked outside. The whole
street was blocked up with fire trucks and police. I saw some people
standing in the street and went out to talk to them. The girl said,
"Did you hear the big explosion? We are from the other side of the road
and we came to see what happened." I looked at our neighbors house and
it was completely destroyed. Apparently there house caught fire at 3
am. By the time I finished talking to the people outside it was nearly
7am and they were still hosing the house down. It strengthened my
testimony that Heavenly Father is really watching out for his
missionaries. We didn't hear any of it and no other house on the street
was affected or evacuated. That's another miracle in my eyes. </div>
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At Zone Meeting on Friday the Elder conducting the meeting
started with, "Good Morning Elders and Sisters and Happy 4th of July to
everyone!" He is from Provo. "It's save to say that the independence of
a country that allowed religious freedom played a big part in the
Restoration. Soo yeah. It's important to all of us." The non-American
missionaries just rolled their eyes but I thought he had a good point. I
have one tract on a cd that has the US National Anthem and we listened
to that all day long. That was the extent of our 4th of July
celebrations this year.</div>
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We got a mini missionary on Saturday. The youth in the stake
meet together and spend 5 days as a full-time missionary living with,
serving alongside, and getting the full experience. Our mini
missionary, or M&M as the Elders call them, is Sister Taylor
Lehmann. She is a recent convert of only 2 months. Her sister joined
the church shortly after her and now her sisters partner has also joined
the church. She is a powerhouse. We are trying to help her have the
best experience possible. We went and had a lesson with our friend
Aaron right after we got her and she shared exactly what he needed to
hear. It was an incredibly powerful lesson. She got in the car and
straight away wrote it down in her journal. I'm excited to keep in
touch with her and hear about where she gets her mission call to in a
year from now. <br />
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I'm sure we will have more stories with her next week. We
have her for 2 more days and we are expecting miracles. </div>
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Sunday the whole Greetree family came to church! While on a blitz in the
Mandurah Elders area on Saturday night the Greentree's pulled up next to
the Elders while they were driving and told them that they would see
them at church. We had been telling everyone are their dog about this
family. We had gotten a hold of everyone is ward council, people we
thought would be good fellowship for each person, and the ward leaders.
When they came everyone said hi! They were just so instantly
welcomed. Kian after testimony meeting said that he wanted to serve a
mini mission! We were so excited to see his excitement as he heard the
mini elders bare their testimonies this week. They only stayed for
Sacrament but that was all they needed to have everyone know who they
are and make connections to the best ward in WA :) </div>
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That's all for
this week. It was such a powerfully and up lifting week. Heavenly
Father really does hear and answer our prayers. He is soo mindful of
us. It never ceases to amaze me how brilliant His plan and timing
really is. I love you all heaps. Mum's blog about swim meets made me
really miss swimming. It's been nothing but rainy, cold and gross
here. Wind speeds today are supposed to reach 125km/h. Please send
some St. George sun this way! Hope you all have an awesome week. <br />
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<b>Alma<br /></b></div>
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14:26 Power of a faithful prayer</div>
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15:16 What have you given up to be a part of the church? </div>
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17:16 Bring unto repentance, then teach the Plan of Salvation</div>
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18:8-10 Our righteous example can be quiet </div>
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18:34-35 The Spirit is the teacher</div>
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19:9-10 Talk about faith! </div>
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19:17 Abish is like the first Sister Missionary in the Book of Mormon.
She is one of 5 women mentioned by name in the Book of Mormon. Do you
know the other 4? </div>
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19:35-36 The gospel is for everyone</div>
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21:9 The atonement is everything. </div>
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21:17 We will always be blessed through our trials.</div>
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22:7,15 I want investigators to be like this. </div>
23:6-7 We should have conversions like theirs so that we will never fall away. <br />
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We were all so sad that Elder Eti got transferred that we met
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just got the transfer call. Sister Tomaki and I will be staying in
Golden Bay! The stories of this week will explain why I am so excited
about this little fact. We are finally out of our wilderness stage of
this area and we are starting to see the promise land! Our district is
pretty much staying the same. We are losing Elder Eti but the rest of
us are staying. We are gutted that he is moving but the new Elder
coming in is pretty cool. He came to WA to save money for his mission,
flew back to NZ and put in his mission papers and got his call to
Perth. He lived with the Tipene family out in Kalgoorlie while he was
here. He got to Perth while I was serving in Kal so I've only met him
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I just have to give a shout out to how awesome my little
siblings are. Soph, I can't believe you are old enough to date and
drive. Way to be on top of it all to get your license on your
birthday. That's so cool. I can't wait to have you drive me around :)
Tell the boys to back off or else there will be one angry sister
missionary in Australia. Josh you are becoming a running machine. I
can't wait to see you run races with dad and at high school. I look up
to your determination. Ben! The pictures from your baseball season are
amazing! You are a great little pitcher! I love hearing about how well
your games went and how easy it is for you to make friends. David, you
are unstoppable. Homerun after homerun during your games. I bet the
other teams were scared when you stepped up because they knew you were
going to make your team win. I have the best little siblings in the
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Monday last week we went at chilled at the Robinson's. There is a
park by Areonny's house that has become our p-day place the last few
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Tuesday night we met up with the
Greentree family. I don't remember what I've told you about them so
I'll give a background. Phil, the dad, was baptized many years ago by
Brother Dean Timms who lives in our ward. Phil and his family moved
back up here from Esperence only about 5 months or so ago. We've been
trying to meet with them since I served with Sister Murray but every
time they have had an excuse or reason why we couldn't share something
with them. Last Sunday we went and dropped by. Phil and his partner
(they aren't married yet) Tash had friends over that were giving them
tattoos. He was having a drink and he just said, "Sisters, I'm not
going to hide who I am from you. As you can see I need help. When can
you come back?" We went and had dinner with them Tuesday night before
he flew out to work on Wednesday. During our studies Tuesday morning we
felt really impressed to teach them the atonement. We started our
lesson with a prayer, taught simply, and testified powerfully. Phil
just broke down in tears. He said that the last few weeks he had been
trying to dodge us. He expressed that every time he turned us away he
just felt rotten inside. We explained to his wife and kids that what
Phil was feeling was the spirit. You get the Spirit after you are
baptized. His son Kian said, "I want to be baptized." My jaw just
dropped. We talked to all of them for a little bit and then committed
all of them to pray about being baptized and see what answer they get.
The Spirit was so strong. Tia is 15, Kian is 13 and Georgia is 10.
None of them had ever seen their dad cry like he did. Even Tash who has
been with him for 17ish years now hasn't ever seen that side of Phil.
It was an incredibly touching moment for everyone. We also committed
them to start saying their family prayers again. We knelt with them
right then and asked Phil to say the closing prayer for us. There was
no way anyone could deny the feeling that was in that room. The next
day we got a text from Tash saying that Phil had called President
Lindsay and left him a message on his phone explaining the lesson we had
and asking President to consider leaving Sister Tomaki and I in this
area. I was touched. It's incredible to see the Lord work through you
at the right time for these people. It was nothing that Sister Tomaki
or I did that could have created that atmosphere or feeling in that
home. I love knowing that no matter how far someone may stray from the
straight and narrow path when it is their time to come back the Holy
Ghost will let them know. Every time without fail. I'm just so
incredibly humbled and grateful that I get to be a part of it all. We
are seeing them on Wednesday and I can't wait to talk to them and see
how they have been prepared. I LOVE THIS WORK! There really is no
better thing we can do in this life then to bring those we love into the
gospel. If you have someone close to you that doesn't know the
fullness of Heavenly Father's plan and love for them please let them
know! It might be scary but it is soooo worth it! </div>
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We had a great lesson with our friend Paris this week. He
had his girlfriend over who he gave a Book of Mormon to. She had been
reading it but didn't understand what was going on. We taught her the
Restoration and it made a lot more sense to Paris hearing it the second
time. We brought up baptism and Paris asked how baptism worked
exactly. We taught him about it and helped him see what a blessing it
is in our lives. He looked at his girlfriend and said, "We should both
be baptized. Heck my whole family needs this!" We told him that we
agree. We invited them to go see a baptism that was in Rockingham and
they seemed really keen. We got a call from him on Friday though saying
that he and his girlfriend wouldn't be joining the "Mormon church." I
was totally surprised. We asked why and asked what had happened to
change their minds but he just said that they didn't feel like it was
for them. Someone must have said something to them. I was sad but glad
that he knows it's something he can do. People can turn down our
invitations but once they know it's what they need to do then there is
no denying that. They will come around some day. For us that's just
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On Tuesday
during district meeting Elder Teuira sneakily wrote in my planner and in
Sister Tomaki's. Mine said, "Look at your companions 'to do' list.
Hers said, "Buy Elder Teuira a gift." We laughed so hard at his
creativity and decided that we would actually get him a gift just for
kicks and giggles.</div>
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Elder Teuira is the biggest Transformers fan. We
found that out last week and were kinds of surprised at what a
Transformer nerd he is deep down. We stopped at Target one day and
bought him 2 construct a bots! Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We put
them in a gift bag and dropped it off at their flat. Later that night
we got this text message [see picture]. Needless to say he loves us :)
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I love this district of missionaries. I love the Mandurah
ward. These have been the best months of my mission even though they
have also been some of the hardest. Our hard work, tears, and struggles
are finally paying off! We can't wait to see how these next couple of
weeks play out. Thank you for all of your love and prayers. They help
more than you know! I love you all! </div>
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<b>Alma</b></div>
2:29-31
I fist pumped the air and made like a cheering sound effect during
personal study as I read this. The righteous will always come out of
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3:26 Happiness or misery? Who will you listen too? </div>
5:14-16 Can you imagine? How are you doing?</div>
5:27-28
Your 2nd coming could be tomorrow. We never know when our time in
mortality will come to an end. We can't just procrastinate. </div>
5:45-46 How does Alma know that this is all true?</div>
5:60 Christ will call unto you. He loves you.</div>
6:6 Fast, Pray, Share the Gospel. The key to happiness in this life. </div>
7:17 This is how I feel after a powerful lesson with less-active members.</div>
Chapter 8 I frequently use this story when asking members to help us in this work. We can't do it without you. </div>
11:26-46
Let us testify like the recent convert Amulek. When people ask us
about our religion don't back away. Share what you know to be true! </div>
13:28-29 This is the best council we could listen too. <br />
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just skip over important. This is Alma chapter 11 where the Nephites
monetary system is set forth. I was trying to see how much Zeezrom was
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I have another story to share with you. The senior
couple in charge of our flats came around to do an inspection the other
day and I could tell that Sister Sutherland had an American accent. I
asked her where she and her husband were from and she said, "We are from
Lehi, Utah!" My face lit up and I ran over to the kitchen to show her
my apron from Grandma :) She showed her husband and he got the biggest
smile of his face. He just said, "Well that's a perfect little touch
from home isn't it?" I was glad I could make their day. <br />
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I feel like I just emailed you! This last week was all jumbled up and yet one of the best weeks in a long long time! </div>
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Monday our p-day was cut short. We didn't complain too much. We emailed and then got on our way to proselyting again by 1pm. </div>
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Tuesday we had an amazing lesson with Sister James and her
daughter Mel. We talked about temples and showed them tons of pictures
from one of the special Ensign editions of the Temple. The spirit was
soo strong as we shared with them the blessings that could come from
their family. Sister James felt inspired to show us a song that she
loves all about the temple. We watched a little video that went along
with the song and we were all in tears. I love having lessons where the
spirit hits you so strong that you can't deny that it is in the room.
When we went home Sister Tomaki and I just sat and talked about our
testimonies of the temple and how blessed we are to be a part of this
gospel. Not only that but the added blessings and knowledge that comes
from being able to go to the temple and help in the Lord's work for
those that have passed on. There is incredible power that comes from
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Wednesday we woke up and studied and then drove to pick up the
Kwinana Sisters, Sister Brown and Sister Ama. We knew our temple
session for our zone of missionaries started at 2pm. We had been told
to be there at least 30 minutes early. We still had family names that
needed the initiatories done so we left super early to see if they would
let us squeeze them in before the session started. The temple matron
Sister Meredith is amazing. She looked at the time and said, "You have
about 2 names each to do? Well we have 45 minutes before our prayer
meeting. Let's grab some workers and get those names through so that
you can take them through the session." I can't adequately describe how
much I needed this temple trip. Usually missionaries only get to do a
temple session. We don't do anything else. Being able to take a family
member all the way through the ordinances of the temple was a sacred
experience and blessing that I will cherish for a long time. I was
grateful for the opportunity to be reminded of the promises that I've
made with Heavenly Father. The promised blessings that come to those
who are faithful to their promises is greater than anything you can
think of. I wouldn't trade those moments and experiences to have the
Spirit testify to me for the world. While we were sitting in the
Celestial Room I walked over to Sister Tomaki and just gave her the
biggest hug. She had completed work for her grandmother, grandfather
and both sets of great-grandparents on that side with the help of ward
members and other missionaries. I told her the same thing that mum told
me when I went through for the first time. I said, "Sister Tomaki, the
feeling that you feel right now is exactly what it will feel like when
you get to see those family members after this life. They are soo
grateful for the work that you just did." She just smiled and cried.
It was wonderful. Then I sat on the other side of the room and looked
at all 26 or so missionaries that were in that room. That is God's
Army. It's a beautiful sight to see Elders walking in the streets and
knocking doors but it's something else when you see them in humble
prayer in the house of the Lord. Again these are things that I feel
more than I can express but I hope you can catch a glimpse of heaven
that I saw. If you don't have a current temple recommend, get one. No
matter what it takes. It is worth any sacrifice you may need to give to
have that opportunity to enter in to the Lord's house and receive all
that He has in store for you. <br />
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I read a talk this week from Elder Holland called, Because of
your Faith. It was his <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/because-of-your-faith?lang=eng" target="_blank">October 2010 General Conference </a>address. I
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American accent. Usually I just get made fun of for having an American
accent. Since I've had to teach Sister Tomaki English any and all of
the Aussie that I tried to pick up has gone away. The other day however
we visited with Sister Dreissen and she said something that really
touched my heart. We were talking about accents and I said how earlier
in the week someone had said something negative about Americans (that
happens quite a lot) and she said, "This may sound weird but the
American accent is one that I crave to hear. When we lived in South
Africa most of the missionaries that came through our house were
American Elders. Now when I hear that accent I know that everything is
going to be okay. The missionaries are here which means that everything
for right now is safe." We've heard all kinds of stories and seen lots
of pictures from this family about South Africa. I was humbled to hear
her say that. I never really thought about how much peace just having a
missionary in your home can bring. It gave me a greater understanding
of my calling and effect that I can have to members and nonmembers alike
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BROTHER MUTU CAME
TO CHURCH! Nobody knew why he decided to come but last week he told his
family that he was thinking about coming with them to church and he
came! All day yesterday I was thinking about their family and how a
simple things like having him come to church was a blessing in our
lives. I felt so good. I could have given him a hug when I saw him but
I refrained. As I was thinking about the fact that him came to church
while eating dinner I looked at Sister Tomaki and said, "I don't know
why I'm so surprised that he came. I did put his name in the temple
this last week." My faith was so strengthened by the power of the
temple this week. I wish I could just live in those moments forever.
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The last thing I wanted to share was a scripture that was
shared in Sacrament meeting yesterday. It applies to every part of
life. Look up <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/35.13?lang=eng" target="_blank">D&C 35:13</a> and see how it applies to you. No matter
what we may feel weak in we can overcome that obstacle by staying close
to the Savior and relying on the Holy Ghost. I love how when you are
striving to do the right thing Heavenly Father seems to reach out to you
more. By putting someone else in your path to just say hi, give you a
hug, or share a scripture that you need to hear. It's simply amazing. I
hope you are all doing well. I love hearing about the swim meets and
other cool things that you are all doing. I love you all heaps! Thanks
for your prayers and love. <br />
<br />Much love, <br />Sister Shayne<br />
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What kind of friends do you surround yourself with? Do they help you
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19:17, 26-29 With
King Noah being as wicked as he was and then for Limhi to be as
righteous as he was even though he knew how bad his dad was I can't help
but assume that he had a really righteous mother. She probably tucked
him in to bed at night saying things like, "Don't listen to dad. Lets
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26:33 What do you do with your answers to your prayers? </div>
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28:3 Is that how we feel about the people around us? </div>
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We have officially hit winter. The storms this week have been insane!
These are just some photos from our front yard. I was postponing
driving in the storm so I took some photos of what was going on. We had
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First, I miss central heating. These little heaters in our flat
don't cut it. Once the sun goes down here it is absolutely freezing. A
member gave us a great heater a few days ago after a lesson that we had
with them. It was a major blessing. It keeps us plenty warn while we
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Next, this week we got home at 9pm and I said a prayer to start
our daily planning for the next day. After I said amen Sister Tomaki
got up and went into the other room. I just thought she needed to use
the bathroom or something but then she came back like 4 minutes later and
put the kettle on. I turned around and looked at her. She was in her
pajamas. I said, "Hey we need to plan!" She looked at me and just ran
into the other room and changed back into her proselyting clothes. She
came back super embarrassed. I just laughed and laughed. You know it's
been a long day when you think that the opening prayer is the closing
prayer. She looked at me and said, "Don't email mum again!" Therefore
I had to email you. I don't think I ever emailed you our last awkward
moment so I'm going to put that in here too. A few weeks ago we
experienced that <span class="">awkward</span> moment when your personal
study opening prayer turns into a companionship study opening prayer. I
knelt down after church to start my personal study and
Sister Tomaki kneels down and starts a vocal prayer to open a
companionship study. I just rolled with it for like 3 minutes after her
prayer and then asked her if we were going to do personal study. She
got soooo embarrassed. I just laughed. I couldn't help it. It was
hilarious! She's a good sport. She just laughs and says that she's glad
that she is getting all of her mess ups out of the way before she gets a
new companion. She was also reading a scripture to me this week and
messed up the words. It was 1 Timothy 4:12 and instead of saying "in
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I finally got in to see the Chiropractor. I saw him last Monday.
He did a whole bunch of funny tests and then he assessed my back. He
got about half way down my spine and then said, "What the hell?"
(That's not a swear word here). I figured that wasn't a good sign. He
adjusted me and then told me to come back on Wednesday. I went back on
Wednesday and Alex Mutu adjusted me. She and Brother Joyce work
together. Then Alex told me to come back today. Today is a short p-day
because we are going to the temple on Wednesday to do a temple
session! I'm excited. It's been too long. My body feels a lot
better. I'm grateful for physical strength and this week we will be
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I love going to church. Some weeks we have investigators come and
sometimes we don't. This week was a week where they didn't come. We
had a member of the Stake High Council speak as well as President
Stanley the Stake President. I just wanted to share a little bit from
their talks. I was spiritually fed and I hope someone else can benefit
from their messages as well. Brother Port said, " Prayers are usually
answered in three ways. #1 A yes, peace, comfort, etc. #2 A no or a
stupor of thought. #3 Nothing at all. When it is the third situation
heavenly Father trusts us to make the correct choice. If we stay close
to Him and the Spirit then you can trust in the Lord's judgement and
trust He as placed in you." We also can't just pray and say, "What
should I do?" We need to come ready to act. We should come with things
like this, "I am planning on taking this course Heavenly Father please
confirm that this is in harmony with your will for me or help me realize
that I need to change course. Then we must act and He will help us
know if we have made the right choice. </div>
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President Stanley talked about the Atonement. He said, "Take the
miracles out of Judaism, the Islamic religion, or Buddhism and nothing
major in their religion would change. Christianity however is based
upon the greatest miracle of all, the Atonement. Take away that and we
have nothing. With the increased vision that we have also comes
increased motivation to do what God expects us to do." I'm so grateful
for the atonement and for the eternal perspective that we have in the
church. It is such a major blessing. I love you all and miss you
heaps. I'm praying for you always and hope you have a spectacular
week! <br />
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2:8 First General Conference Ensign</div>
2:36 Don't be this person</div>
2:41 Never-ending happiness :)</div>
3:17 Only Christ can save us. How well do you know Him? How can you improve that relationship?</div>
ALL OF CHAPTER 3 Beautiful prophesies of Christ. </div>
4:6-10 Salvation comes only through Christ</div>
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7:33 Trust in God</div>
10:17 What are you teaching your kids?</div>
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But if not! Abinadi is the man. If he would have denied his testimony
then the Book of Mormon would have ended here. How can sharing your
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This is the only picture that was taken with my camera this week
haha I love Aeronny :) hahahaha! This is a Macca's (McDonalds)
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>This
week I am emailing you from our Relief Society Presidents house.
Yesterday she came up to us at church ad said, "Sisters, I need your
help tomorrow. I need a couple copies of the Book of Mormon and a
Restoration DVD. I have the JW's coming over. Can you be at my house
at 9:30?" She let us bring our washing and do our emails while we wait
for them to show up :) It should be interesting. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last Monday we were supposed to go
to the zoo with our Elders and the Sister Training Leaders. I told the
Sister Training Leaders that they needed to be at our train station by
2 in order to have time to go. At 3:40 they were just leaving their
area to drive down. I told them to just stay up there because it wasn't
worth the drive because it wouldn't give us enough time for the zoo
anyway. They were sad. We ended up just going over to Aeronny's house
with the Elders and playing soccer at the park by their house. It was
awesome. Our goals were the Elder's shoes. The goals were about a
meter wide and our field was really small. Elder Eti, Elder Cook and I
were on one team and Sister Tomaki, Elder Maughan, and Elder Tiuera made
up the other team. About halfway through Elder Eti said, "Okay
Islanders vs Americans now!" We all just laughed. We didn't switch up
the teams because we knew we would get smashed. I was glad that we made
a could-have-been-sour p-day into one where we had heaps of fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week we went and saw the
Ingrams. Sister Ingram was raised in the church but with being so far
away from family and having her husband work away for 28 days and be
home for only 9 days it makes getting to church and things hard for her.
She has 3 kids and one on the way. We went and visited them a few
weeks ago and have seen them every week since. Her daughter is named
Bree. She is about to turn 8 and wants to be baptized. Her mum said
she doesn't want to have her be baptized right when she turns 8 because
she doesn't think she's been raised with it well enough to make
the decision. We have started teaching their family the missionary
lessons. We were really excited because the Plan of Salvation lesson
was planned for the week dad was supposed to be home. We walked in and
Wayne, the dad, was laying on the couch with his leg in a brace from his
hip to his ankle. I knew straight away what he had done. He had taken
a funny jump while playing basketball during his day off at the mines
and tore this patella tendon which is the tendon that holds your kneecap
in place. He showed me some awesome pictures that Sister
Tomaki shuddered at. He will be home for the next 6 weeks at least with
his leg in that brace. He went straight in for surgery and came out
with about 20 staples down the front of his knee. We talked about the
Plan of Salvation that night and the Spirit was so strong. For their
commitment we invited them to write down the next thing they need to do
in order to get to the Celestial Kingdom. I encourage all of you to do
this. For Sister Tomaki and I we joked that our next step is to finish
our missions so we can get married. We have taught this lesson to a lot
of families in the ward where boys need the priesthood, someone needs a
patriarchal blessing to help them know what their next step is,
people preparing for missions, little ones preparing for baptism, and
the list goes on and on. For each of us the next step in order to
achieve the big step are the little answers we already know and love;
to come to church, read our scriptures, and say our prayers. So write
down your next needed ordinance and the things that you need to do to
help you get there. It's a great activity to make sure everyone is on
the right path back home. :) </span></div>
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night I've had in a really really long time. I haven't been in the
temple since I think last August or so when I was training Sister
Kennar. Sister Tomaki and I about a month ago found a family name on my Grandpa Shelton's side to take to
the temple to be baptized for. Well Friday night was our ward temple
night so we got to go with Jordan and Sione (Sister Mutu's daughter and
son-in-law). On Thursday Sister Tomaki was asking me heaps of questions
about baptisms for the dead and then it clicked in my head that she had
never done baptisms for the dead before! The closest temple to Vanuatu
is Fiji. The first time she had been to a temple was when she was at
the MTC in New Zealand and went through for her endowment. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">With
realizations like this I always seem to send a </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">chastisement</span> home...haha
brace yourselves. We are sooo blessed to live so close to a temple that
we could walk if we really needed to. Josh and Dad I know could ride
their bikes there with ease. With it being summer break I hope you have
all gone at least once a week. Sister Tomaki said that in order to get
married in the temple she will have to get a degree and job first so
that they can save and save and save to fly to Fiji to be sealed. What
an incredible blessing we have to be able to just go sit at the temple
grounds when we are having a bad day. You never really notice how nice
you have it until it is gone or you hear others experiences. I biggest
excuse is that we are too busy. Sister Dench the other day
at church said, "BUSY: Being Under Satan's Yoke." How true that is.
Sophie always said a quote to me that said, "If you are too busy to
read your scriptures and pray [and I'll add go to the temple], then you
are busier then God ever intended you to be." Let us be the
temple-attending people that President Monson says we are. I haven't
done baptisms for the dead for nearly 2 years now and I can't explain
how close I felt to heaven as I was baptized for my ancestor Mrs. Ann
Britton. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They are just waiting for us to get into gear. Grandma
Shelton always told us that the more people we help by doing their work
in the temple the more people we have pleading for Heavenly Father to
let us in to heaven when we pass on. I don't know about you but I
definitely feel like I will need their help to get there in the end.
The temple is a beautiful place. I wouldn't trade
my recommend for anything in this world. I cherish my temple recommend.
I hope you all have a great week and make that time to go serve the
Lord in His holy house. I love you all can't wait to hear about how the
first swim practices and meets go. Train hard Ben and David. I'm
pretty sure you will both be better than me by the time I get home. Ben
will have to teach me how to sprint and David will have to teach me
the strokes :) Love you all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Much love, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are with me on this reading
then in the next day or so you should be finished with the first 7 books
in the Book of Mormon!. How exciting :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">27:7,9,15-17 Compare this to the
story of the Book of Mormon translations got to Professor Charles Anton
in Joseph Smith History 1:64-65</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">28:21-22 Don't give in to Satan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">29:6-9 Touchdown! Book of Mormon for the win! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">ALL OF CHAPTER 31 This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">33:3 Every missionary has felt this. </span></div>
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God has put your where you are for a reason. Even if you feel like you
have been put int he worst spot possible He has a greater purpose
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stray. Said a prayer I wouldn't get eaten alive. My prayer wasn't
answered. I counted 15 bites in all. Sleeping is really impossible.
It takes so much self control to not itch. I have awesome cream to put
on it that Sister Lindsay gave me last time I got attacked in Alexander
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was an interesting weekend. On Friday I didn't think I was going to
have anything to email you today because our week up until that point
had been pretty uneventful. Then Friday started and now I'm going to
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Last Monday we gave up most of our p-day to bake cupcakes as a
district. Elder Teuira had this great idea to bake goodies and wrap
them up and deliver them to less actives and investigators to show them
our love. We went to Brother Chirsty's house to bake because he has a
big oven. The problem is that without his wife in town we weren't able
to go inside. Sister Tomaki and I sat in the back yard while the Elders
did the baking. I had to take some good pictures. They had
accomplished mixing 3 boxes of batter and put them all in tins and in
the oven. I was so proud. Then Elder Teuira turned to the bench and
started to clean up in order to start the vanilla batch. He looked at
the bench, then at the oven, and back at the bench. He dropped to his
knees and opened the oven. I knew from the look on his face that
something was wrong. Low and behold they had left out the eggs. Our
sister ward missionary showed up then and we were able to go in and fix
the problem. We pulled out all of the tins, scrapped them back into the
mixer with the eggs, and started again. There is a photo of Elder Cook
and I scrapping the mix back into the bowl. All was well! We managed
to save the cupcakes. The delivery was amazing. The people that
received them were nearly in tears. They definitely felt the love that
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We caught up with our
investigator Paris. We found Paris tracting. He has only been in
Australia for a couple of weeks. His family is from New Zealand. When
we first met him he wasn't really sure if there is a God or not. We
have only taught him the Restoration. We went and asked him how his
prayers and reading was going. He said that he has been doing it! He
said that praying was weird at first but he thinks it will get better
the more he prays. He told him that it would. I asked him if he
thought someone was really listening. He said, "That's the weirdest
part! I really feel like someone is listening!" It was great to listen
to him and see the light that has come into his life. He then started
to tell us about his girlfriend. "I was talking to my girlfriend the
other day and I was telling her that I was thinking about joining the
Mormon church. She seemed pretty keen to listen to it all as well. I
don't want to sound rude or anything but do you happen to have another
book that I could give her so she can read too?" Our jaws literally
dropped. We expressed our excitement and arranged for him to give her a
Book of Mormon and then to tee up a time for us to teach them
together. He said, "Let's get her to where I am and then we will come
to church together." We walked away from that lesson just in amazement
of what happened. As we walked down his street we tried to call the
District Leader to share our excitement. Elder Eti didn't' answer. As I
looked down to put the phone in my bag a dog came running up to us. I
reached down to pet it while the owner put down her gardening tools and
came to get her dog. Her name is Claire. She talked to us for a little
bit and then asked us if we would like some water before we needed to
keep walking. We said yes and she let us in to her home. You never say
no when someone offers water. She let us sit down and we got talking.
She sat down and said, "Okay so where are you from, what church to do
you go to what what do you believe?" I just smiled and said, "Those are
our favorite questions!" We sat and taught her the entire
Restoration. Because we were walking we weren't carrying a lot with us
and I had just given our only spare copy of the Book of Mormon to
Paris. We asked if we could come back and give her a copy and tell her
more about it. She said yes and we set up a time on Monday to go by and
visit. We went yesterday and she left a note on her door for us. It
read, "Sisters I'm sorry I'm not home to chat I had to go run some
emergency errands. I misplaced your number! If you leave me a card
with your number I'll make sure we get a time later this week to chat.
I'm free tomorrow, Thrusday and Friday. Thank you and God bless." We
took that as a good sign of her sincerity and left our card and number.
We will go by later this week for sure."</div>
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Friday night our phone fell out of my pocket and went for a swim
in the toilet. I never realized how much we rely on phones until ours
was broken. I did all I knew to do and pulled the phone a part and put
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Saturday we had a massive service project in Baldivis. There is a
children's forest there. What they do is they put up big fences so
that kids can come and plant seedlings to keep the world green. The
fences are up so that the roos don't come and eat all of the little
seedlings. Well with 26 missionaries and a dozen or so ward members we
had the tasks of taking down a fence, putting a new fence up in a
different location, and laying retec (sprinklers) in an area where they
had just planted seedlings. We were in the group that was in charge of
taking down a fence. That is not an easy job. Sister Tomaki and I were
in charge of cutting the wires that held the fence together and that
connected it to the metal poles and big wooden posts that held the fence
up. It was a good 3 hour project just to take down this fence. When
we had all of the supplies of the fence taken down and in a big pile the
man in charge piled as many of the big wooden posts in his van as
possible. There weren't very many left so a ward member offered that we
would just carry them back to the main area. We were about a kilometer
from the main area and we were straight down a hill. Each of us
grabbed a big post and put in on our shoulder and headed up the hill.
When we got to the top we only had like 20 steps left and two elders
came up to Sister Tomaki and I and asked if they could help us. I
looked at them and just said, "Nah I got it from here." I wanted to add
"You just go back and relax against the truck. If I needed your help
it was half way up that hill that we just climbed." But I kept my mouth
shut and felt proud that I helped in such an awesome way. The next
morning my shoulder were sooooo sore! Our Elders were late for church
and I think it's because they couldn't move. Once we finished there
they hopped on the train and went to help Bishop's family move for
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At church we learned about Samson and Ruth in our Gospel Doctrine
class. It was fun to contrast the two people in scripture. We talked
about how in Samson's story you rarely hear about God whereas in Ruth
you read about God a lot. We talked about the difference in our lives
when we live the gospel and are blessed and when we fall short and
things start to go down hill. I couldn't help but think of the youth
that come home from Girls Camp or EFY and say, "That was the best week
of my life" or returned missionaries that say, "That was the best 2
years of my life." I want to take them by the shoulders and say,
"Stop! Listen to what you just said! That week or 2 years was when you
were away from tv, your phone, the internet, and everything worldly and
you said your prayers everyday, read your scriptures every day, and
surrounded yourself with people that do the same!" It really is amazing
the simplicity of the gospel and how much we are blessed when we do the
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Last cool story comes from our public holiday yesterday. Since it
was a holiday we had to work. Our Relief Society President had given
us a handful of sisters in the ward that they didn't know anything about
or that hadn't been visited in a long time. We texted the Elders and
got as much info as possible about them. One family has two girls,
Stevie and Joannah. We felt really prompted to go see them even though
the Elders said that they probably wouldn't be very open. We went and
the older Sister expressed that she had been thinking about her home
teacher all week long. They had been having some major trials and
needed some help. She has this next Sunday off of work and was planning
on coming to church even before we showed up because she said that she
felt like it was the right thing to do. We were amazed and how much we
just needed to be there. I'm so grateful for the spirit! I love
President Monson's example about never postponing or shaking off a
prompting. As we are in tune with the spirit we will never be led
astray. I can't explain how grateful I am for that. My testimony grows
everyday. I love being a missionary! I don't know how many times I've
said that but it is so true. I love this gospel. I love that I come
from a wonderful family. I'm excited that my littlest brother chose to
be baptized. I feel privileged to be the big sister of so many great
younger siblings. They lift me and support me more then they know. I
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10:16 Are we against God or for God?<br />10:23-25 Cheer up! Choose to be saved<br />22:2 My strength and my song<br />There are 433 verses of Isiah's writing in the Book of Mormon and Nephi tells us how to understand him in 25:4.<br />
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another transfer to finish up Sister Tomaki's training. This has been a
gloomy week in a few ways. Before I get to that I do have some funny
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We visited our investigator Faith this week. She would be a
member but her husband won't let her be baptized. We've been reteaching
her all of the lessons and she shared a great story with us this week.
We had just taught her about priesthood authority when she got a call
from her husband. He was telling her about this guy at work that had
the audacity to tell him what to do even though the guy wasn't certified
to be helping him. He asked Faith if she would have listened to him
and she said, "No because he doesn't have the right authority!" He
agreed and kept going on about this situation while Faith was just
sitting there smiling to herself and laughing that he agreed with her
but she was relating it to the gospel. She just said, "I love having my
own little Mormom joke!" We laughed so hard. We told her that some
day his heart will soften and he will give you a funny look when he is
taught about the priesthood authority. She loved it. </div>
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We had an amazing lesson with our investigator Kevin this week.
We brought 2 members, Laurie and Molly. They are both recent converts.
Molly was baptized about 5 years ago and Laurie (Lawrence) is coming up on his 1
year mark. They are being sealed in the temple in September. They are a
powerhouse couple. We basically just sat back while they taught the
lesson. It was incredible! It opened Kevin's heart more than anything
else we could have done. I'm so grateful for the testimony of members.
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It has done nothing this week except rain. I'm already sick of
rain and winter just started. To quote Sister Tomaki, "I hate this
weather. It makes people feel weak. No one really wants to do
anything." Amen Sister! Rain just seems to put a damper on everyone's
mood. And when it rains it doesn't just rain like a nice little shower.
. . it pours. We got home one night to find a swimming pool in front
of our house. I had to take pictures to prove it. Our normal 15 minute
drive home from church turned into a 25 minute drive because we were
only going about 40 kph on the highway. I just had to stay focused on
the little white reflectors on the road so that I knew I was on the
right path. It was terrifying. Indeed the lousy weather as brought
lousy answers of doors, phone calls, appointments with investigators,
less-actives, and members. I have been on my knees a lot this week. We
visited a member that is struggling. We asked her how her prayers were
going and she said they weren't. I said, "Can we start there?" She
responded rather bitterly by saying, "Yous can start there." It was a
really hard lesson to get through. She isn't ready to do anything. It
is so hard to see people who know exactly what they need to do to be
happy not doing any of it. The blessings are being withheld only
because she won't accept them by acting. I just got in the car and
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We got to the flat for dinner and I again was on my knees. We
had some members that have some problems with the church. They don't
quite know why some things are the way they are. They do what they are
supposed to because they know they will be blessed but it's only half
hearted because they don't like this or that. I'm being vague for
specific reasons. I just want everyone to know that the Lord doesn't do
things just because it's going to bless one group of people or anything
like that. He gives everyone the same commandments to bless everyone
who willingly obeys them. It seemed like Heavenly Father was trying to
get me to learn something this week. I got the picture loud and clear.
I've felt really low because of many things. I've studied faith and
repentance more than I thought ever possible. I've tried everything in
my power to make things happen and for some reason they just weren't
working. At Zone Meeting on Friday we talked about our purpose as
missionaries. The whole meeting was like a spiritual slap in the face.
I can't put it all to words because much of it was just things that I
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I've felt kinda down because I haven't seen fruit from
our investigators and our work with them. We've actually dropped nearly
everyone that we had to teach in the last few weeks. We made a focus
the other week to build the members and less-actives. We thought, "If
we can help strengthen them then they will help strengthen us and our
efforts." For the most part the last few weeks have brought success on
that front. I was just continually praying that our leaders would see
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While we were driving the other day we were
listening to a General Conference talk and the speaker said, "Where
there is faith there comes a trial of that faith. That trial will bring
forth increased faith." I needed to hear that too. Heavenly Father
will always find ways to help us and usually rebuke us in one way or
another. That increase of faith came yesterday at church. On Saturday
we went and visited the Fiti family. We found out that they didn't
have rugby games on Sunday and would be able to come with us to church.
We went home and started to make phone calls. We found fellowship for
the older brother from the Driessen boys. We called the Primary
president to tell her that she would have 3 extra kids in primary this
week and found out that her daughter is Kaya's age! We texted Bishop
and Brother Day and told them that the Fiti family would be coming. We
did everything we could think of to make this family be welcomed and to
feel at home. Sunday came and church started. No sign of the Fiti's. I
was gutted. So much planning. So many prepared people to help. It was
a hard sacrament meeting to sit through. I said a lot of prayers and
did a lot of soul searching. At the end of sacrament Sister Tomaki
stood up and turned around to see if they had snuck in without us
knowing. Low and behold they were there! They had found people they
know, the fellowship took their roles, and they all stayed for all 3
hours. Later Sister Tomaki during companionship study read this to me,
"Your success as a missionary is measured primarily by your commitment
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find, teach, baptize, and confirm people and to help them become
faithful members of the Church who enjoy the presence of the Holy
Ghost. She said, "I just knew they would come. I didn't get
discouraged. The Spirit knew that we had done our part." Another
spiritual slap to the face. I definitely learned the teaching of
turning the other cheek this week. Spiritual slap after slap. I
learned what I needed to. Now I just need to act and apply what I've
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After church we joined Ward Council Meeting. Bishop took the
time after we had given our reports to say, "Missionaries, I just want
you to know how grateful I am for all of your hard work. We don't have a
lot of baptisms coming up but the amount of returning members that I've
seen the last two weeks makes me incredibly happy and grateful for your
efforts." I could have cried. Bishop couldn't have said anything else
that could have helped me more. It was another prayer answered.</div>
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Heavenly Father is always mindful of us. I'm so grateful for that.
Keep faith in every footstep. Every time we go through the wilderness
of life it is just preparing us to reach the promise land. I have a
strong testimony of that. If you are going through a trial know that it
is just testing the faith that you have. The faith is there, it's
being tested, and it will be strengthened as long as we keep close to
Him. This is the scripture that carried me through the rain this week
and I hope it can help someone else. James 1:2-4 "My brethren, count it
all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;<a class="" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="3" target="_blank"> </a><span class="">3: </span>Knowing <span class="">this,</span> that the trying of your faith worketh patience.<a class="" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="4" target="_blank"> </a><span class="">4: </span>But let patience have <span class="">her</span>
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Lamen and Lemuel give us a good example that you can have knowledge
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3:15 How cool would it be to be Joseph Smith and to read about yourself! </div>
4:15-16 Is that how we feel?</div>
4:34-35 Let's do this! </div>
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There
has been soo much that has happened this week. I've decided to just
stick to the most important and best stories. Some small tender mercies
that happened this week we are praying will become great stories for
future emails. I want to start with some super funny stories first. </div>
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I love having a companion that is learning English. Sister Tomaki
and I were talking about the commandment of keeping the Sabbath Day
holy. We have a family that is struggling coming to church because of
rugby games on Sundays. I asked Sister Tomaki how we can help them come
to church and she said, "Can't they just ask the coach to move games to
Saturdays?" I explained that rugby union plays on Saturday and rugby
league plays on Sundays. She didn't like that answer and asked again
why it has to be that way. I said, "That's pretty much all of
Australia." She pushed her chair back and said, "Well that's why no one
believes in Jesus Christ anymore!" I laughed soo hard. I agreed that
other things are coming in place of Sunday worship and it is really
hurting people's spirituality. </div>
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The other great thing that happened was as we were reading the
Book of Mormon for language study. Now we do a whole variety of things
for language study from singing the hymns and learning the words she
doesn't know, to using a booklet that the Senior Couple over languages
gave to us. In that book we have done a fair bit of rhyming words. At
the end of the chapter in the Book of Mormon we were reading Sister
Tomaki came across the word 'abomination'. We talked about that word
for a bit and she just got quiet and I could tell she was thinking of
something and just waited to hear what she would say. She started
whispering under her breath and finally said, "A Polynesian!" She was
finding something to rhyme so that she could remember how to say that
word. :) I couldn't help but laugh and when she thought about what she
said we ended up in tears we were laughing so hard. It was great!
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On to more spiritual things. This week in Sister Tomaki's 12 week
program we have been studying the spirit and how to act on the
promptings we receive. Well the other night we didn't have any set
appointments so we had written down a couple of names of people to go
see. After dinner I asked her who she thought we should go see. She
said Sister James. Sister James wasn't on our list of people to see but
I trusted her and we acted. We couldn't have come to her house at a
better time. The week leading up to that had been one of the worst
weeks for Sister James. It seemed like the whole world caved down on
her. When we showed up she had just finished crying to her non-member
husband and had been to her dad earlier in the day to work out a plan to
help her get her life back in order. We shared 3 Nephi 19:9 (my
current favorite scripture to share) and talked about the Spirit and how
much it can help us in our lives. It was amazing. We left and I
offered a prayer in the car for Sister James and to thank Heavenly
Father for prompting Sister Tomaki to say her name. It was a great
thing to see the Spirit work and for Sister Tomaki to get that
experience. </div>
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We are currently on Bishop Mandin's good list :) That is a great
place to be. He texted us Thursday arvo (afternoon) and asked if we could go visit
Sister Ingram. She is a young mum with 3 kids that just needs some
encouragement to get to church. We again didn't have any set
appointments so we took his text as a great honor and told him we would
get right on it. We went around that night and said hi to her and her kids.
We got to know her and shared Moroni 6:4-6 and talked about the
importance of church attendance. We made a game plan to get her to
church on Sunday and then left. We texted Bishop back and told him what
we did. He was pretty happy. Then we asked if there was anyone else
he needed us to check up on. He said to go see Sister Northam. We had a
lesson with her on Saturday and it was amazing. She talked with us for
a good while and we really built a great friendship. Both Sisters were
at church yesterday :) Bishop saw me after sacrament and said, "They
are both here! I saw Sister Ingram sneak in the back at the start of
sacrament!" He gave me a high five and then carried on to go greet
people. It was awesome. </div>
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Last thing for today comes from a lesson that back fired on us.
We've been working with a less active girl named Shanae. Well at the
end of our lesson she said, "Sisters I don't mean to be rude but I'm
really not interested with church or anything with it." We talked for a
bit and realized that she will come back when she is ready and now it
not that time. It cut me pretty deep. I want this part of this letter
to be specifically for anyone reading it that may feel like they have
done too much to be forgiven by God, for those who feel like God doesn't
love them, or that life would just be easier if you just stay in a
state of apostasy because you've already fallen and it's to late to come
back. IT IS NOT SO. God loves you. He wants you to come back. He
sent His Son to die so that you can repent, change, and come back.
Whatever it may take, however hard it may seem, whoever needs to be
healed it is possible through the Atonement of Christ. Please, if you
are feeling this way, study the atonement. Find out how that event in
time applies to you. Because it does. It applies to us each so
individually and in every way shape or form that we may need it at any
time in our lives. You have never ventured too far to come back. God's
hand is always extended towards us. I could give you a list of
scriptures that tell us that but I wouldn't deny you the privilege of
finding them and seeing God's love for yourself. All we have to do is
reach up and take His hand and he will help us through anything. If you
ever feel like it would just be better without God in our life, think
again. Find a connection to Him. He is only every a prayer away. We
talk to him through prayer and He talks to us through the scriptures or
other people. Pray, read, and go to church. I can promise you if you
start with those 3 things you won't need anything else. Just try it.
It can't hurt. You can give 1-3 hours a week towards this experiment.
If nothing comes from it after trying it several times then you are no
worse off. I know though that if you go and do those things that you
will see the difference in your live and you will draw closer to Heavenly
Father. 10 mins here for reading, 5 minutes or less there for prayers,
1-3 hours a week for church. Those little things will bring a lifetime
of happiness, guidance, joy, peace, family success, and eventually
eternal blessings that we can't even begin to imagine. The worst that
could happen is that you don't try. Like I said you are never too far
to come back. Ever. Start today with a prayer. Do it right now if you
need to. God wants to help you. Your Heavenly Father wants to hear
from you. The Savior can lift our burdens. I only know this because
I've seen it in my life. I've seen in in countless others. Heavenly
Father loves you more than you can comprehend. Please turn back to
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I love you all :) I hope that you feel God's love in your life
every day. I pray that the blessings that you stand in need of will
come as you follow His commands. I love this gospel. Being a
missionary is the greatest thing in the world. Share something you know
to be true with someone you love. It will make your day so much
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Love you all heaps!</div>
Sister Shayne </div>
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At
the end of every email from now on I'm going to give you my Book of
Mormon reading updates. For those of you who want to join us the
challenge I issued is to read 5 pages of the Book of Mormon everyday.
I've done my first week and I want to share my favorite scriptures that I
read throughout the week with you. If you haven't started I hope these
will get you started. :) <br />
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1:20 There are tender mercies all around us. Look for them everyday and you will see God's hand in your life more abundantly. </div>
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not your leaders, they come from God and we should accept them and live
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8:30 I hope this is the group that we are all a part of. </div>
12:11 How is your faith today?</div>
13:37 Again I want this to be each and every one of us.</div>
15:11 If you have a question, need, or anything just ask! <br />
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G'day! <br /><br />It was so
good to see you all today on our Skype session. I love technology so
much! You all look soo good. I'm glad that everyone is happy, healthy
and doing just absolutely wonderful. It's crazy to think that our time
from Christmas to Mother's Day was longer than the time from Mother's
Day til I arrive home. I don't like to think about it. I hope you all
have an awesome summer while I freeze and try to stay dry this winter.
Much love to everyone near and far! <br />
<br />This week was challenging. Some weeks you are on top of the world
and others the world is kicking you while you are down. In many ways
this week had both but mainly the latter. <br />The Spirit is a unique thing. It guides, confounds, comforts, and testifies. I witnessed all of those this week. </div>
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<b>First off with the guidance-</b> Sister Tomaki and I went walking this week
to go find new people to teach. We had a couple of specific houses
that we were going to go try and we were going to just talk with people
in between each house. Well on our way to a less actives house we
turned on to Korong Street. I felt prompted to tract the street. Well
for the last 20ish minutes of walking it had started to rain and I
really wasn't in the mood to stay in the rain longer than necessary.
After passing 3 houses I got the prompting again so I turned to Sister
Tomaki and said, "We should just tract this street on our way." We
backed up and started knocking. No one was interested. One Roman
Catholic lady wasn't interested in talking religion but she was nice
enough to let us stand under her porch until the rain let up a little
bit. We only had 2 houses left on the street when we met Paris and his
little sister. She opened the door and he came up behind her. They let
us share a scripture with them. We asked if they were religious and
they said no. We asked if they knew about the Book of Mormon again they
said no. We jumped on the opportunity to tell them about the Book of
Mormon and where it came from, who wrote it, and why we have it. It was
a good little conversation. We asked if we can come back and share
more with them. There are 6 people that live in their house. We are
going back on Wednesday to teach them the Restoration. We will be
praying that we can teach them all. </div>
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<b>On to confounding-</b> We went to teach Brother Williams this week.
We went over last Monday to have a family home evening with their
family. We taught the Restoration. The boys ages 15, 13, 11, 8 and
amazing. They have solid testimonies and don't let anything shake
them. They shared their favorite scriptures and testified like little
missionaries. We finished the lesson and turned the time back to
Brother Williams. Well little did we know, Brother Williams in
preparation for our meeting had done some studies of his own. Somehow
he can take a random book from the library and believe everything he
reads from that (basically anti Mormon stuff) and yet he refuses to pick
up the Book of Mormon to see if it could be true. I don't get it.
Anyway he opened is Bible and the whole room started to fill with
contention. There were many scriptures that I wanted to share from the
Bible but the spirit wouldn't let me remember any of the references as
to avoid bible bashing. I couldn't handle his bashing any longer and in
response to one of his questions I said, "The answer to that comes from
the Doctrine and Covenants" The only scripture the spirit would bring
to my remembrance. He cut me off and said, "That's not the Bible!"
Without thinking I said, "No it's not but it was written by a prophet
just like the Bible and therefore is the word of God" and I shared my
scripture. He didn't have a comeback. We ended the lesson and then had
dinner. We left of good terms and the relationship we have with
Brother Williams is definitely one of mutual respect. I was grateful
for the spirit in that lesson. </div>
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<b>Next is comfort-</b> Jess dropped us this week. She called us on
Thursday and told us that she no longer wants the discussions any more.
I was gutted. She was progressing sooo well! She was making changes
and noticing the difference in her life. She had got an answer. She
had felt the Spirit. She had a baptismal date. She knew that this is
what she wanted. She said that she is on a spiritual journey at the
moment and that she didn't want to waste our time if she wasn't fully
into it. I called the District Leader nearly in tears to tell him what
happened. Leaders are inspired and in 3 minutes he had said exactly
what we needed to hear. I still cried myself to sleep over it that
night after I poured my heart out in prayer for her but I accept God's
timing and we are just going to move forward and enjoy the journey we
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<b>The last thing involves comfort and testifying-</b> We had our
follow-up training meeting on Thursday. It was amazing. It was a hour
and a bit train ride there and back for a almost 5 hour meeting but it
was so needed! Two things in that meeting helped me more than anything
else. President Lindsay was talking about diligence and he said,
"Diligence is not necessarily asking what <b><i>more</i></b> we can do but what <b><i>God</i></b>
needs us to do." That hit a cord. With investigators dropping us,
with others not progressing, with the change of weather and sad people
to match the weather I had been really trying hard to figure out what
Heavenly Father was expecting from us. I was trying to figure out how
much we could do or how we could get the most people possible to teach,
and all the other things a missionary worries about but I over looked
the little things that we still had to do in a way. I guess in some way
this was a good soul searching week. Trying to purify myself. It was a
small Gethsemane is some ways. I'm grateful for it. While at this
meeting one the things that we do is preform a 4 minute model of the
Restoration. As Sister Tomaki and I did our model for President and
Sister Lindsay I was nearly in tears as I recited Joseph Smith's first
vision. The spirit was so strong. President commented on it as well. I
love the power that comes as you share the truth of this gospel. Every
time I share the first vision it strengthens my conversion and
testimony. The spirit can testify to us in any setting about anything.
We just have to be open and worthy to have it with us. I got home
Sunday night and opened my scriptures to Mosiah 24:9-16. Could I have
asked for a more appropriate scripture to read? I don't think so.
Heavenly Father is so aware of us. Every single things we go through he
is there for us. He always will be. Many people will come in and out
of our lives but Heavenly Father is only a prayer away at all times. We
never need to worry as long as we have Him on speed dial. I love the
sacrament and the blessing it is to be able to take it with a repenting
heart and open to changing and drawing closer to our Savior and Father
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I love you all! It was the best thing being able to see and talk with
you all today. That will carry me, along with your prayers, through
anything. Know that I'm always praying for you! <br /></div>
Love you and miss you heaps! </div>
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Pic #1 Sister Tomaki's writing on the whiteboard for me :) </div>
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Pic #3 Birds on a wire. I wish I could have captured how many
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doesn't like it but I do! She gets headaches from how tight her hair is
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is English study the other day. Sister Tomaki was copying words down
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'regarding' but half way through she started writing the word
'gathering' which was under the word 'regarding'. The outcome was the
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This has been another fast week. We had some great lessons that I want to tell you about. <br />First
off is Brother Williams. We went and taught him the Plan of Salvation
in hopes of being able to answer his questions about the Godhead and the
kingdoms of glory. He is a stubborn Samoan man but he wants to
understand. He is really strong in his beliefs. Which is fine as long
as he is open to hearing ours. Sometimes through the lesson I would get
a little frustrated because he would cut me off to say his point. He
kept saying, "that's according to what YOU teach". Finally I couldn't
take it anymore and I said, "Brother Williams you keep saying that this
gospel is what we teach. I am here as a representative of Jesus
Christ. I come to teach what He taught when He was on the earth".
Sister Tomaki and I bore testimony of what we know to be true through
the Spirit and he was confounded by the Spirit. As we left we told him
we would come and teach him about the authority of God next time. We
walked out the door and he said, "Okay see you on Monday!" He wants to
understand. We fasted for him yesterday and we are going to see him
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Next we had a sweet lesson with Jess this week! She is back from
her holiday in Kalgoorlie where she was raised. We brought Sister
Simpkins along. Jess started out with, "Okay I have a question." I
love that sentence. She said, "I've been trying to figure out how to
balance living the gospel and being myself. Can I just be myself and
keep the commandments?" I couldn't help but smile. I told her that is
exactly what she needs to do. Then she asked, "If I get married and
baptized then later on when we are both worthy and ready to enter the
temple can we still be sealed or do we have to do the the first time?" I
just squealed with joy. I love seeing investigators see the bigger
picture. Sister Simpkins was perfect fellowship for that lesson because
she was sealed to her husband later on. I love the Spirit. I love
good lessons like that. Jess is progressing so much in her desire to
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Last lesson was with the Fiti family. We dropped in on Saturday
night for a lesson. It was just mum, Kause, Kaya, and Kannon. We
taught them about the Plan of Salvation. From the moment Sister Tomaki
started the lesson mum was hit with the Spirit. She couldn't stop
crying. Every time I looked at her she just gave us the "it's okay keep
going" look and wave. We got to the spirit world and asked mum how it
would feel to be able to be in Paradise. She said that is sounds
amazing and a bit overwhelming. She said that she is so grateful that
her kids get to learn for themselves and make those choices that will
get them there. We testified that because of the Saviour we can all
make it there if we rely on His Atonement. The spirit again was so
incredibly strong in their home. At the end of the lesson Sister Tomaki
committed the family to come to church. There was a moment of silence
and then mum said, "I hate to say this but we have other commitments to
rugby tomorrow morning." Their again was a bit of silence as we let the
Spirit work and she said, "Our priorities are a little messed up." We
testified about how much making church a priority will bless their
lives. They have already started to see the difference that reading and
prayer alone have done in their family over the last week. Mum spoke
again as she looked at her 3 kids and said, "I guess we will have to
start playing rugby union instead of rugby league. Union plays on
Saturdays." My jaw almost dropped. That is huge! We again promised
them the blessings that will come and she said that they might make the 1
o clock sacrament meeting at Rockingham chapel after the games. We
aren't sure if they made it but her thoughts are in the right
direction. We left their house so lifted and excited for them. I can't
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Another cool thing happened this week. We went to the chapel and
met with our family history consultant. She helped Sister Tomaki and I
both find a name to take to the temple. Now I just have to give our
family some props because nearly all of the work for all of the
ancestors that I have on familysearch has been completed. We had to do
some really good searching. But finally we found Mrs. Ann Britton. She
is Grandpa Shelton's great-great grandma and her husbands work and her 2
sons work have been done but hers has not. I'm excited to go do her
work for her so we can seal them all together! Family history work is
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This week is a big week for me. I celebrate my "Perth"day on
Thursday :) The 8th of May was the day that I landed in Perth last
year. I'm pretty excited to celebrate it. I'm also stoked to call you
and talk to you all. I have loved seeing the pictures from all the
races that dad and the boys have been in. Easter looked like so much
fun with the family. I really look forward to hearing it from you over
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Here is a picture of our friends, Ethan and Alec, trying out the lesson Shayne was taught last week. Fun stuff!</div>
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Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01785377325869844647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8610604934958940419.post-61123858692306028232014-04-27T23:57:00.003-07:002014-04-27T23:57:45.540-07:00Are you pumped?! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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G'day! <br /></div>
This
weeks email's subject is brought to you by our Zone Leaders, Elder
Jordan and Elder Mason. On Monday we had our Miracle Monday where we
saw heaps of miracles within our zone. As a zone (24 missionaries) we
found 12 new investigators and set 3 new baptismal dates! On Tuesday
for p-day all of us went bowling to celebrate. It was great, we played 3
games. Sister Tomaki had never bowled before. If you look at our
scores she did pretty dang good for her first time. Our district was
crowned winners of the Monday Miracle Madness competition. We were
pretty pumped. Then at Zone Meeting on Wednesday we walked in and the
Zone Leaders had written on the board, "ARE YOU PUMPED?!" We did an
activity where everyone blew up 2 balloons and on them wrote things that
pumped us up to go do work. Elder Jordan asked Elder Poole, "Elder
Poole, if you stood on your 2 balloons would they hold you up?" To
which Elder Poole replied, "No, I'm too fat!" Elder Jordan said, "Do
you all think that if we combined our pump that we would be able to hold
us all up?" We were pretty skeptical that it would work. They had us
throw all of our balloons to the front of the room. Then the put one
of those big church tables on it! The balloons held the table totally
fine. Then Elder Jordan in all of his excitement and enthusiasm fully
jumped onto the table! Not a single balloon popped. He looked at his
companion and said, "Elder Mason are you pumped?!" Elder Mason is of
course super pumped and jumped up on the table next to his companion.
Elder Jordan then proceeded to ask each district leader if they too were
pumped. Then they added the Sister Training Leaders as well! There
were 8 people on that table that was still being upheld by the balloons
that they rested on. We couldn't believe it. We added Elders until the
balloons finally popped. It was a really cool object lesson. </div>
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Then on
Thursday the Zone Leader came and dropped of balloons to our flat that
had things about us written on it that they admired and that pumped them
up. It was accompanied with cookies :) I had a water bottle sitting
on the counter while we were weekly planning that Sister Tomaki just
laughed at. The bottle company is called PUMP! We took our lunch break
to create these for our Zone Leaders. The Sister Training Leaders took
them to the Zone Leaders flat when we did an exchange with them. We
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From the Zone Leaders :) </div>
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I just wanted to share a few stories that really pumped me up this week.</div>
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We had a lesson with our investigator named Faith. Faith had a
baptismal date but her husband said she couldn't be baptized and won't
let her come to church. Well with Sister Tomaki being brand new we
decided it would be good to go through the lessons again with Faith so
that she can have a refresher and so Sister Tomaki can practice teaching
the lessons. Well this week we taught her the Plan of Salvation. We
really emphasized the need to have faith, repent, be baptized and
receive the Holy Ghost. The spirit was so strong! She realized that
she can't get to the celestial kingdom and live with God or her family
unless she is baptized. It was amazing to see a new determination in
her to do that right thing. She committed to read and pray daily to
build her connection with God again. She said that she would start
praying for her husbands heart to be softened. I loved seeing the
light from her start to burn again. It was beautiful. <br />
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#2 Our District Leader Elder Eti last week told us that there was a
part member family that just moved into our ward. Sister Williams is
active and all 4 of her boys are active and have been baptized. Her son
Helaman actually gave a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday and I
couldn't help but think, "he is going to be an amazing missionary some
day." They are a great family. They are from Samoa. We had a dinner
with them on Friday night. Brother Williams is not a member. He as
incredible faith in Jesus Christ though. He has always been really
religious. We shared a message with them and then Sister Williams said,
"My husband just has a lot of questions." He denied her claim but
after a few more minutes of talking he said, "Okay I only have a couple
of questions." We smiled and asked what they were. He wanted to know
about the Kingdoms of Glory, the Godhead, the apostasy and the
essentially the fact that the church needed to be restored. He has
golden questions! We set up another time to go back and answer his
questions. I can't wait for our lesson with him on Wednesday. I'm so
grateful that I've studied up on the Bible so that I can show him all of
his answers in both the Bible and the Book of Mormon. I'm fully
confident that he is going to be baptized in the next couple of months.
He is going to be a mean member of the church! <br />
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#3 The Fiti family. I told you a little about them last week.
The mum has been wanted to come back to church for a while now but
didn't have the support or drive. The dad was baptized only a few years
ago and then fell away pretty quickly afterwards. We went around last
week and shared a message about how we all want to be ready when the
Savior comes again. We set the daughter Kaya on date to be baptized on
the 31st of next month. Well we had a lesson with them on Saturday that
fell through. We make things happen though and Sunday night after
dinner we said a special prayer that they would be home. They were
home! They had only gotten home about 10 minutes before we showed up
:) Prayers are answered. We shared the Restoration with their family
and had the mum, dad, and older brother talk about how they've felt the
Holy Ghost in their lives, the importance of a prophet to them, and how
needed the priesthood is. It was powerful to hear them bare their
testimonies on things they haven't been aware of for a while. After
reciting Joseph Smith's first vision the 10 year old son said, "Is that a
true story?" I responded with, "that is for each of us to find out for
ourselves." Kaya said, "I think it is." I looked her in the eye and
just smiled as I said, "I know it is." Sister Tomaki and I were able to
bear powerful testimonies of how we know that this church is true. You
could have cut the spirit in that room with a knife. We talked more
about the things that we needed to do with them leading up to Kaya's
baptism and how we wanted to help their family. They all committed to
read and pray daily. On the way out the dad said, "We've been a little
slack lately but then you Sisters always come and make it happen." I've
been incredibly humbled by the miracles that we've been able to be a
part of here in Golden Bay. I'm grateful that Heaven Father trusts me
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Lastly, I was reading in John chapter 9 this week. The greatest
moments I reckon is when you are studying the scriptures and the things
you read bring you to tears. This chapter did that to me. As we've
been reading through the 4 gospels I was getting kind of bored to read
the same stories over and over again throughout Matthew, Mark, and
Luke. John however is totally different. I've been touched by
everything that I've read over the last few days. I love being able to
put myself into the scriptures and seeing how they literally do apply to
each and every one of us. I love the scriptures. I'm grateful for the
power that they bring into our lessons and into our individual lives. I
hope you are all reading daily. Whether it be from the Bible or from
the Book of Mormon. The word of God is there for you. Trust in it and
let it lift, inspire and bless your life. I love you all and hope that
something this week pumps you up :) <br />
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ANZAC day dawn ceremony. This was really cool. We went and met up with
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ceremony is to remember all of the soldiers of war here in OZ and in
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so glad to hear that you all made it up to Lehi for Easter. I love
going to Grandpa's for the traditional Easter egg hunts. Last year we
colored eggs in Spokane. Here in WA all of the eggs are brown so the
color doesn't work the same. We still have our coloring pack though and
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This has been great week for us here in Golden Bay. We honored
Good Friday with a Zone Conference. We talked heaps about moving our
recent converts from baptism to the temple to do baptisms for their
ancestors. Sister Tomaki and I were able to jump on to <a href="http://familysearch.org/" target="_blank">familysearch.org</a>
and we found her grandparents and great-grandparents on her fathers
side. I was incredible exciting! President has given us permission this
transfer only to go to the family history center at the Stake Center to
find a family name for ourselves to take to the temple. I'm so
excited. I haven't been able to go to the temple since about last
August so I'm excited that we will be going soon. It was an emotional
meeting from the beginning. President showed a slideshow of all the
missionaries and their converts for this year so far. We have had 84
baptisms this year so far! We are on tract to reaching our goal of 300
for the year. That is more than 100 more than we have ever reached
before. As we cleanse ourselves and keep a determined focus on the
Lord's will and how He can use us to preform His works then we are only
going to see more and more miracles. There were a lot of pictures of
missionaries who have left for home this year. A few that brought tears
to a lot of our eyes were the ones of Elder Rigby and Elder Boynton.
Sister Lindsay talked about how these elders have returned home but their
recent converts are our recent converts and how in this church we take
care of each other. At the end of our conference President Lindsay read
us an email from Conner Boynton it said that he had just gotten back
from the specialist in London who after running a whole bunch of tests
have decided that they will have him undergo surgery to remove the
cancer and then he will only go through one round of radiation. He was
grateful that he wouldn't have to have chemotherapy. We were so excited
to hear good news. He is still constantly in our prayers that the
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I've had these random headaches. Don't worry they are nothing crazy
but enough that I'll grab a Penadol and be fine. The other night I got
one just as I was laying down to go to sleep. I couldn't help but think
about how grateful I am that I was raised in a home where the
priesthood was always readily available. It's weird not having the
priesthood in the flat. I'm grateful for worthy elders that serve
around us and can help us when we need it. My testimony was
strengthened and rooted deeper within me knowing that I won't settle
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#2 - I read John 10:40-42 this week and it struck my heart. I read,
"40: And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first
baptized; and there he abode. 41: And many resorted unto him, and said,
John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were
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that I am a part of right now and how nothing I do is a miracle. I'm
part of miracles in others lives and I get to see the gospel blesses the
lives of so many but this isn't my work. It's the Lords. I was
touched when I read that John did no miracles. I would say being worthy
to baptize the Lord to fulfill all righteousness is a miracle and a
major blessing but the scripture came off to me as John preached the
gospel. That is was he did. He taught and testified and through the
spirit others believed. It is the same as the work that each and
everyone of us do today. I love being a part of this work. So many
prophets have testified that there is no better work that we can do in
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Easter was incredibly special this year. Our ward put on a stake
devotional. Sister Tomaki and I were privileged to sing in the choir.
There were musical numbers and speaking parts through the whole
program. You hear the testimonies of disciples, Mary the mother of
Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Judean citizens who were healed by His hand and
some who were part of the miracles of feeding the 5,000, were able to
hear the sermon on the mount, and many others. There wasn't a dry eye
in the congregation. The spirit was so strong. There is no denying
that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't a Christian
church. To that I share Gary J. Coleman's testimony <a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1101417650001" target="_blank">http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1101417650001</a>.
Jesus Christ is the head of this Church. I know that with every fiber
of my being. This is the only true and living church on the earth. I'm
so grateful to be a part of it. I know that God hears and answers our
prayers. I felt that yesterday and I was praying my little heart out
that we could see a miracle and bring another soul closer to Christ. As
we were driving along I felt the strongest impression to go visit a
part member family that we haven't been able to catch in a long time. I
followed that prompting and turned to go to their home. Miracle number 1,
they were home. Miracle 2, we shared a message. Miracle 3, mum wants to
come back but has needed the drive and support. Miracle 4, dad has
questions and needs the lessons over again to solidify the testimony he
barely gained years ago when he was baptized. Miracle 5, the 9 year old
daughter accepted the invitation to be baptized and we set the date for
the 31st of May! They are going to come back! We have a lesson with
them on Saturday and I couldn't be happier. I said so many prayers of
gratitude that I can't even count. I love being able to feel the spirit
and see the blessings that come to others as we act upon the spirit. I
love being a missionary. I love this gospel with all my heart. I love
you all and hope you are all well. Keep up all of the amazing things
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Pic #2 Emma and Caitlin moved back to the states this week. We miss them heaps! </div>
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Quick story:</div>
I finish getting dressed one morning and am
out pouring myself a bowl of cereal when Sister Tomaki comes out of her
room and shows me her leg. No tears, to screaming, just calm as a
cucumber says, "Um Sister Beckstrand can you help me?" I ran to my room
and grabbed my super big and wonderful first aide kit that you bring on
a mission when your mum is a nurse and you are certified in first
aide. We cleaned it up as you can see in the picture and then bandaged
her up. She is one tough cookie! I felt a lot like mum though. Sister
Tomaki just laughed at me when I said, "I'll bandage it up but let me
take a picture first." :) It was a fun little adventure before
personal study. She basically had just got her leg caught in something
at the flat and figured if it went in one way it should come out the
same way but that wasn't the case. It just tore all the skin off that
was in the way. Lesson learned. <br />
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G'day family! <br /></div>
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has been a week unlike any other on my mission thus far. Transfers
always bring about a crazy week but I am still trying to just get my
head wrapped around it all. Monday we had a great family home evening
with the Mutu's. I love this family. They are full of love and fun.
Sister Mutu is a solid member. She is definitely my mission mum of this
area. She and her daughters go to the temple at least once a month.
Both daughters are sealed in the temple and her son Nikau is preparing
for a mission. Her husband isn't a member. Nikau shared a lesson on
gratitude. It was really good. It opened us all up for a mini
testimony meeting of the things that we are grateful for. The spirit
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Tuesday was gone in a blink of an eye and we were on the highway
Wednesday morning at 7am to get to the temple in time for my trainers
meeting at 9am. The meeting was great and after shuffling suitcases
from car to car for Sister Murray she was off and I was with my
temporary companion Sister Brown for the day. We were able to go back
to her area of Kwinana for the day to work. A highlight from that day
was teaching this lady named Pam. Pam was contacted once but then the
sisters had struggled to get a second appointment. Well we talked with
her for a bit at the door and then asked if we could come in and share a
the Restoration with her. She agreed and we had an incredible lesson!
The spirit was so strong. She had golden questions and situations.
She said that she has been looking at different churches but they all
seem to be missing something. (Sound familiar?) I asked her if she
would like to know what was missing and she said yes. I told her it was
the priesthood and we invited her to come to General Conference and to
read the Book of Mormon. She said she would do both! Our jaws just
dropped as we got in the car. The spirit was great and we offered a
humble prayer of gratitude before we called in our miracles to our
leaders. 1 hour back in our area and Sister Brown had invited someone
to be baptized :) That is how we make it happen here in the APM. </div>
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Thursday we went to the temple to pick up our new companions! My
new companion is Sister Marie Tomaki. She is 21 and the 2nd oldest of 6
children. She is straight from Port-Vila Vanuatu. Her English is
pretty good for not knowing much before her 2 weeks in the NZ MTC. She
is really shy during regular conversations with people but when she
opens her mouth to share a scripture or testify she is powerful! Since
she is being trained and learning a language our studies start at 8am
and don't end until noon. I definitely needed this. I have been
looking back on the stuff that I am supposed to teach and I've realized
that I have gotten into a pretty set routine of how I teach. It isn't
bad but I know that we are going to grow and learn a lot from each
other. Sister Tomaki has only been a member for just over 2 years. She
was the first to be baptized in her immediate family. She joined,
then her dad (who passed away last year), her sisters, and then her
mum. Her older brother has yet to join the church. We had made a plan
that she will baptize him and then take her whole family to the temple
in Fiji to be sealed after her mission. That left a big smile on her
face. She is just precious. I already know that by the time we are
done with her training that she will be a powerhouse and I will probably
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We had a whole new district here in the Mandurah ward. Elder Eti
and I are the only ones that stayed in the ward. The new Mandurah
Elders are Elder Teuira from Tahiti (Elder Teuira has been out for a year and a half the same as Elder Eti) and Elder Cook. He has been out
for 6 months and is from Wyoming. Elder Eti is training a new missionary as well. His
name is Elder Maughan. The first time I asked him how to pronounce his
name he said, "Have you seen Cool Runnings?" I said yes and he
replied, "Ya man! (in a thick Jamaican accent)" I think we will get
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General Conference was amazing. I can't even begin to explain the
thoughts and feelings that ran through me as I watched and listened to
those inspired speakers. The whole week prior to Conference we told all
of our investigators, members, and less actives to prepare questions
that they wanted answered and to take them to Conference with them.
Well Friday rolled around and I realized that I had questions but I
hadn't really meditated on them or wrote them down. I said a prayer and
decided to write them on a sticky note and put it in my planner for the
next day. Two questions I want to share with you and the answers that I
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Question #1 How can I increase my faith? In Christ and Self? </div>
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#1 Elder Nelsen's talk. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ comes from
living His gospel. He meantioned searching for truth. I wrote, "What
am I learning? Am I searching for truth in all that I do?" I loved
when he said, "Those who face their fears with faith have courage also."
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Question #2 What does the future hold in store?</div>
Answer #2
Elder Gary E. Stevenson's talk. This life is my four minutes. As he
talked about the Olympians I just cried. He was speaking to me! All of
the things that I've been through in live, all of the dreams, all of
the blessings that God has orchestrated into my life this far. All of
it is a part of my four minutes. I am in charge of what happens next.
As I continue to live the way God wants me to live, as I obey his
commandments with exactness, and as I continue to progress the work of
salvation He will help me accomplish anything else I desire to do.
Isn't that a beautiful promise? That is how I will find my next medal
:) As he got in to his talk Sister Tomaki just looked over at me and
pulled out a tissue for me. That talk really hit home. <br />
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I hope you all enjoyed General Conference as much as I did! I
really look forward to taking President Monson's advice and being able
to study the words that have been spoken. It is such a special blessing
to be able to listen and apply the words from God through the leaders
of Christ's true and living church every 6 months. I love this gospel.
I love that we can continually change, repent, and progress towards our
ultimate goal of the Celestial Kingdom. I love you all and hope you
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Before I got Sister Tomaki I spent Monday and Tuesday preparing our flat
for her :) I made her a new planner, put up some signs and topped it
off with balloons. She loved it :) Her planner has a sunset from here
in Golden Bay (her first area), Perth city, the mission office, and of
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