Malo lelei!
Fefe ake? Sei pe? Io. Haha see I'm learning a bit from my companion.
What great news this week. The blessings of serving a mission are
endless! I love my mission. I heard from Jimmy Stringam this week in
an email and he's been home for about 2 months now. He was one of my
favorite companions and he told me how hard it is to "let go" of the
mission. I dont even want to think about it. I bet Adam had a similar
experience. By the way when you see him tell him I said gday mate and
that in a few short months we'll be able to hang out again.
Let me tell you a bit about our week. We had a good week. We found a
few new investigators which is really exciting. Most of them we found
through GQing. One of them is Cecilia Vave and she is actually related
to the Mafoa family in our ward. I swear that family gets bigger and
bigger each week. Everyone is related to them. I actually wasnt
present for the lesson because Elder Vaivela and Elder Branco were on
trade offs because we wanted to give Elder Vaivela an opprotunity to
lead out in the area. Elder Branco said he did well which was exciting
for me! Elder Vaivela will be the best Tongan missionary this mission
has ever seen! He really is a great companion and his english is
noticably better. So they taught Cecilia the Restoration and they said
it went really well. She had some great questions and she wants to
come to church this week! I'm excited for her.
We added a couple new investigators from Armenia! Cool eh? We teach
people from all over the world here. We stopped by and gave them a
Book of Mormon in Armenian and invited them to church. They were late
as but they came! They liked it but it was very different for them.
They come from a staunch Catholic background so after sacrament
meeting they were like "so...where is the statue of Jesus and where
are the candles?" dont you give time to pray? I was like UHHH yeah in
the great and abomidable church they do!! haha jk. I just quickly
explained that the most important part of the meeting was the
sacrament and why its so important. We're going to teach them the full
Restoration this week.
We also taught Dave Reilly's partner from Thailand about Jesus Christ
using the Finding Faith in Christ DVD because she's Buddhist and has
never learned about Jesus Christ. That was a cool experience too. It
reminded me when President said " We are representatives of Jesus
Christ. We RE-present Jesus Christ to the world." I'm thankful that
the Lord trusted me to be able to do that.
I'm going to have to go but I love you all so much! thank you for
being faithful enduring to the end. Is there someone else around you
that you could reach out and help? Save the one-President Monson. I
know that God lives and Loves his children. The purpose of this life
is to learn and to progress. We can become more like our Heavenly
Father through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know this is His
Church. I'd also like to add that the gospel is as exciting as you
make it. It doesnt have to be boring. Spice things up! There's a time
to be serious and there's a time to have fun but serious doesnt have
to mean unhappy. Be of good cheer! Its all through the scriptures. IF
YOUR HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT...SUCK IT UP!
Love, Elder Nelisoni
Fefe ake? Sei pe? Io. Haha see I'm learning a bit from my companion.
What great news this week. The blessings of serving a mission are
endless! I love my mission. I heard from Jimmy Stringam this week in
an email and he's been home for about 2 months now. He was one of my
favorite companions and he told me how hard it is to "let go" of the
mission. I dont even want to think about it. I bet Adam had a similar
experience. By the way when you see him tell him I said gday mate and
that in a few short months we'll be able to hang out again.
Let me tell you a bit about our week. We had a good week. We found a
few new investigators which is really exciting. Most of them we found
through GQing. One of them is Cecilia Vave and she is actually related
to the Mafoa family in our ward. I swear that family gets bigger and
bigger each week. Everyone is related to them. I actually wasnt
present for the lesson because Elder Vaivela and Elder Branco were on
trade offs because we wanted to give Elder Vaivela an opprotunity to
lead out in the area. Elder Branco said he did well which was exciting
for me! Elder Vaivela will be the best Tongan missionary this mission
has ever seen! He really is a great companion and his english is
noticably better. So they taught Cecilia the Restoration and they said
it went really well. She had some great questions and she wants to
come to church this week! I'm excited for her.
We added a couple new investigators from Armenia! Cool eh? We teach
people from all over the world here. We stopped by and gave them a
Book of Mormon in Armenian and invited them to church. They were late
as but they came! They liked it but it was very different for them.
They come from a staunch Catholic background so after sacrament
meeting they were like "so...where is the statue of Jesus and where
are the candles?" dont you give time to pray? I was like UHHH yeah in
the great and abomidable church they do!! haha jk. I just quickly
explained that the most important part of the meeting was the
sacrament and why its so important. We're going to teach them the full
Restoration this week.
We also taught Dave Reilly's partner from Thailand about Jesus Christ
using the Finding Faith in Christ DVD because she's Buddhist and has
never learned about Jesus Christ. That was a cool experience too. It
reminded me when President said " We are representatives of Jesus
Christ. We RE-present Jesus Christ to the world." I'm thankful that
the Lord trusted me to be able to do that.
I'm going to have to go but I love you all so much! thank you for
being faithful enduring to the end. Is there someone else around you
that you could reach out and help? Save the one-President Monson. I
know that God lives and Loves his children. The purpose of this life
is to learn and to progress. We can become more like our Heavenly
Father through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know this is His
Church. I'd also like to add that the gospel is as exciting as you
make it. It doesnt have to be boring. Spice things up! There's a time
to be serious and there's a time to have fun but serious doesnt have
to mean unhappy. Be of good cheer! Its all through the scriptures. IF
YOUR HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT...SUCK IT UP!
Love, Elder Nelisoni
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