Dear Family and Friends,
Horo'amana, our new ami, caught us off guard. You
know, the classic "we didn't think he was really interested", but God
had actually been preparing this man. Tahitians like to Haamaou, which means they mess with you. They say they really want to come to Church or get
baptized, and then the next time they are no where to be found. So we
did some contacting, shared a message in French with 5 drunk, smoking
men and the only person that said he wanted to know more was the man who
only spoke Tahitian, and didn't understand our message. We fixed a time
with him but in the rush of things, didn't have time to go to the
lesson. The next time we passed by his little cabin, he asked why we
didn't come by, saying he had waited for us. Ah, of course we felt
super bad and fixed another time with him. Yesterday we taught Lesson 1
with him, another Tahitian stretching lesson, and being guided by the
spirit were able to engage him to pray in the dirt there, if Joseph
Smith was called of God as prophet. And after feeling the warm
confirmation of the spirit, were able to bear witness of the Truth, and
commit him to baptism. His sweet testimony after was as follows, (in
whispered tahitian) "I feel like I am Peter in the boat and the Savior
is calling me to walk on water out to him. You, the missionaries are
calling my to baptism, and I know that will take a lot of faith. But I
will leave the boat." I wish I was making it up, but he really said
that!! I hope and pray he will not let go of this new goal. Meeting
people like that, testify that there is a God. That he knows this man
and that he knows us. That his work continues to go forth, and that HE
LOVES US.
Also I got a hair cut, by myself, with some nail clippers hahaha.
And one of our lessons you have to cross a couple rivers, so I took a video.
Horo'amana means Give the Power
Love,
Brooke
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