Dear Family and Friends,
I havé felt â deep, constant feeling of happiness this week. Sr. Toofa
and I havé had such sweet moments of joy in seeing the great workings of
the Lord unfold in Papeari.
This week was full of lessons in the two sectors, with the Trio, Sr bultez, Sr Toofa, and meee. And it was GR8:)
Food for thought,
How many Israelian Jews have been baptized in Tahiti?
I think, Like maybe 1.
Haha
but God is good!!!! And here we are in Papeari with this humble, sweet
family of Jews who wants nothing more than to follow the savior and be
baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
BEFORE:
Born into a family of devout Jews, The dad followed all of the customs,
and teachings until 35 years old when he started searching for truth.
He said he's been in about every religion possible, searching for the
church of God. During â stay in Switzerland, Geneva the Dad left his
apartment to go to work, and the Swiss missionaries were standing in the
street. One was clearly lost, looking around, but when he saw this man
he walked immediately up to him and said "Did you know that we have â
living prophet today?", he was shocked and knew nothing of â prophet.
The missionary the gave the Dad â pamphlet, but couldn't fix another
lesson because they were about to move out of Switzerland. When the Dad
walked back into his apartment, and showed his family the brochure he
said to his wife. "I want to be a Mormon". They moved shortly after to
France, and his work brought him and his family to one of the Tahitian
Islands, Moorea. While living there, he learned about Jesus Christ in
the Book of Mormon (on the LDS Library App on his phone) and found that
the Savior really had come. But after 2 years at Moorea, they still
didn't know who to talk to or how to join with this church. His work
told him to move, so he moved their family to the main island of Tahiti,
into...our sector! A Tahitian posted a political video post on
Facebook, this man watched it and at the end he said " I'm a Mormon".
He said "at that moment everything came back to me, my experience with
the missionaries in Switzerland, and I knew God was ready to guide me
into his church". He contacted the Tahitian who posted the video, who
got a hold of our bishop, who called us to come over for a lesson "with 3
Swiss Jews". I have never met 3 Amis so sincerely ready to serve our
Savior, Jesus Christ.
On meeting this family
Sr Toofa and I can't believe the goodness of God, and all his mighty
works that came to pass in the life of this family. We know that this is
the Lord's work and are filled with Love and Joy knowing we can teach this already prepared family.
I
don't have enough time or patience to write more details about the
lessons, but their long wait to join with Christ's church is coming to
an end.
Sr. Toofa is wonderful. 0 choses a dire. I sincerely
love serving with her. Of course it makes things easy when massive
miracles are happening like that, but I got a feeling Sr Toofa will
stick with it in the thick and the thin.
It
was crazy to see the MacPhersons! Annd they told me to keep working on
my English haha Love Highland 35th a lot! Big bear hug to all the
missionaries serving in the ward! And Gros Bisous for the fam!
Sr spencer
No pictures. Sry.
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