Hope you all had a fantastic Fourth of July. We had a pretty great one. We had a dinner with the senior couple, the Hansens, that live in our compound. It was fun. America is the best. :) (I say that in a very non-comparative, non-competitive way... :) )
Life here is going great. People are great.
We started lessoning with a Fijian woman, Alberta, who lives in our compound. It is great. She has lessoned with sisters before, when she lived in Vanuatu (another Pacific island). She is interested in finding the truth. She has a friend, nei Kabwearuru, who brought her to church and helped during our first lesson with her. It is amazing how much nei Kabwearuru helps to allow for her friend to receive lessons. It is awesome! It is a good lesson in member missionary work. Helping our friends receive the restored gospel is the best thing that we can do for them.
Well, I have been reading talks from the past General Conference this past week. The talks are all amazing! I love them. I read one about sacrifice and that sacrifice makes things sacred. It makes things important. Heavenly Father sacrificed His Son so that we can return to live with Him again. It must, therefore, be an extraordinarily sacred and important thing that we strive to live to return to Him, as He gave such an extraordinary sacrifice.
I love you all. Hope that all is well with you! Happy Fourth of July. Freedom isn't free - I hope we don't forget the men that died for that, and more importantly, that we don't forget the Man that died for that. "For men are free to choose... liberty and eternal life through (Christ)" (2 Nephi 2:27)
Have an amazing week!
Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Weenig
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| Service with Elder Morphonios (From North Carolina) -- we cleared bushes for an investigator. |
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| Sea Worms... They dry them and chew them like gum... |
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| Elder Morphonios and I on Tabiteuea North |
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| This is the hospital... We visited one the of the elders who was sick. Apparently, while he was sleeping a dog came and licked his foot.... Kinda funny. :) |
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| With Elder Seffker and Elder Jubeck |
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| The American Flag, flown outside of Moroni High School (Elder Belshe, one of the senior missionaries, asked permission to fly it on the 4th of July. :) ) |
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| That hanging thing is a giant shell fish. We saw it at a member's house on Tabiteuea North. Kinda cool, eh? (and no, I did not eat it... But I have eaten it cooked before.... when I was in Abemama) |
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| Zone Conference |
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| With Elder Otto inside a bunker in Betio |
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| Our district (Ambo) on a cannon in Betio |
