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Surprise!!
Kind of! Okay so the E-mail thing. I was not going
to E-mail today because I received an answer to my prayer to be obedient to the
mission rules! But then received a call from Elder Harmon who had just got of the
phone with President Tupou! He said we are able to use computers at a public
Internet house! Luckily there is one in our area! So we are able to net when its
open! But the bad news is that most areas do not have them! I've only known of
two in Vava'u. So you are blessed! Haha! The reason why is because of Disobedience on the computers! It's a real pain because when we
obey the rules and do our best we get the punishment along with everyone else.
I have more to say but want to remain positive towards my family of Elders and
Sisters in Tonga! It actually wasn't President Tupous call, It came straight from
Salt Lake City! So It is from the Lord and it will only bless us! In a way I
love it because we can only focus 100% on the work! But on the other hand I
love hearing from you guys each week and receiving the help I need to carry on
in my endeavors. I've been reading about Job. What a guy???!!!! He was so strong
and faithful! Even when Satan took everything he had he blessed the Lord and
remained perfect and upright escheweth evil! I am trying to be like him and
always be obedient and thank the Lord no matter what situation I may be in
because It could always be worse! I think that was from Uchtdorfs talk! One thing Pres. Tupou said was in the Book of Mormon the verses that say "it will come to pass" are incredibly powerful! Know that with every trial we receive, it will come to pass!
We had an opportunity to have President Tupou come to Vava'u for a
mission Conference! He helped us a great deal in our struggles to find people to
teach! After words we decided to put his lesson right to the test at our fafanga! He wants us to role play with members so they won't be scared to invite
people to listen to us! So we role played! Usually the family feeds us and kinda
wants us to leave! But the Lord blessed us with the entire family sitting in the
living room! So we went for it! The dad (Faleula) Is usually standoffish and shy
and not really into missionary work! But after a few role plays with his kids I
asked him if he would role play! He said sure so Him and his wife role played for
a good 5 min! It was awesome and the spirit was super strong! We challenged them
all to invite the people who they role played and we will check up on them today!
We also realized the Members aren't supposed to help us... We are here to help
them. They are all really busy! So we are here to visit the inactive members and
invite people to come unto Christ! After putting that into perspective we went
our searching for Inactive members! We have 14 or so that we are gonna try and
bring back and teach their families! The work is picking up!
I
only have an hour so times almost up!
This is me teaching a goat, a pig and a horse. Even some animals won't even listen to us...
I was called to preach the Gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue and "creature"...
:)
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The horse was not having it... He ran away 4 times but luckily
he was tied to a tree or else I don't think we would
have gotten one word in... |
As for things I want/
need!
Razors, toothpaste, face lotion, Advil, neosporen,
band aids
Grandpas hot mustard and Salami... if possible.. haha
English hymn book one of the small ones
conference edition of
the Liahona!
Letters from friends since I have no more e mail most
likely!
Pictures!
More
church things :) just the little things you always send!
Scripture tabs
for my Tongan scriptures!
Small English PMG (Someone took mine)kinda..
I gave it to a member that is serving in SLC in June!
HI CHEWS!!! and See's candy stuff...
tape
Spanish to English dictionary... If you think that's a dumb idea its okay! I
thought it could be easier to learn 2 languages! Just learn a word for each one!
If you can!
Times up! I love you all! Until next week
Love Elder Swan
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