The work is going good! We have lots of investigators who are progressing towards baptism and it is so exciting! We are working with one family from Vanuatu. There are 6 of them and they all have baptismal dates and so it's really exciting. Last lesson the father was having a couple questions about how baptisms should be performed, and we had a super powerful lesson explaining about it from the Bible. One of the best lessons I've been able to be a part of so far on my mission! The spirit was just so strong.
There has been a crazy sickness going around recently and Elder Mounga got really sick! On Wednesday he didn't even wake up until 8 pm. I thought he was dead for a while, but everything turned out alright when he woke up! That was probably the longest day of my entire life. I watched The District 3 times all the way through and then watched The Mountain Of The Lord (which is a great movie by the way) another 4 or 5 times. The very next day though we were able to get out on time and have a good normal day which was such a blessing!
This week we had a tragedy happen. Sister Bibi died. We were with her just 2 days earlier. It was so out of the blue and really has been sad for everyone here. She is a single mom in our Suva 3rd ward. She has one son who we are actually really close with. He is an Indian boy and so he comes to our lessons every once in a while. We were asked to carry the casket on Saturday and it was good to be able to help. President and Sister Higgins were both there.
Can't remember if I said this last week or not but our flat is flooded so we stay with the Zone Leaders and other missionaries when we can! We cleaned it up a little last night though and so we might be able to move back in permanently!
We got a couple great new investigators this week. Two Tongan boys showed up at church yesterday! They were their with their uncle who is a return missionary from Tonga, and they both wanted to take the lessons. We will see them on Wednesday! The mom sounds like a pretty strong catholic, but I'm excited.
We were eating dinner at Demotor City and we started talking to an Indian guy. Being a white guys and being able to talk in Hindi really helps start a conversation!! Turns out he want to become Christian and be baptized. We are really excited! His name is Alexander and he's awesome!!
It's easy to see miracles when you are looking for them! We have been so blessed this week!
Yesterday in Sunday School we studied D&C 121 and it really got to me. Those sections are powerful and relate to missionary work so much more than I ever though they did.
Love you all. So sorry I still can't send pictures.
Have a great week!
Elda Hess
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