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Talofa Lava!

talofa lava !! 

this week was one for the books, but here is what happened --> 

- we went to the batting cages with some friends and had in n out afterwards. kymani had special ordered ours hahah i had no idea you could request even the smallest details to your fries and burgers... crazy

- ^^ we went there for a friend we are teaching, Rolan. we met with him our first time at his house and he is super cool. he showed up to stake conference last week when i bore my testimony and afterwards some missionaries told us to go talk to him since he wants to get baptized and voila! everything is going great...he told one of the youth he is aiming to be baptized by the end of next month. crazy

- a devotional with Elder Rasband

- amongst polynesians, you tend to come across a lot of famous people. one being dinah jane, but another was someone i had no idea about lol. he just got put into the hall of fame though for football, Troy Polamalu, idk if any of you know him. But in addition, all of our youth are placed in the #1 national team for football, Mater Dei...anyways. life gets crazy with all of this, but i only put this in so i have evidence in the future that i knew these people !!🤣 lolol...

anyways, this week i was super exhausted, some things werent turning out right, and it just kinda sucked. but i remembered back to when i talked to elder bednar over zoom. he told me that in order to endure my mission & life i need to remember and reflect on the character of christ often. this has been the best advice for me I cannot express my gratitude enough for this advice !! one of the more specific stories that remind me of his character is after his suffering in gethsemane. the guards came to arrest him & i specifically love what happens with the guard who had his ear chopped off by one of the apostles. Two lessons can be learned in what happens next. 

1. Jesus Christ had alluded to the fact that if he just prayed that God would send 12 legions of angels to Him thus it was unnecessary for the apostle to attack the guard. God will do the same for you & send you 12 legions of angels if you just PRAY !!! 

2. Jesus Christ immediately healed the guard. Though he was in much pain after suffering in Gethsemane, and experienced pains in every aspect -- physically, spiritually, and mentally -- He reached out with love to heal another. 

This story is so special to me because of how Christ's character is truly expressed here. It has helped me press forward despite trials & pains I might face. 

I love you all ! Have a great week :)


sister fin <3













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