Mon.
The zone leaders were here today from all over the islands for Zone Leader’s Conference. We were able to give them the supplies that they need to take back to their zones. It was great, that will make our job a lot easier. Now we don’t have to haul them all over the place.
For FHE tonight Elder Howell, from Avon, the one who is going home on Wednesday and his companion Elder Jenkins from Vava’au came and talked about their missionary experiences. It was very interesting, well done and very spiritual. Elder Jenkins told a story that was touching to me. Since he was a little boy he has been deadly afraid of dogs, even small dogs. They just scare him to death. The dogs run in packs here, kind of like wolfs and at night they really are scary. Throughout his mission he has hated to walk home at night. One time a pack surrounded him and his companion. They stood back to back and swung their backpacks at them until someone came along to throw rocks at them and break it up. He started praying for help in dealing with this problem and asked the Lord to protect him. Shortly after the experience with the pack of dogs they were out late and he was terrified to walk home. His companion assured him that they would be alright and they started out. Suddenly out of nowhere came a big black dog. The biggest meanest dog he had seen in Tonga. It started to circle them but it was a wide circle allowing them enough room to keep walking. His companion told him not to look at the dog and to just keep walking. Along the way other dogs came at them and tried to attack them but the black dog would take them down and hold them down until they had passed. That happened several times before they made it home. Elder Jenkins then knew that the black dog was there to protect him, not to hurt him. He knew that his prayers had been heard and answered.
