Sunday, April 7thIt was our second week in our new ward and I had to go by myself. Alan wasn’t feeling well this morning and he decided that he had better stay home. Brother Cahoon’s wife wasn’t feeling well either, so he went with his two wives to church. Sister Mitchell, the mission nurse being the other one. It was a great Fast and Testimony meeting. This is a much smaller ward and it is all families so it is more like home. We start right on time, even if there are only 15 people in the chapel. By the time the song and prayer are over people are starting to arrive. At first I wondered how many people would bear their testimonies but I should not have worried. They don’t line up like the kids do in our other ward but it was a steady stream of people sharing beautiful testimonies. I really wish that the people back home could hear them, they are pretty amazing. A little girl who will be turning 8 soon stood up to bear her testimony. She said that she would be baptized soon and she wanted us to know what she believed. Then she proceeded to recite the Articles of Faith. It was pretty impressive and touching. That is what we believe. We all learned a great lesson from her.
Lina came with her family again this week but Richard came home from his trip to Vava’hau with a cold so he stayed home. Hopefully we will meet with him this week on Tuesday. Lina is great and we had a good day with her and the kids. They stayed for the whole block. Her oldest daughter is in Young Women’s and they did a project for their personal progress. Every one of them made a skirt and top in the Tongan style. They all wore them to church today. They looked great and they all did such a good job. Once again I was very impressed.
When I got home Alan was feeling a little better but still weak. I made some soup and we ate light today.
We know that conference started at home today so we called Dave and Greg after the Priesthood session was over to find out what was new. They told us about the new temples and the new Young Woman’s Presidency, but they missed the best part. Our Mission President was made an Area Authority 70 today. He will be over the South Pacific. We knew that he came up missing from the Mission late last week and no one seemed to know where he was … now we know. He will be great. He is such a spiritual man. We really love him and feel so blessed to have been able to work so closely with him.
