Sunday, March 31stWe went into Nuku’alofa to our new ward for the first time today. We went with Sister Mitchell. She goes to that ward too. It was a very good experience. We really enjoyed it. They had a great Sacrament meeting, great speakers and the Spirit was strong. They confirmed a new member to the ward, a young man who is Chinese. The elders said that he has a strong testimony that the church is true but he doesn’t speak a word of English so it is hard to communicate with him. We have two elders who speak Chinese so they translate for us. They have been doing a great work with the Chinese population here and there are quite a few members now. The President is trying to decide if he wants to start a Chinese branch.
Leani and her children came to church today. I sat by her during Sunday School. They came in a little late and sat in the back at Sacrament Meeting. Her husband, Richard, didn’t come. He stayed home with his daughter who had a high fever. We can understand that he wouldn’t want to come alone with 6 children and leave his wife home with their daughter but we were disappointed. It was such a good meeting, it would have been good for him to be there.
We had a lovely Easter dinner with good friends. After we ate we just sat in the living room and visited. The time flew by. Before we knew it 4 hours had passed. The Colson’s will be a great help to us in the work we want to do here. They have been doing this for the last 30 months, so they have a lot of experience. As specialists, they can do most of their work from their home in St. George and then they make a trip to the Pacific once or twice a year to train new couples. They are in their 70’s so they say that is it just perfect for them. When they travel it is pretty intense because they go to a lot of different islands but when they are home they are pretty free and it is not bad at all. It would be a good way to serve a mission.
We took everyone out to the blow holes to watch the sunset. The tide was out so the waves weren’t huge but it was still beautiful.
