Our Sacrament meetings are something else. The Tongan people have no reservations about telling you exactly what is happening in their lives. Our first speaker is the mother of 6 sons and she talked about how she has cried over them, fasted and prayed for them, that they would make better decisions. She talked about how they are the “Trial of Her Faith”. She hasn’t seen one son in 3 weeks but he came to church today. In fact, they were all there to hear her talk. It was a miracle, an answer to her prayers and hopefully it will help them understand how very much she loves them.
The next speaker was a man that is very strong in the Tongan tradition that the man is the head of the home. He just came back from New Zealand where he spent 2 weeks with his brother. He said there was no yelling, no fighting, no doors slamming, just peace and love in that house. He asked his brother how he did that and his brother explained that he had to learn to be humble. He isn’t always right, his wife isn’t always right. They have learned to work together, help each other and to meet in the middle. When our ward member came home he wanted to change and have that kind of relationship with his wife. He found out it doesn’t happen over night. He had an argument with his wife last night and when he asked her this morning if she was still mad at him, she punched him in the face. (His wife was sitting right there in the chapel.) No one seemed surprised by this, just us. Then he said that instead of hitting her back, he humbled himself and walked away. His talk was about developing humility. I sure hope he keeps working on that attribute!!
We are still having a great experience in our Sunday School class. Vincint and Peau, his girlfriend, are coming every week and today they even answered some questions. She cried as we talked about the pre-existence and how we knew our Heavenly Father. He saved us all to come to the world at this time and he trusted us to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son. She has a very sensitive spirit and she wants so much to be married and work toward going to the temple. First we have to get Vincint baptized!!
We had our President’s dinner this afternoon. It was an Italian dinner. As usual, everything was delicious. We were hoping that we would have some lasagna left over, but no such luck. It was gone!! We have so many good cooks here. It is really fun to get together and have dinner. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving!
This was a farewell dinner for the Williams. They will be leaving the end of the month. We will really miss them. He has worked hard while he has been here. I can’t even imagine how many teeth he has pulled ! He is such a tease and he has made life fun for all of us. She is a great cook, she cut everyone’s hair and she has helped out at the school. It has been a good experience for them. They both cried as they said their good-byes.
