Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 4:37 PM (MDT)
Monday, October 24, 2016 9:37 AM (Vanuatu)
hi friends.
so this week we had general conference on saturday and sunday. and a lot of people were pretty interested in it cuz here in vanuatu, all the various churches have 0 central authority and so. they were very curious about it.
we're working more with members
now in our area. all the men in vanuatu are generally very strong headed and
not willing to change. and so, when we missionaries come and invite people to
change and come unto christ, they're very stubborn.. but it's ok. the work
progresses at the speed heavenly father will have it and all i gotta do is make
sure im doing everything he wants me to so that i don't make the work go
slower.
all the talks were really
great. like. really really great. and like. one thing that happened. is we were
explaining to some of the members about the organization of the church
leadership and one of the papas noted that president monson was really old. and
he was like. 'his son is gonna take his place soon huh.' and that made me
smile. cuz these people have only been members during president monson's time
as prophet. and they don't know about previous prophets except for joseph
smith. and just. my heart went out to them. and we got to teach them about the
modern day prophets a little. very grateful for the picture book thing that has
all the faces of the prophets.
mango season is in full swing, i ate probably.. 10? mangos
this week. pretty good. for those of you at home who have never tasted a 1/2
ripe mango. it tastes like a apple. only when they're fully ripe do they taste
like mango. weird. but good.
been learning a bunch of stuff
from a stash of talks i got from another missionary. desiring to improve. to be
better. to learn more. to grow and become what god expects me to be. theres a
bunch of different ways to study and learn from the scriptures. one that i
found out this week is like. old testament=premortal christ. new testament=
mortal christ/post mortal christ. Book of mormon= pre and post mortal christ.
doctrine and covenants= post mortal christ. they all interconnect and work out
because he's the same yesterday today and forever. and like. i've never
seriously studied the old testament or the new testament in depth so. im gonna
dive into those and hope to come to know christ more fully. and change myself
to become more like him.
some of the people we're working with are pretty dope. some
really want to find the truth and are working with heavenly father to find that
out. and we get to be a part of that! yeah! also something that i kinda found
out about is that some people here join the church purely for the fact that the
church has the capacity to pay for children's school fees and housing and
stuff. and it made me kinda mad that people abuse that tithing money. like.
that money is sacred. they don't care about the truth or the gospel. they only
care about the fact that the church can give them money. and if and when the
church stops giving them money they become insta-less active. sigh.... it's ok.
god is a perfect judge and it's not my problem. i just gotta have the
worthiness to have the gift of discernment. yeah!
being a district leader is weird. filling out papers and coordinating the work and stuff. my shirts are always dirty. tried bleach. didn't really work. it's ok. pale yellow-brown is the new white right?
yeah! missionary work! yeah!
district leader! yeah!
D&C 4 is really great. whom
god calls he qualifies. the field is white. i know it with all my heart and
mind and i'll testify of it with all my might and strength.
that's all for now!
elder hyatt vi
- general conference!
- building our little chapel that got wreck'd by the rain.
- frying octopus cuz that's how we roll.
- poor little bird got trapped in the chapel. found him when we went to district meeting. his nails were freakin sharp tho. ouch. caught him and let him out of the chapel. he was probably in there since sunday.. (district meeting is on tuesday)
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