Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 5:07 PM (MST)
Monday, February 19, 2018 11:07 AM (Vanuatu)
Monday, February 19, 2018 11:07 AM (Vanuatu)
so guess what friends. i actually got to eat shark. and it
tastes almost exactly like fish. cuz sharks are fish. but it was really good
fish! lots of meat! yeah! but the cool thing is the person who gave us shark
(while we were on small island wala) we weren't expecting them to give us shark
so two people gave us shark. eaten once and the next will probs be tonight or
tomorrow. hope i can eat turtle too but chances of that are pretty low.
today we're gonna roast a pig! #district activity! it's
gonna be sweet. i hope i get to kill it so i can mark it off my bucket list
that i killed a pig! (already killed a chicken back in etas so pig and dog are
next)
but. about missionary work! we have been teaching a lot of
really cool people! this past saturday we had 4 baptisms! huzzah! in a river!
huzzah! i almost fell over trying to lift one of the dudes back out of the
water cuz the river sand was so soft and malleable. but it was a great
experience.
tomorrow we're finally gonna get to go to tisman and aulua!
it's gonna be sick im so hyped there's been so many stories shared of the
legendary quality of investigators and church leaders there. its gonna be
grand. probs gonna stay the whole week there.
we did a lot of work in all of our areas this week. focusing
on preparing and planning the baptism for the 4 in lowni and helping our
investigators in wala progress and coming to know the members of brenwe and get
them excited about missionary work once again! so some cool (spiritual) stories
that happened this past week.
toby and anita. toby is the first born in his family which
means when his dad dies he will become chief. and like all of his family is
super strong catholic. but toby and his wife are seeking for truth. so if and
when he's baptized he will be able to stand confidently in his family and in
his position as chief with no fear but only pure faith. leading his family (and
hopefully village too!) along the covenant pathway back to the kingdom of our
father in heaven. i love to teach people like that who are sincerely 100%
desiring to know the mind and will of the lord. hoping and praying that they
will look up and not around for their answers! yay!
i suppose that's something that i've noticed alot on my
mission. way too many people look around at their friends or family for the
answers to big spiritual and life changing questions when we should depend on
the one who has all wisdom and knowledge who will not lie to us and who loves
us perfectly! so if you're reading this i'd like to invite you. don't look
around. look up. ask. and you shall recieve. i testify that's true.
other peeps i've taught this week: john kennedy! great dude!
back in the day he joined the church with some of his friends but due to some
extenuating circumstances and perhaps a little laziness his faith atrophied. we
visited him whilst trying to come to know all of the members in our area and
inspire/encourage them to greater use of their faith! and he was very
enthuastic about everything and time permitting we will go and help his family
also feel the joys of faith in action! because for blessings to come faith must
be used first. ether 12:6 james 2:17-18+20
i remember back in the day i met a pastor dude from colorado
whilst i was in vila. and his main stumbling block(as described in 1nephi 13
and 14) was that we don't have to do anything to earn god's love. while that is
true, and many blessings to come to all 'the sun rises upon the wicked and the
just' the true spiritual blessings that we all long for take work. take
refinement. take repentance. and through all of that along with the
companionship of the holy ghost and the grace of christ given through the
atonement, we can become what we are. sons and daughters of a heavenly
father.
sorry. spiritual tanjents. i have so many more favorite
scriptures than i did back in the day. like. whole book of mormon. favorite
scripture. so many A+ stories and doctrine for any and all occasions because it
was written for you! for your struggles! that you're facing right now. the
words of a loving god to you personally wait for you to open and absorb them.
apply them.
i believe in applied religion. because if we all applied,
truly applied, our religion to our lives and lived by the morals and commandments
and advice there in, so so soooooo many trials that we all face as individuals
and as a human family would be alievated. god wants to bless you. we're the
only ones who build the wall/close the door to heaven. so open it! break down
the wall of sin and sadness! feel the warmth of heavenly light in your soul
today! and then tomorrow we can sing together 'there is sunshine in my soul
today. more glorious and bright than shines in any earthly sky for jesus is my
light!'
some things i've been pondering lately if any of you want to
ponder them with me. john 17:3 and alma 22:18. what are you willing to give
away?
the time is far spent. there is little remaining to publish
glad tidings by sea and by land! Then hasten ye hearlds, go forward
proclaiming: Repent! for the kingdom of heaven's at hand! Repent! for the
kindgom of heaven's at hand!
bwahhhhhhhhhh i only have 2 more sundays in kulaaaaaaaaaaaa
whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
heheheh i wrote another book love pat on the back if you
read it all! *pat pat* email me back with your own spiritual ponderings
so we can all ponder together!
that's all for now!
elder hyatt vi
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