What a week. I loved every single day this week. Because it is so close to Christmas I decided to pray every day for an opportunity to become more like my Savior or to learn how to become more like Him. Be careful what you pray for! I was overwhelmed with opportunities, experiences, and blessings. I have never been more happy walking in the hot sun or the pouring rain! Everywhere I looked I found something that made me want to become more like my Savior! Here are the best ones.
This week we started off going to a house and performing a blessing/casting out evil spirits for a young woman who was having some problems. Her grandmother called us and we went over as soon as we could to help. We got there and she told us she was hearing things and wasn't feeling good. So Elder Redd gave her a blessing and some words of advice. After the grandmother asked for a blessing for her toe that just got amputated. After we blessed here I realized the power that Elder Redd and I both were holding, and how much it can bless other peoples lives. Whether that be through blessings or through allowing the Spirit to bring comfort to people through us. I was truly humbled to realize that everything we do is to help bring comfort to those we come in contact with! I loved that and realized how much our Savior brings comfort to us!
Then we went out to one of our converts houses and just started talking to him. He lives in a house no bigger than some of your bedrooms. And yet he was talking about how this whole week he had been searching for things he could give to our Relief Society so that they can help families who may not have very much. I was so taken back to see that a man who has so little is trying to give so much. My heart sunk to see how selfish I had been in asking for so much for myself this week and how little I had looked to bless others lives. Kinda a slap in the face...... But so awesome to see how you can learn so much if you truly listen to the spirit and try with all your might to look outwards.
Finally our BAPTISMS!!!!!!!!! We had the opportunity to baptize Laumata and Ken this week! It was sooooo awesome I loved to see how happy they were! Man this gospel is true and bringing someone into it just makes you want to scream it to the island! I love this work and how much it has truly blessed me! I love you all for your support and love!
Alofa atu
Elder Bethea
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