WOW TRANSFERS THIS WEEK?!!!! It’s crazy it’s already TRANSFERS this week! This transfer flew by! It feels like I just got here and yet I’ve almost been here for 1 month and a half in Fautaua! Many things happened this transfer with Easter and then had General Conference! It was a very incredible transfer for me! Though something crazy happened this week and I never thought I would have this happen to me but while sitting during our Fatams they had a cat that was resting by my feet and out of nowhere bit me and it hurt so bad! It drew blood and I was terrified because I thought I would get rabies or something but I called our mission nurse and luckily there are no rabies here in Tahiti so I’m ok! But yeah kinda wasn’t the greatest but it’s ok I’m still alive!
Now for some Highlights from this week:
-We had an exchange this week and I was with my companion Elder Laufatte and Elder Adolphe who is my district leader! It went well and was able to find 5 new friends during the exchange so that was pretty awesome!
-We had Zone Conference this week and it was so good! It was my first actual normal zone conference because when I first got here it was a Christmas Conference and then after Elder Wakolo came and had a zone conference with him! So yeah and then after we had an extra hour where we sang to prepare for the big celebration for the CN180 for celebrating the church here in Tahiti for the 180th Anniversary with Elder Soares who will be coming! Also got to see Sœur Lines, Pereira, Gardner, and Elder Murray! Always love seeing my district from the MTC! Also got to see Sœur Harryman who is literally my bestie who was in Taravao with me and same with her companions Sœur White(who is the cousin to Maddie, Lauren, and Paige Jackson who are my really good friends from Spokane) and Sœur Snow!
-We got a car for this week and it has been so NICE!!! I like riding the bike to stay in shape but having a car is a lot better because our secteur is a hill and everyday it’s pretty tiring but bearable! But having the cat this week was so amazing and helped us to do a lot more in our secteur because of it!
-I ate calamari for the “real” first time and it was absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! I loved it a lot! Normally i just said I hated it because I thought it was weird to eat but just ate it and it was super yummy! It was a fatams we had at a nice restaurant and the food was INCREDIBLE!!! He was the sweetest ever and he could speak English which was very cool! His name was Lehi and was the nephew of one of the members in our ward! It was a wonderful night with him!
-Our amie Hanilei is getting baptized this Saturday and so excited for her! To get her ready we’ll be teaching her almost every day this week and she is so excited and ready! Also it’ll be my first baptism of an amie I’ve helped teach all the lessons and get baptized so it’s super exciting!
That’s about it for this week but it was wonderful and filled with so many miracles! It’s amazing to see the Lord’s hand in this wok every day because all is possible because of Him! In my hardest moments He is right there to catch me and give me the strength to get through the hard moments and never be alone! He is our center and if we put Him there we will never fall and He will always be there to bring a smile on our faces and have peace, love, and comfort ALWAYS! I read the conference talk by Elder Soares yesterday titled “Covenant Confidence through Jesus Christ” in the last April conference and its amazing what confidence comes from Jesus Christ to do all He needs us to do and when we keep and continue to make covenants we receive that confidence! He is always there to give us exactly what we need even when we think it’s not or it’s not what we were expecting it’s always right what we need! He lives and is my best friend and the only person who knows me so individually! He loves us all so much with a perfect love that we truly can’t comprehend! Turn to Him and draw from His eternal strength, love, and joy! Miss you all so much! Beaucoup d’amour! Ua here au ia outou! Faaitoito!💙
-Elder LeBaron
