HAPPY P-DAY!!! Wow TRANSFERS!!! Elder Van Dyke and Elder Laufatte left and I got a new companion! His name is Elder Granger and he’s very kind! He’s from Boston, Massachusetts knows a lot of French and Tahitian! He’s also our new District leader! It was sad to say goodbye to my other companions but I know this is who I need to be with now and am continuing to trust in the plan Heavenly Father has for me! 

Now for some Highlights from this week:

-HANILEI AVAE WAS BAPTISED!!! It was my first one where I helped teach all the lessons with her and she is literally incredible! It was amazing to see her progress and she has so much light and I can’t wait to see how many lives she’ll touch and she has definitely touched mine! I also gave the talk about the Holy Ghost and sang in French! It was my first time singing here in Tahiti! But yeah it was amazing to because not all her family are members but they all came and supported her and felt the spirit so strongly! It was an incredible experience!

-We had transfers and I’m still here in Fautaua! 

-We have a car now just temporarily and it’s been amazing and a big blessing! Since our secteur is a hill and biking up and down and up and down isn’t the easiest so having the car is great!  

-Got to go to President’s house to greet the new missionaries and help them with their phones so that was wonderful! 

-4 of our new friends who normally don’t come to church each week came yesterday and it was such a miracle and they got to be there to see someone receive the Holy Ghost which was a beautiful experience and the spirit was very strong!

-Got to be an English translator for these Americans who came visiting and it was pretty hard to get it all 100% correct but I tried and they were so sweet!

-Had a big choir practice for the CN180 celebration Sunday for this coming week with Elder Soares and got to see a lot of friends from Taravao my first secteur and it was amazing to see them and I miss them all so much and they all said the same! 

But yeah that’s about it for this last week! Many miracles and had transfers which always kinda is crazy but still pressing forward with faith knowing I’m in God’s hands! I had a beautiful experience yesterday with a question I had and then it got answered after my personal studies and I can testify if you have questions and when you pray Heavenly Father will answer and hear your prayers! I really have come to see that it’s never the way I expect but it’s always there and when you have the eyes to see He’s been there the whole time! Keep holding on and know that life isn’t easy but with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ They give you the strength to do hard things and be able to have a strength and confidence like Doctrine and Covenants 24:12, “…And I will give unto him strength such as is not known among men.” It is true and He does give us that strength! They live and love us with a love we truly can’t comprehend, a pure perfect love! Love and miss all of you so so much! Beaucoup d’amour! Ua here au ia outou! Faaitoito!💙

-Elder LeBaron