Wow this was an incredible week! So much happened! It felt like it flew by but also stood still! It was amazing because we had the Heiva de Paroisse which is a big dance and activities that we did for the weekend! So I was thinking about that a lot and so it made it go by kinda slow but then it flew by! It was all dances of the cultural stories of the islands here and the songs that relate and talk about their assigned islands! So our whole secteur was cut into fourths! It was so good and we had many amis come and it was a great turn out! 

Now for some other highlights from this week:

-Interviews with President and it was so good! He’s literally the biggest blessing in my life and I am so grateful he’s my president! I have been struggling a little bit lately so I asked him for a blessing and it was amazing to see the joy and change that came after and the gift of priesthood blessings! It was exactly what Heavenly Father needed me to hear!

-Got to have a fatams with a member named Fab who loves the missionaries and knows my companion and so he invited us to a dinner for his birthday and the food was amazing! It was ma’a tinito! Which is pork, beans, noodles, rice noodles, and veggies and it’s all in a super good sauce. I love eating it with Tabasco and vinegar that you sprinkle on top! It was incredible and so yummy! 

-Found 8 new amis this week and was literally a huge MIRACLE!! We found like 4 in one day and it was literally miracle after miracle! So we’ll see how the visits go for this next week!

-Heiva de Paroisse culture night was Friday and the dances were great! I felt like I was in heaven seeing the beautiful dances singing together while laughing and the live music of a little band! I LOVE THE CULTURE HERE AND THE MUSIC AND THE DANCING!!!!

-Then the next day we had activities in the morning of how to make baskets out of leaves and then how to cut open coconuts and a bunch of other activities! Then after we had a huge faatamaaraa(feast) together with Ma’a Tahiti(Tahitian Food)! IT WAS ALL SO SO SO GOOD!!! AGAIN I WAS IN HEAVEN!!

-We had a lot of amis come with members so we did a tour of the chapel and it was so good! They had great questions and we helped them to understand the importance of the chapel and why we come every week!

-Scheduled a baptism for our ami and it’s going to be August 3rd and so it’s super exciting! He’s 9 years old and super excited as well!

But yeah that’s about it for this week but it was full of miracles and to always know that even when it’s hard and you feel like giving up you are literally never alone and the best support you can have in your life is Jesus Christ who literally understands you perfectly and when it’s hard He is there for carrying us and sometimes we think it’s just us alone walking using all our force to take one more step forward and yet He’s there lifting us giving us that force that we need! I read a talk that really touched me this week by Elder Anderson called, “Faith Is Not by Chance, but by Choice” in the October 2015 General Conference and it talks about these really hard trials that this family had and yet they kept moving forward with faith and it was so beautiful to see that! It has always helped me that it’s true that everything happens for a reason whether it be super hard or not it’s to help us turn to Him, to draw strength, to not fall, and have the faith needed through our day to day lives! If ever you feel like you can’t go further you can and everything is made possible through our Savior Jesus Christ! He’s the true source of strength that keeps us going! Have faith! Know that you are never alone! Like Elder Anderson said, “Your faith did not begin at birth, and it will not end at death. Faith is a choice. Strengthen your faith, and live to be deserving of the Savior’s approving words: “Great is thy faith.” When we have faith we truly can move the mountains in our lives! I love you all SO MUCH!!!! And miss you all like crazy but all is well!!! Beaucoup d’amour! Ua here au ia outou! Faaitoito!💙

-Elder LeBaron☺️🤙🏻🌺