What a week!! It absolutely flew by again and it’s crazy how when you are focused on the work literally time flies by in a second! Also it happened again…my 3rd ingrown toenail!🫢🫣😵😱😭😵💀Man have I learned patience more in my life then with my ingrown toenails! And increased my faith! Even though I had another one this week it’s amazing to see the Lord’s hand in protecting me and being ok! It’s taught me to turn to Him in literally every moment and to be patient in knowing that “all things will work out for our good” when we experience trials! He’s there ALWAYS!!!

Now for some Highlights from this last week:

-So many FATAMS! We ate so much this week it was crazy! We had lunch and dinner almost every day! It was all so good and yet also I feel like I’ve gained 300Ibs!! But it’s all good I LOVE THE FOOD HERE!! Well most of the time but mostly it’s all good😂

-We had a zone BINGO challenge and we had to do certain things throughout the week to complete to get certain rewards from our DZ mā and so my companion and I got BLACKOUT first out of everyone in our zone and it was so fun to have done the challenges that with that brought miracles with finding and visiting our members!

-Made my first Facebook reel to invite everyone to church and that was fun to make though to be honest not a huge fan of social media but we have many miracles that come from using it so I’m working on it!

-Got to see President Tuahu in the office this week and it was so good to see him! It’s always the best when he comes in and I can say hi! He’s literally the bestest and I am so blessed and grateful to have him as my President! 

-IOTUA CAME TO CHURCH!!! It was a miracle that Iotua came to church today on Sunday because it downpoured and the bus got canceled and so we thought he wasn’t going to be able to make it! But MIRACLE! He came and we are having his baptism this coming Saturday!

-The Olympics started here this week so that’s pretty cool! It’s so cool that they are doing surfing here! Sadly won’t see any of it but it’s cool to say that I’m here and the Olympics are happening on the Island!!

That’s about it for this week but it was a beautiful week of having humility and patience! I was reading the most recent talk from Elder Gong “All Things for Our Good” in April of this year and I love a part of his talk when he said, “When we trust God and His love for us, even our greatest heartbreaks can, in the end, work together for our good.” It may not always be heartbreaks but when we have challenging times we can see that it’s for a good purpose and to again not ask why but what I can learn! We start to see the good in everything and not dwell on the negative! It’s changing to be Thinking Celestial always and to trust in His perfect plan for us! All with work out for our good and we can see the beautiful lessons we learned and have more experience for when more challenging times come! He is there for us to bring us peace and comfort and all our needs in His perfect timing and way! I am so grateful for this Gospel and for the Joy that I have in my life because of it! He lives and is our source of Joy and Peace forever! 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☺️🤙🏻🌺