HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT NELSON!!! What a historic day! I can’t believe I am alive to witness the first prophet to live to be 100 years old in our time! He’s literally amazing and the Lord has been preserving him to bless us with His beautiful teachings and to feel of his beautiful love! I live President Nelson with all of my heart and every day so so so grateful for his beautiful words and character! He truly reflects the love and character of Jesus Christ and can’t wait to hear from him tomorrow at his 100th Birthday broadcast and then in October for General Conference! Again so grateful for such a beautiful day to celebrate him and all that he does for this beautiful church!

Now for some Highlights from this week:

– Celebrated my companion’s birthday(Elder Tenney) and I made him pancakes for petit-déjeuner then had an insane déjeuner and then a wonderful fatams with the family Tarati and the mission couple Winter! 

– Tan or as I should say Elder LeBaron started the MTC this week and it’s crazy that he’s already in Mexico and getting ready for Chile! Literally the last one of my brothers to leave which is so crazy it’s already here!! 

– Invited our amie Hinarau to be baptized the 26 of October and had a beautiful lesson with her to get her ready for it! She’s so ready and really wants to get baptized! 

– INSANE MIRACLE! Found this mamie(which we say for old women here which means grandma) who had been visited by the missionaries but never a follow up visit so we went to her house but she was busy and she told us to re-pass another day! So we did and it is now Saturday and we visited with a member the morning and she was there with her grandchildren! So we asked if we could have a little lesson with them and they agreed and came in to give the message and then the granddaughter Hinatea says can you give my papi(grandpa) a blessing because he’s sick and not doing good so we said yes and gave him a blessing! Then after was like can you give me one and literally cried through the who thing and it was beautiful then we shared a little message and he was like can I join your church I don’t have a church and would love to be baptized! We literally freaked out! Then scheduled another lesson with them and super excited to do another lesson with them! But yeah crazy MIRACLE!

– We had a Soirée Familiale(Family home evening) with the paroisse(ward) and it was great! We had many amis there and it was such a great night all together!

That’s about it for this week but yeah it was a great week! In my studies this week I was reading a talk by Elder Bednar in a mission seminar titled “The Blessed and Happy State” and it was amazing! It talked about being obedient brings knowledge and those who are obedient gain a greater knowledge! Then how you have intelligent people on the Earth but are they intelligent spiritually! And it was just a beautiful and interesting way to look at obedience related to knowledge! But yeah I thought it was interesting and wanted to share that! I love you all SO MUCH!!!! And miss you all like crazy!!! Till next week! Beaucoup d’amour! Ua here au ia outou! Faaitoito!💙

-Elder LeBaron☺️🤙🏻🌺

Wow how is it SEPTEMBER! Time is flying!! Here in Raiatea it’s ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! BUTTTTT I got EATEN ALIVE by mosquitos this week! So that was crazy! My feet are just covered in bits! Then I also got a super bad canker sore on my cheek and literally it hurts to eat! But hey I’m living my best life and all is well!

Now for some Highlights from this week:

– Had my first lessons this week here with our amis and they went great! We have some progress to make with them but they are so sweet and so excited to get to be here with them! 

– We were blessed with rain this week because it was so hot and then the rain cooled us off! But one day we were completely drenched! But it was fun!

– HUGE MIRACLE! We have this amie who lived in Hitiaa on the presqu’île by Taravao where I started my mission on Tahiti and we went to go do a visit with a new convert and I saw her and was like wait I know her! Turns out it was her and she had moved here to Raiatea! Literally 8 months later now in her secteur! I literally went to her baptism! Super crazy!

– Got to talk with Tanner or now Elder LeBaron for his first P-day and it was great to talk with him and know that’s he’s absolutely killing it!! Love him so much and so so so proud of him! 

– Had a beautiful fast Sunday and got to bear my testimony! It was great and it was about the beautiful miracles in our life and how we need to have the eyes to see the beautiful little ones everyday! 

– Joyeux Anniversaire to my amazing brother Tyler! Love you buddy and I had a beautiful call with him! 

– My new companion Elder Tenney is so amazing and we made a goal that before he leaves Avera we are going to have a baptism and so we are going to work so hard to get it and help our amis be ready! He finishes in December and most likely will get transferred next transfer so we are going to seek and expect miracles and as Elder Pearson said, “Take Massive Action”!

That’s about it for this week but it really flew by and can’t believe it’s already another P-day! Something that has really stuck out to me lately is miracles and how many we can see each day if we truly have the eyes to see them! Like the Prophet Russel M Nelson said in his talk “The Power of Spiritual Momentum” that we need to “Seek and Expect Miracles” that the Lord is there to manifest His hand in our lives more than ever before and if we truly have the eyes to see we see many miracles daily! I can testify of miracles and that They are here and bless us daily! I will talk to you all again in a short week! I love you all SO MUCH!!!! And miss you all like crazy!!! Beaucoup d’amour! Ua here au ia outou! Faaitoito!💙

-Elder LeBaron☺️🤙🏻🌺