Weird but GREAT! 1-16-17

HAHAHAH is all I can say about this week. This week I saw that our Less Active is growing weed in her backyard, and I also saw a tranny in a robe that barely covered everything... HAHAH. This week we were trying to contact a referral and when we got to her house the doors were all opened, no one was home, but a 3 year old. We felt wrong leaving the 3 year old alone, so we sat there with her for like 20 min, yelling in the house that if someone was home to come out and be with the child, no one came and so we decided to say a prayer and possibly call the cops soon. We prayed and waited for like 10 more min, decided to ask the neighbor if they knew where the parents were, the neighbor was a tranny who came out in a mini pink robe, and he is quite a big man, it was such a serious moment that we didn't even notice. We later found the little girls mom sleeping inside, we didn't call the cops. The next day, sister Kafoa said, "I know that was a really serious moment, so we didn't say anything, but did you notice the tranny in a robe?" hahahah we just died laughing, it was so funny. 

This week is Atawhai's baptism and it's also Elder Cardon coming to our mission to do a mission conference. It should be a wonderful week! This week we were able to see Christy, she is the one who has the two little girls we have been helping, the girls are in America visiting their dad, but Christy is home. Christy has some things in her past that really had bothered her, and when we came around she gained the hope to go and talk to bishop. She told us she would be most likely excommunicated and we helped her see the peace in that. She was really nervous but is SO strong and went anyways, as she left, she told us to come over. We went over and she was crying so hard, we thought she was excommunicated, she looked at us and said "Bishop said, Christy, you have hurt yourself enough, take the sacrament on Sunday, and we will get you into the temple at the end of the year, you aren't getting excommunicated. I would feel comfortable saying to anyone that asked, first presidency included that Christy is clean and forgiven." WOAH, the biggest shock of my entire life, she sat there sobbing wondering how in the world the Lord could be that merciful and that forgiving. I truly know he can be, whatever it is you need to fix in your life, whether big or small, I promise the Lord is merciful. 

The other day we had a full day in our area, we decided that day we would seek to help and talk to as many people as possible. It was getting around 8:15 p.m and we weren't quite sure where we needed to be. We were on bikes the whole day and we decided/felt that we needed to go to the other side of our area, we went over there and in front of this house, got off our bikes and wondered, and talked about where we needed to be, but we almost missed it. This house we stopped in front of, outside were two fijian indians who were planting flowers, we looked over and said hi and asked if we could help, they said they were okay. We asked again and he said "come in" We went in and helped them finish their whole garden and we became such great friends with them. He tried paying us, we wouldn't take it, and then he said "I don't know why you came, but before you did, I prayed to God that he would help us to finish this tonight because it was getting late, right then you two came." He said, in fiji most peple would stop and help but I didn't expect that here. It was such a tender mercy to give of service to someone who really needed it. He then gave us his number and said "here is the code to our house, come whenever, if you ever need anything or anyone give you hassle, here is my number." Seriously the best night ever. We left with our dresses covered in mud, our nails black as, BUT that is what the Lord would have done. "unless you lose yourself in the service of others, there is very little purpose to your own life." 

We had a lesson with Margaret the other night, she is one of our investigators, and it was really amazing, we planned to talk about The Restoration, and right when we got in her house the only words that kept coming out of our mouths talked about Repentance and Forgiveness. It was crazy to leave the lesson neither of us remembering what was said, but knowing that the spirit truly taught the lesson. We were both so grateful to have that experience. Sister Kafoa is doing amazing, I love her a lot. I felt like a personal trainer this week riding bikes, I would yell from the top of the hill 'YOU CAN DO IT, DON'T YOU QUIT." She always made it, and I know we all can too. DON'T YOU QUIT. I LOVE YOU!!!

Arohanui,

Sister Maddie DeLoach