Malo e lelei!
Yet another good week, despite some shenanigans on the part of our investigators.
Salome, the investigator I wrote about last week, pulled a fast one on us and ran away on Friday to go get married. She should be off to Niua some day this week. We called Elder Pakalani in Niua and told him the info, so hopefully she and her new husband will be baptized soon. They haven't had a baptism in Niua for a long time, so I hope they're grateful.
On the bright side, Her older sister came to church in Feletoa and she said she'd be interested in talking with us. We will go visit her tomorrow and see what we can get done!
Earlier today, a teenager was driving irresponsibly near Saineha high school and hit a couple of students, so President Makai asked us to go to the hospital to see what we could do. I didn't end up needing to give blood, but we got to see one of the boys who got hit. There were'nt many workers, so they asked us for help pushing him around and lifting him on and off various tables and carts while they did tests. He has a neck brace on and some scrapes on his hands and he's pretty drugged up, but other than that he seems fine and is expected to walk again.
We went to Feletoa and were supposed to teach a class to some nonmembers and less-active members on Sunday evening, but nobody showed up. We had a great scheme to do a short class on Wednesday evening and then have a volleyball session shortly thereafter. We think we'll be able to get a lot of people to come; even if they skip out on the lesson, everyone will still know that it's the place to be. We'll see what happens!
We will watch conference next week because of the date and time difference and because they need to translate it into Tongan, but we cheated and watched elder Holland's and Elder Uchtdorf's talks on youtube. We're excited to see it next week
I fly back to Tonga Wednesday next week, so this will be my last full week of missionary work until I'm an old man, which is a fun thing. Kind of sad. I want to make the most of it. This has been the happiest part of my life and I've learned a few things.
I know that Jesus is the Christ. We can be freed from our sins and mistakes. He was perfect and suffered and died for us. He rose again on the third day and broke the bands of death.
We are the children of God and he loves us. He answers our prayers. He will protect us and strengthen us as we obey his commandments. The Holy Ghost will sanctify us as we live worthily of its companionship.
God called the prophet Joseph Smith to restore the gospel to the earth. The Book of Mormon is true. We have living prophets and apostles on earth and they show us the way.
Tongan people are my favorite people. I hope I get to be around them wherever I end up spending the rest of my life. They have been a source of happiness to me during the hard times and I will remember their love forever. I will miss it here.
I love you all!
'Ofa lahi atu
Elder Brown
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