The weather continues to get colder as the days pass. For
the past few days we've seen a lot of frost on the ground in the morning. The
moisture in the air allows it to really build up on the side walks. Elder
Okamoto has never seen frost in his life so he's been having fun with the
sight of white! We haven't seen any snow yet but I've been hearing that
there's some snow in the forecast this Tuesday.
So as November draws to a close, so ends another week.
Jignesh is still doing great! We've taught him about family history and temple work, which he is very interested in doing one day in the future. He says
he's been having a lot of problems with his permanent residence so he'll probably
move to the States in a few months. Fortunately, he will be baptized by then!
Now to tell you of a couple of fun little experiences I had
this week with a family in the ward. I will call them the D. family. They are
originally from Fiji but have longed since moved to Canada. Brother D's mother passed the week before so he had a family gathering as they prepared for
the funeral. Brother D., who has been very positive about the
trial, requested that Elder Okamoto and I come over and share a gospel principle
with them. It should be noted that none of the members of his family are members of the church. Some are Hindu, others belonging to other Christian
faiths.
After a few moments of visiting with the family, I went into
my missionary ways of thinking and asked everybody at once; "So what were
you expecting from meeting with the missionaries?" Brother D. to my great alarm informed me "actually they weren't expecting a spiritual
thought." Feeling now incredibly uncomfortable and seeing now
that many of the family members were as well, we decided to proceed
anyway... I said a prayer and then we began to teach the principle of
God is our loving heavenly father to a gathering of 10 Fijians. It
was about 5 minutes long and when I closed in the name of Jesus Christ, everyone
with great relief and gratitude responded with an "Amen" of their
own! I'm pretty sure they were really pleased that we
didn't "preach" a big long boring sermon or something.
Brother D. was very pleased and invited us to come over on
Sunday for another short message.
We did so and this time we shared the "Because of
Him" video the church put on about the message of Christ's
Resurrection. We bore our testimony that one day we will be free of the sorrow and
pain that comes to us whenever we lose those we love. This time there was a
number of members attending the gathering so it seemed a lot easier then last
time. After that was a Fijian potluck with all kinds of tasty curries,
meats, and noodles. We visited as we ate for a while then
moved on finishing the week strong.
That covers the more interesting events of the week. Hope
you're all staying warm during this season of cold weather. Till Monday,
farewell!
Elder Maclean Samis
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