In Tahitian (since I've learned a little bit from that district) the days directly translated into English are.... Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, food day, Sunday, and repeat. it's really funny but that's exactly how life here feels but instead of food day it's P-day.
This week the focus was on two things, facing the refiner's fire and the Holy Ghost.
It sucks being inside the fire but each week we get to be "reborn" when we go to sacrament in repentance mode and God forgives us for all of our mistakes all over again which I love. Sometimes it's hard to focus on the sacrament but when we make a conscious effort to go in repentance mode we get a little well needed renewal to face the world and the refiner's fire once more because God needs us to be strong for what lies ahead -- which is terrifying but it is also comforting to know he is preparing us for life and that we are not alone.
The other focus this week was basically Moroni 7, but specifically Moroni 7:13-19 and they are wonderful scriptures for anyone.
It is hard to know sometimes what to do or what to say especially when in French but also in every day life and sometimes we just want the Holy Ghost to be loud and clear and just tell us what to do, but that can't happen, so then we second guess ourselves and then we worry and then we get into this whole big circlular mess that never ends.
Moroni 7 though, especially those verses, basically just say stop worrying. There are only two things that matter -- Gods way and le diable's (the Devil's) and that's it. If we have a good happy thought, it may still be ours but it is inspired of God and the Holy Ghost.
President Gordon B. Hinckley talks about this scripture in Precher mon evangile (Preach My Gospel) and basically just says stop worrying if it's your own thought or from the Holy Ghost. If it's good -- just do it. Have the courage to trust yourself and if you mess up it's okay because you tried -- and God will fix your mess.
He called me to this mission because of who I am and who I can connect with and how I think and act -- that includes the messes I'm going to make as well. He is ready for me and I just need to quit worrying -- which is a great thing to realize and also makes it that much easier to teach an investigator on how to recognize the spirit.
Sorry if that all doesn't make 100% sense, as Elder Lutu says, "I can't make English."
And speaking of Elder Lutu, so he's half Samoan and he's about 6'2" and he was joking with one of our teachers, Frere Adams who is like a good five inches shorter than him and all of a sudden they put their arms up like they were going to high five and Frere Adams grabbed his arm and brought Elder Lutu down! Softly, but he was down in like two seconds, just pinned to the floor. And then Frere Adams just got up and walked away like nothing happened!
It was so funny and insane because we weren't expecting it and he just left Elder Lutu on the ground laughing xD
The French is easier and harder, we're almost done learning all the tenses and I can pray and bear my testimony really well -- which is great -- but sentences and thinking in French and English is still hard -- so that's the goal this week!
That's about it for this week, love you all :)
Soeur Mikayla Beatty
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| All the sisters in the district. |
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| All the elders in the district. |
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| the zone: e johnson, e lutu, s beatty, s kelley, s thompson, s wadsworth, s stephens, s long |
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| The whole district. |
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| s beatty |
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| Mikayla shaking a tree. |
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| Mikayla's favorite watch. |
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| S Long. |
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| Study session with Brother Markham, counselor in branch presidency. The zone writes down questions through the week and then they discuss on Sundays. |
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