Iaorana!
O oaoa rahi roa vau no teie hebidoma i mua. Ua baptizohia Mami Gloria!
This week was wonderful because Mami Gloria got baptized. There were also many other blessings that happened, but nothing beats seeing an ami filled with joy coming out of the lagoon all clean and starting a new life spiritually.
It has been 4 months that I have been here in Takapoto and this week has just been blessing after blessing.
Saturday Gloria at the age of 68 made her first covenant and got baptized. We have been praying for her and teaching her since when I got here. If you really want to read her conversion story it is in multiple of my other emails.
Baptisms here are done in the lagoon. We started the service in the chapel and then walked down to the lagoon (like 3 min walk) for the baptism.
Then Gloria, the first counselor in the district presidency (who baptized her and we are in a district because we are a little branch in the islands), and the two witnesses, waded out into to baptize Gloria.
Gloria was so happy walking down there. She kept telling us, "oaoa roa vau teie mahana" or "I am so happy today." She went to shore with the biggest smile on her face and giggling. I was so joyous for her! We have seen her every day for the last 6 weeks and she was just the happiest person ever Saturday.
We joke around now that there is going to be lots of blessings in the lagoon because there was a baptism in it this week. Blessings as in everyone here makes a living off throwing cords into the lagoon to grow clam shells to sell for pearl production and everyone also fishes all the time in the lagoon.
We had our interviews with Pres. Bize over the phone this week. He was happy with us and the area.
Another huge blessing we had this week was our members gave us like $100's worth of food. It was crazy. There was a ton of apples, yogurt, milk, cookies, and 4 boxes of cereal. It is great because we have some food storage now if we do get hit by a cyclone.
Also Saturday we picked up a package at the tiny airport here from Tahiti. Elvina and Yves (recent converts I taught in Papeete) had put together a huge box of food for us and sent it on the weekly plane that comes here. I was just in awe of their kindness and love. They had gone way out of their way to put it together for me. It amazes me because they had no need to do that, but insisted. People here are just so giving and loving. It is really incredible.
I seriously am in the best mission In the world. I am so grateful to be here.
Sr. Stosich and I have been putting a Book of Mormon to be passed around each week in relief society to motive the members to do missionary work. The plan is for one sister to have the book each week then with that book to read a couple of the verses we marked in it, then throughout the week pray fully invite a friend to church or to have a family home evening with us or to give out a Book of Mormon.
Well, family and friends, I love you all. Good luck this week!
Love,
Tuahine Campbell
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| Me, Marie Louise and Camille. Marie Louise has been praying for 6 years for her mom to get baptized and God answered her prayers. There has been a huge change for the better in their home over the last couple months |
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| Marie Louise and I. The house in the background is how most the houses are.The black stuff and buoys in the background are the cords or "station" that people throw in the lagoon to make clams and sell. |
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| Smiles all around |
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| le bapteme dans le lagoon
te baptizoraa i roto i te miti
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