Leadership Council and Car Adventure

To'u mau utuafare herehia,

   E here vau ia outou. Aita vau ite eaha ia papai i roto i teie rata. 

  This week was full of fun and adventure and spirituality.

  For the fun and adventure, I started to learn how to drive a manual car. It had been a while since I have driven (like 2 years), but the experience went well. Elder Cadwell, one of the couple missionaries, is teaching me how to. 

  This week we spent a lot of time working with our ward mission leader, Bro. ROOMATOROA. He pretty much just speaks Tahitian, and fast. That means I got to do a lot of Tahitian practice this week. I love our DMP and the members here. They work hard with us and have a lot of respect for the missionaries. 

  This week was the primary program in church and it was a wonderful experience to all the amis who came.  I know they were touched by the children's simple testimony of eternal families and the example of our Savoir. It was the first time at church for Anita, one of our amis who is a mother. When she found out church was three hours long, she doubted if she could make it through. After the wonderful primary program and the other 2 classes, she was surprised that it ended so quickly. 

  We started teaching Anita, because we were teaching her daughter and invited her to join in on a lesson. She was hesitant that day to join in on a lesson. As the spirit has been in the lessons she has come to love them more and more. She is starting to understand the gospel in a new way and loves it. 

   This week we had leadership counsel at the president's house. We talked a lot about obedience for the missionaries and how the missionary morning schedule makes a huge difference for the missionaries throughout the day. I was all for it, as being obedient brings blessings. 

  President Bize also told us how we need to make the sacrifices so we can call down the miracles from heaven. I was really touched as he spoke about that.

  At the end of the reunion, we all knelt in prayer. The spirit was super strong as we did that. We also sang "Abide With Me," and as we sang the 2nd verse about how quickly time goes by, I couldn't help but start to cry. 

   This mission is just like a dream. There are still people to find though and teach and bring to the Lord. 

  I live you all. Take care. and HAPPY THANKSGIVING (we don't celebrate that here, so have fun eating for me). They feed us really well, though, we could say Thanksgiving is like every day for missionaries in TAHITI!!

  Love 

Soeur Campbell