Happy Easter!!!!

This week was filled with a whole bunch of miracles. We started off the week (Tuesday) by doing a little contacting in this small neighborhood. We pulled in the street hit a dead end and were like oh no there's a bunch of people looking at us. I got out of the car and was like, "Hey does Moana live here?" To my surprise there was a Moana that lived in the neighborhood. He wasn't home but in the short hour we were in the neighborhood we were able to meet three inactive families and set up lessons with two new friends. We were walking past this one house and these girls were like "You guys are beautiful", to which I responded "No lie ah, For tell the truth". 

The night before (monday night) we got back from our dinner and I started cutting my hair in the bathroom. All went well until it came to the back, were I couldn't see. I asked my comp if he cut hair before and he was like "Yeah, no worries brah I got you". Turns he's never cut hair before!!! I felt him going at it all weird and was like "Ummmm Elder so how many times have you cut hair?" To which he then responded, "Actually never!" "Okay... try you best, I have faith in you!" I said. The other Elders came home a bit after and Elder Spencer quickly took control and I think cleaned it up.

We had more lessons with some friends on Wednesday. After one of the lessons we were sitting there and cracking jokes and this one lady says my French is so much better when I'm cracking jokes. I guess I can thank all the kids, families, and Mami's/ Papi's who loved yo do that on Bora. That same day Elder Spencer also got his new companion Elder Brown fresh from the MTC.

Had an amazing day contacting and having lessons on Thursday and then we showed up to our dinner appointment and it got even better. The family had made hamburger steak with caramelized onions and I was like Noooo Way. We opened the car door and it smelt like home. 

Friday was normal for the most part. We had District Council and a senior couple joined us because they just got into the mission and are in our area. They made crepes and brought ice cream. No one in our district had a dinner appointment that night so we ended up getting McDonald's and eating it together (Two senior couples included). 

Saturday we had a couple lessons and two people invited us to eat. Pretty sure we gained a few pounds or at least I did because I went back for three rounds each time. My companion stopped after the first round to which the members were unhappy and told him he needs some more meat on his bones. We got back in the evening and had a zone call. Elder Neilson has been trying to get rid of a cough he's had for the past month and finally decided to try some medicine. Well, the medicine won this time.... A minute after the Zone Call ended he was on the toilet throwing up every last bit of food he had eaten that day.

Sunday was filled with a nice program or singing and talks at church. We then went to our Bishops parents house and had an Ulua that our Bishop caught the day before. Got back did some studies and contacting and grilled up some steaks from the big pack we got awhile back. 

Spiritual Thought:

D&C 76:22 "Et maintenant, après les nombreux témoignages qui ont été rendus de lui, voici le témoignage, le dernier de tous, que nous rendons de lui : qu’il vit ! "

 Je veux ajouter mon témoignage que je sais que Jésus vit. Il est notre sauveur, notre rédempteur et l'exemple parfait.

Te Ha'api'ira'a Tumu 'e te mau Fafaura'a 76:22 " ’E i teienei, i muri mai i te mau ’itera’a pāpū e rave rahi ’o tei hōro’ahia nōna ra, ’o teie ho’i te ’itera’a pāpū hope’a roa ’o tā māua e fa’a’ite atu nei nōna ra : ’Oia ho’i, tē ora nei ’oia ! "

Ua ite hoi au e, te ora ra te faaora ia'u, e ia tae i te hopea ra e tia mai ai oia i nia i te fenua

In the Hymn "I Know That My Redeemer lives it says,

" He lives! All glory to his name! He lives, my Savior, still the same. Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: “I know that my Redeemer lives!” He lives! All glory to his name! He lives, my Savior, still the same. Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: “I know that my Redeemer lives!” "

Oh sweet and how much joy the lyrics of this song gives us. For he has given His life for us and through this everlasting atonning sacrifice we too might be able to live again. For because He lives so will we.

(My response for the scripture is a little different in French and Tahitian. Go study and hopefully you can get it! :) )

"Vents favorables et mer suivants"

"Mata'i haumaru e moana mania"

"Fair winds and following seas"

Ua Here au ia 'oe,

Elder Ellis

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