This week we started off the week teaching Teraia. We had to do her lesson at a bus stop because we didn't have anywhere "peaceful" to go. It's just the biggest bus top in our area and it's right next to the highway with the Tahitian equivalent of Walmart on the other side of the highway. But it turned out just fine. We had started talking when she told us that she wanted to do whatever it takes to get into the celestial kingdom. She said that she wants her and her family to make it up there together. The problem is that her boyfriend doesn't want anything to do with the church. He doesn't want to get married, and he really doesn't want to get married so that Teraia can get baptized. So that's her biggest problem. She had problems with the word of wisdom but she has almost completely quit. And she is a consistent reader of the Book of Mormon.
Our next one is Kealanie. She is seven years old and her baptism is fixed for the 16 of October. Her mom is not a member and her grandfather helps us out during the lessons. She is really great and her baptism is coming up soon.
We kept looking for an apartment but no news yet.
Next is Teriivahine. He is the brother of a member in our ward. He is about 19 years old, but you would never guess it. Often Tahitians look older than they really are. Every week we teach him. We usually read a chapter in the Book of Mormon and then talk about it. However, yesterday our ward mission leader talked to him about getting baptized and he seemed all right with it. Our lessons will soon be making a shift and we will focus more on re-teaching the lessons and getting him ready for baptism.
Next is Herelani. She is the girlfriend of our ward mission leader's nephew. Elder Ollerton and I started teaching her but we weren't able to do any lessons after the first because they moved out. But now she and her boyfriend come here every weekend. We have decided to teach them every weekend. We'll see how it goes.
Next is Laiana. She is the girlfriend of an ex drug lord here in Tahiti. We haven't had any lessons with them for a good month and a half but Friday we had a lesson with her. She told us that she had done her prayer. She asked if Heavenly Father was really there and she got the feeling that he was. That was so good to hear. And she told us that she wants to be baptized. The problem for her is that she has to get married. We'll see how that goes as well.
Another is Simone. I've already talked about her a little. She is doing better. Before she wasn't really receptive to our messages. But then she talked with an investigator from a neighboring ward after accidently going to the wrong church. This investigator told her that she just needs to listen to us and let us teach and that she will feel it. That was perfect. She has been so much more receptive to us.
Another is Jean-Yves. He is the last that I will talk about. He is the boyfriend of a member. He has a strong desire to be baptized. He reads the chapters that we give. He comes to church. He is just great. We are waiting for his girlfriend's birth certificate to come back so that they can be married and he can be baptized. Yay!
I know these things are true. That this church is the true church. I love the Lord. And remember that the Lord loves us too.
Elder Squires
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