How are all of you doing? Is there anything new with all of you? How is the weather? Is it finally starting to snow? I hope that everything is going good with you all in Utah. I know that here in Fiji, everything is going good. We had a way awesome week and we were able to accomplish many things. One of the biggest things is that we were able to set a date for one of our investigators Vilisi for his baptismal date which will be on December 28th. It was way cool and he is way excited to be baptized.
One of the highlights of the week is that we were able to have 4 investigators attend chruch this Sunday. The Area Presidency set this last Sunday aside to invite all the people we can and to focus our sacrament meeting on the Savior Jesus Christ. We were challenged to fast to find a person to invite and then to get them to come. The one that I knew that I should invite actually came to church. We told them that we were going to walk with them to church. So we parked our truck in a village called Soa an then we walked to a neighboring village called Nalidi where our unit is held. It took us about one and a half hours to walk up the mountain and then back down. It was a really good hike and it really payed off because our investigator and his wife really liked it a lot. They are progressing really well. That has to be one of the highlights of our week.
I think that one of the biggest lessons that I have learned this week is about the power of fasting. At the beginning of this month, we fasted to know who we should invite to church on November 30th and then did all we could to help them attend church. That is exactly what we did and we were successful! I know that if we are really fasting for a reason and really wanting something really bad, all we have to do is have the faith and do our part. I know that if I just fasted and did nothing about it, it would have never happened. But throughout this past month, we have been working really hard to help Vilisi and his family attend church. I know that if we fast for a reason it will happen.
We have really tried to get the members to help us out this past week. We did have about 5 member presents and they were really good. Working with the members is the key to missionary work.
I am so grateful for this opportunity that I have to be a missionary in the Fiji Islands. I am going to be sad leaving in 6 weeks. I am really going to miss this place. I guess this is the time that I have to make it shine.
I love you all very much and wish you all a good week. I am almost out of time.
Love your missionary,
Elder Grotepas
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| Us with some of our investigators in Soa |
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| Some of the youth of the Nasautoka branch |
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| Us at dinner yesterday evening at President Tagidugu |
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