Mimitong

Mauri Ngkami!

I am going to go to an outer island (ibuki). The name of the island is Marakei and it is located north of Tarawa. Should be a cool experience. But I haven't left Bikenibeu yet, so let me update you on that. We have 3 people with baptismal dates, and 2 more investigators who should accept a date this week. This area has good potential, just sometimes the work progresses slowly. So it is in our lives- we all have potential and the work of changing and growing sometimes is slow, confusing, maybe even discouraging IF we try to work it out by ourselves. God has given us so many things to help us with times of difficulty; to name a few: prayer, covenants, parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, scriptures, Church services, service opportunites, modern amenities and most of all, His Son. To know that there is someone who literally know everything that you are going through at all times (see Alma 7: 11-12) should bring great comfort to us all. Even more amazing, Christ willingly "chose to descend from His throne divine" to save people like us, because He loves us perfectly.

So remember to pray, and instead of waiting for the blessings, look for them, because they are already there.

A funny experience: we were teaching our lesson, and our investigator turned to sneeze, and then he sneezed again, and then 5 more times. While he was sneezing I was counting them on my fingers and I almost busted out laughing. The funniest part is that this has happened before with a completely different investigator- when the sneeze, they don't mess around.

And a good word for you all from Kiribati: mimitong, which means "glory".

Have a great week you all! There is a plan for each of us!
-Elder Farner

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