Hike
Run
Pipi hunt
Push a car out of the sand
Climb a fence
Carry smol children on my back
Chase a pig
Help gut a shark (thx dad for teaching me how to gut fish when I was younger)
So this week was super boring from Monday to Friday, then all the craziness that didnt happen was compacted into Saturday and Sunday.
Since its holiday, Monday through Friday Opotiki was dead. We had one lesson per day, and the rest was spent contacting or door knocking. It was a pretty tiring first half of the week.
On Saturday we drove up to Te Kaha, which is a beautiful hour drive down the coast along thecountry side. Well we went to visit a less active, and right when we got there brother Kawha (the LA) brought in a SHARK that he had just caught. They gutted it right in front of us and two interesting things happened. The shark had apparently just eaten an octopus because octopus tentacles started coming out of its mouth and it spewed up half an octopus! Also apparently she was pregnant because when we cut her open, 16 baby sharks in an egg sac came out. It was way cool to watch them cut open the shark, I was very fascinated. Then as we were leaving, their pig ran away so we had to chase it down Haha. Fun times!
Sunday was super super spiritual! At church, almost every seat was filled in our little chapel. We had nearly 60 people there!!! It was crazy we usually have 30 at most. A lot of those people were Less Actives and people we are working with so that was neat as well. Then afterwards we had an awesome lesson with Savannah and Sapphire, and they invited all their cousins and friends so we ended up teaching 7 girls the Gospel of jesus Christ! They all kind of smirked when we talked about baptism, but we also talked about the 10 commandments and they loved that. I have a lot of gratitude for this day, Heavenly Father showed me that sometimes all the spiritual blessings dont come until the last day, but it's always worth it to wait it out.
For my spiritual thought, I'd like to share Alma 2: 29-31. Our Branch President showed these verses to us, because they're about a battle between Alma and Amlici, and our Branch Presidnt was a NZ boxing champion. In these verses, Alma and Amlici are fighting and neither side seem to be prevailing. In the middle of the fight, Alma took a step back and said a prayer to the Lord for help, and as soon as he started fighting again he was strengthened and beat Amlici. I love these verses because sometimes when things are the hardest, we need to disengage and say a prayer. Not every night when we go to sleep, but when we are in the middle of the battle. I'm sure Alma said a prayer before he walked into the fight, but he once again had to step aside and pray for strength.
I hope yous all know that God is on your side!! Yous are awesome, have a fantastic week!
Much love,
SK
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