We have had awesome
expediencies this week. Wednesday was
Transfer meeting. New missionaries were
introduced. Missionaries who were going
home shared their testimonies. It is
interesting to hear these testimonies.
Almost always, the missionaries talk about how they have grown while
serving their missions. They express
gratitude for the opportunity they have had to serve and for the people they
have grown to love. They talk about the things
they have learned and how their testimonies have increased. It is a great experience to be surrounded by
200 missionaries. It is fun to work and
serve with them.
Thursday was a wonderful day. We had a spiritual, inspiring workshop in Zone Meeting. We have 2 meetings on
Thursdays, Zone Meeting and District Meeting.
I loved our District Meeting. Each of the missionaries told a little
about themselves. One Elder told about
his experience growing up in a family where his father was a drug money collector. He said that their family was always on the run. Other Elders said that their families were not
supportive of them serving missions. It
was really interesting to learn why each missionary had decided to serve a
mission.
After Zone/District Meeting, we met Ema Munu’s niece, Khadi, and her cousin
at the Visitor Center. Khadi came from
Sierre Leone to visit Ema, and Ema died
while she was here in the United States.
Khadi and her cousin loved the Visitor Center.
Khadi was very grateful for the DVD we are
sending to Ema’s mother and family in Sierre Leone. She said that they had not seen Ema for 26
years, and this would be a wonderful blessing for them.
When we were here in 2013, we
interviewed Ema and created a Personal History of her life. It was wonderful to be able to watch it
again, to see Ema talking about things that were important to her and to hear
her voice. I loved it. It reminded me that Ema is alive. It is just like being separated by being in
another room, or another city. Most of
Ema’s family members are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. Ema shared her testimony with
her grandchildren and family in the interview.
She said, I may not always be here. I want you to know....(testimony)
I am so grateful that we
could share this video with Ema’s family.
This will be a wonderful memory for them and I believe it will bring her
family closer together.
We showed Khadi Family
Search. She said, she is going to add
information, and we will be surprised when we see it. Ema only had a couple of
photos to add to Family Search. Soldiers
burned her home and tried to kill her father during the war in Sierre Leone in the 90’s. All her family photos were destroyed. It will be awesome when Khadi adds memories
and family names to Family Tree.
We watched a video at the
Visitor Center about the wells that have been provided in Sierre Leone by LDS Charities. Khadi said that it is a
wonderful gift and desperately needed.
Many people get typhoid and other diseases because of unclean water.
Thursday evening we attended
the Addiction Recovery Meeting. I am
very grateful for this program. I know
it is a great resource to the people that attend. It has been a blessing to us to participate in these meetings.
So many needs in the world today. I hope we will each recognize the people that we can love, and serve, and lift. I love this statement by Elder Eyring: "We lighten the loads of others by helping the Lord strengthen them." (Ensign, May 2015, p20)
Love this video
Hope your lives are filled with peace, joy, and happiness, and that you will be blessed in all your efforts to lift, love, and serve others.
Shari
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