Good things happening

 It was transfers this week and ya girl is still with the Tokos! 6 months in Tonga! Yeeeeah. Lets hope my skin gets just a bit darker this transfer :)

Well some REALLY exciting news, Sunday me and my companion were called up to talk in Sacrament because Bishop thought it would be our last sunday, and I had nothing prepared especially in Tongan so that was a bit stressful but algood, because you know who we saw who was sneaking in the back of the chapel when we stood up?! D! The one who went away for like a month because of his mom wouldn't allow it! Some things went down with his mom and she ended up kicking him out and now he's staying with our member TJ. He told us, "Sisters, things just have been real bad since stopping our lessons." He asked to come back, we had a lesson in the chapel again (in the picture) and he wanted to go to the baptismal font room for the lesson and said "this is my favorite room" oh my goodness. yep. And then there's J, who bore a beautiful testimony to us in this lesson that we had on the Tree of Life (1 Nephi 8) and said, "I know I'm not going against my parents, because they're going against Heavenly Father, because this is true. They're going against what's true, that is my testimony." These kids man..they were someone very strong before they game to this earth life. No doubt about that.

In other news: Charley is FINALLY getting married end of December to her partner so we could FINALLY put her on baptismal date, 6th of January! 

I love you all, the church is true.

Sister Peki

Heaps of pics are you ready?:

-Santa's afraid to get sunburn in this heat. Welcome to Australia!

-Another transfer with this sista!

-Mate ma'a Tonga! Our members is actually the best and they went and bought the team's jersey for us :) Wanted to cry! 

-But poor Tonga, they were cheated real bad by the English in the Semi-Finals. Hoi, heaps of tongans out numbing the hurt feels with alcohol hahaha. Like this guy, he's wrapped in a Tongan flag, crying.

-The crew is back! This was their expressions when they found out we weren't getting transferred...

-Then I said, "Can you just lie please?" lol

-My beautiful trainer, Sister Uelese crying because she had to say goodbye to me ;) A great missionary the ASSMission is losing! Returned with honor my dear Sister :)

-Now Sister Doig crying because she wasn't going to be companions with me for Christmas hahahah nah jokes.

Does anyone still even read this?

Haha jokes jokes, but yeah not too much happened this week because I was puke.

But anyway two of our investigators: D and Jay. Both 16 yrs old and SO KEEN to learn the gospel. Both friends from one of our members TJ (same member who was mates with Irie! We're all just one big happy family lol) We meet almost everyday after they finish school and have lesson next to the font in our chapel. They would be baptized, and they LOVE reading from the Book of Mormon. The only problem is...you guessed it, the parents. The other day, D got a pretty bad hiding from his mom because he was caught reading the Book of Mormon. Jay comes from a 7th Day Adventist family -__- yep one of those lol. And oi the kid is so smart. She feels it in her heart after our first lesson that her church wasn't true. She's been reading from the Book of Mormon, trying to find the courage to tell her parents. I told her to use the scriptures. She came across one in a little game that TJ did with her, 2 Nephi 25:26-27 "They ought not to harden their hearts" BECAUSE IT'S THE TRUTH! It was a literal answer to a prayer, and we watched it happen.

There's always adversary, but like I said last week. Nobody can change the truth. Whether they hate it or not. And "no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing, persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, columny may defame but the truth of God will go forth bodly, nobly and independently!" Please pray for them.

Love yous!

Sister Beck

Pics:

-Our little crew that we teach. Like honestly how cool is that. We teach these kids literally everyday after school at the chapel. It's a dream.

-Pretty fun Zone Pday!

-Oh and we surprised Jay one day because it was her birthday!

-Tonga beat the New Zealand ALL BLACKS! I'm way too into this World Cup haha.

-The Tongans had a huge parade after and snapped a pic with these guys. 

-I was waving my flag everywhere, me and my hoa were waiting for someone to come beat us up hahah. Got QUITE a few dirty looks from some Samoans though!

-The Tongans did a massive parade and I snapped a picture with these guys

-I was waving my flag everywhere and me and my hoa were just waiting to get beat up haha. We got QUITE a few dirty looks from the Samoans though!

God's Love

Wanted to share a beautiful message from one of the stores in the Ensign this month,

"How often we beleive the message of the adversary that we are beyond hope? But the prophets tell us otherwise. Isaiah proclaims, 'Let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy unto him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Mormon in the Book of Mormon says, 'As oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent, they were forgiven.' The joy of the gospel is that it is never too late. For as often as we seek forgivness, the Lord's redemption will allow us to start anew. "

The Atonement has been brought up SOOOO much as of late. Lol. Sometimes we try to change, we feel like, "Really?? I'm down on my knees again to you pleading for forgivenss for the same things over and over again. Nothing changes, there is no hope because I keep making the same mistakes." Oh my goodness family that is the Atonement in a nut shell. It is there to be used. Someone very close to me expressed that this week. I pleaded to my Heavenly Father to use me as his instrument, so that I could exrpess the Saviour's love that he has for this daughter of His, and for her to NEVER lose hope. And i've never felt the Sprit stronger when I felt the love for this child of God.

To anyone who reads this, I hope yous all know how much the Saviour and our Father in Heaven love you. I know this sounds really sappy and overused like you've heard it 1,000 times, but like when Moroni comes to visit Joseph Smith that night 3 TIMES with the same message! It never changed!.... It's true, it's the same message over and over again. But it's true, as true as the first time you heard it, and the truth will never change.

The work is going so strong in the Other Side of Heaven! But the lessons i've been learning have been so priceless to me. Definitly one of the many reasons God's sent me here in this Tongan ward. What a guy!

Hope you have a fantastic week! Sorry the email is kind of all over the place again!

Ofa atu!

P.s. Happy Halloween! And probably Thanksgiving while I'm at it! Because 'Straylia don't celebrate any holiday haha.

Pictures:

-Bowling game going strong

-Repping that Tonga for ya! 

-Oi yous wouldn't beleive it, Tonga vs. Samoa this week and TONGA WONNN. Farr they're acting like they won the whole Cup but all goods, this is the game that matters haha. Just imagine Utah vs. BYU times a thousand because they're countries. But yeah, it's big.

-Elder Santana, funnies Elder, he calls me mom all the time when he sees me, just because he started his mission in this area while I'm STL (mission lingo i guess haha