Many lessons learned this week!

First off, MATE MA'A TONGA! Tonga SMASHED Scotland in the World Cup (50-4) this weekend and the Tongans are going crazy ova here. We gonna win it.

ANYWAY, heaps of lessons learned this week. My mission President summed it up nicely in an email he wrote to me:

"When the winds and rain of adversity come down, it's important to remember that it is doing so on all of us; no one is immune to adversity. However, "...when we build our house on a sure foundation...whereon if men build they cannot fall...[and]it shall have no power over you to drag you down". Go forth in strength and make adversarial issues into revelatory experiences."

I hope the rest of this email makes sense...We had SO much adversity hit us this week, one being a situation with the Sisters that me and and Sister Malupo had to take care of. We met with the sisters in the chapel discussing the situation. Before they came I was praying so hard what to say, searching through the scriptures. Hoping to find something the Lord can say to these dear sisters instead of me. The scriptures always just say it better than we do! Came across 3 Nephi 11 when the Saviour appears to the Nephites, one of the FIRST thing he teaches is about contention. HOW ODD IS THAT. OF ALL THINGS! In verse 30 he says "this is not my doctrine" I said to these sisters you can just read between the lines and tell that it is hurting Jesus Christ to see contention with his brothers and sisters. It HURTS Heavenly Father to see his children fight. 

My dear family, this was one of the most important lessons to learn from our Saviour. When there is contention even in your own heart, if your on about someone else, or disappointed in yourself, your hurting the Saviour even more. Please take his counsel as he says his doctrine in verse 32, "that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in me." I pray that you will keep the peace everywhere: in your homes, in the family, and with yourself. And repent. Christ fought so hard for it in the Garden. 

This experience explained President's thought to me. "Let adversarial issues be a time for revelatory experiences."

There were other things that I would love to share with you all but the email is long enough, good thing I keep a journal! Share it with you when I'm home I guess haha!

Love you all,

Sister Beck

Pics: 

-Charley our investigator asked if we could go to the Petrol Station and blow up this blow up thing for her baby to play in. It was already 9pm and too late to take it to her house.....sooooo we played with it for the night in our flat and yes i do fit :)

-Then we had fun and took some pics. Not much entertainment in a missionary flat so yeah we had fun with it hahaha.

-And one more cause..why not!

- I don't know if I sent this already but this sticker is on just about every door in Australia...Haha "no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing!" So we knock anyway :)

I'm still alive!

Oi, sorry I haven't written in heaps long but i'm still kickin it over here!

Some news: 

We've got this golden investigator named Joe, he's Fijian, have had some solid as lessons with him and we put him on date for 11th of November.

Last night we had a ward FHE and it was ALL ABOUT MISSIONARY WORK! These Tongans I tell you, once they get the work going, there's nothing stopping them. They are determined to embrace and bring as many of his children into the gospel! We set goals for the transfer for our ward to Bishop (because we do that as leaders in our zone with the missionaries) and briefly told them to him. Turns out it was the center focus of the FHE and the whole ward was discussing on how they can help us hit these numbers. It was a dream to be honest. Also Joe went to it (all of it was in Tongan so thank goodness he couldn't understand haha) and afterwards EVERYONE was talking with him, inviting him to activities and everything.

The Lord is great, missionary work is about the best thing ever. I pray that my ward back home and everyone else can partake of the same blessings and good spirit missionary work brings!

Ofa atu!

Sister Beck

Picture:

-Fairfield's Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders, these elders are the best (Elder Chan and Elder Wayman)! We smashed our goals for our zone last transfer.

-And for hitting our goals, President rewarded us with a movie night with the Stake, you bet it was, "The Other Side of Heaven"!

Faith in Every Footstep

We had the wonderful opportunity hearing from our living Prophets and Apostles this weekend at General Conference, for all of my non member friends reading this. They are given revelation from the Lord to speak the needs and concerns of His children. And they speak right to us! Boy did they speak to me!

Conference has had me thinking trunky thoughts aye haha. With just a short time left on my mission, I asked Heavenly Father, "What would you have me learn with what's left on my mission and for when I go home?" To be honest, I'm heaps scared. But 'Faith in Every footstep' seemed to pop out to me in every talk that was given. Faith in every footstep will lead us to our final destination which is ultimately with our Heavenly Father. I'll follow Christ the Lord, and I know as you do the same, we don't have to fear any challenge or circumstance that is ahead of us. WE CAN DO HARD THINGS! (Our family motto ;) oh what)

Pics

-Some of my Canberra family came all the way to see me! Nah jokes, they were actually going to the Temple..but the Temple closed because of conference and they were led to the same chapel where I happened to be.. to watch General Conference! How great is Heavenly Father!

-It's been a year! Nana Julie and Tina :)

-The Tongan Prince came to Sydney for a Fireside, (he's a convert of about 2 years!) so we got to dress up in Tongan traditional clothes. Didn't snag a pic with him though..too famous.