Bula!

Sister Park and Sister Taito from Fiji

Bula! That is hello in Fijian.  Sister Taito and I are great friends.  Today we will be planning our next zone activity and our zone training meeting.  So tell me what you think... most of the sisters in our zone are from a different country and have never had a s'more. So.. we want to find some type of park or go up to the mountains and show them how to make s'mores!  I have wanted to do this my whole mission.  Hopefully it happens!

For Zone Training Meeting we are planning to focus on the missionary purpose. Sometimes there are things that distract us on our missions and keep us from putting all of our heart and effort into the work of salvation. We want the sisters to burn those boats and just let everything go because we have noticed that as missionaries we are much happier when we are not focused on boyfriends, fears, inadequacies, home, and other things that can hold us back. If we give it all to Heavenly Father he will take care of the rest. There have been so many times on my mission that I was worried about different things that didn't matter right now.  But I realized that if I could forget myself and go straight to work I would be happy and effective as a missionary.  The key is simply work and consecration. I think that goes along with anything in life. If we keep the commandments and give everything to the Lord, we will find that the things of the world really don't make us as happy as serving him with everything in us. Everyone can apply this.

Good news! M and P were baptized on Friday! We are so happy for them. They are amazing and it has been so great to be able to work with these awesome and humble people. They are ready and willing to give it all to the Lord and that's what makes me happy. I love them both SO much!

For some reason lately Sister Taito and I have had the opportunity to teach a lot of families here on the Square. It has been a good experience. I just look at these people and realize how much God must love all of his children to give us families. Each family has been designed by God and we are given these people for specific reasons. How cool is that? Heavenly Father knew I needed the exact family I have-- my parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles cousins, everyone. We all need each other so we can get back to our Father in Heaven. I just love families so much!

Sister Park