10/26/12 – Tonight we were able to be
part of an open house for the Pago Stake.
The mission had 12 beautiful banners made up each telling a different
faith promoting story about some of early church members and their experiences
in the early days of the church in Samoa.
We have so many wonderful pioneer stories, but these islands have
pioneer stories of their own. The idea
behind the open house was to encourage members and non-members alike to record
the stories of their families that are such an important part of their
heritage. A video was also shown that
explained in more detail the stories on the banners as well as additional
stories and more details about the early history of the Church in Samoa. There were about 500 people in attendance,
including people from the media. We were
interviewed by the local newspaper, and were able to meet many dignitaries on the
island. The neat thing was after they
went through the display and viewed the video many of them stayed around and
asked questions about the Church. It was
a very successful evening. We talked again to
the gentleman that interviewed us from the newspaper and gave him copies of the
Friend Magazine for his 3 little girls.
He expressed a real interest. So
for the two of us, we felt like we had maybe been a part of someone wanting to
investigate the Church. We were on our
feet for 8 hours, and dog-tired when we fell into bed, but what a great
experience! It was worth being
tired. We are being touched everyday by
the Spirit and are so blessed to be part of this great work. Tomorrow and Sunday we will be at a stake
conference with Elder and Sister Watson, a member of the area presidency. We met them yesterday, and it was so great
just to be in their presence.
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