10/26/12 – Tonight we were able to be
part of an open house for the Pago Samoa Stake.
The mission had 12 beautiful banners made that tell 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. They also showed a video 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 gave the gentleman that
interviewed us from the newspaper 3 different issues 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 played a part in 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 a member of the area presidency, Elder Watson and his wife. We met them yesterday, and it was so great
just to be in their presence.
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