S S M! S S M!


 Iaorana tout le monde! Eaha to outou huru? How are you all doing? 


This week was pretty normal. Nothing too crazy happened. If you could all keep Ismaël and the Peu family in your prayers, that would be much appreciated! 

Marunui was baptized! He is 8 and his parents are members, but we have done a lot of work to help reactivate them and teach the kids the lessons. He is kind of a punk but we love him.
Our bishop recounted the following story during the baptism: 
Bishop: "Marunui do you obey your parents?"
Marunui: "less and less." 

Oof. Got to love the honesty. 

Speaking of children that are punks, everytime we go to an apartment complex in our area, these two 5 year olds start chanting "S S M! S S M!" over and over. Once we were there for an outdoor lesson and they chanted these letters, off in the distance, for maybe a half hour. 
We have no idea what these 3 letters mean. Super sœurs missionnaires? Salut les sœurs missionnaies?!? I have no clue. We at first thought that Sr Young and I were BOTH the s s m. One day, an older girl came up to us and said "are you guys the s s m?" We replied, "we think so but what does that mean!?!?!" and then the girl shrugged and walked away. 
 The last few weeks, however, it has become clear that I am the only s s m. When we arrive in the complex, the 5 year olds yell "S S M!" and then runs to give only me a hug. 
Someone please explain what this means. I am so confused. 

A miracle from this week came on Thursday. Sr Young had felt prompted to go contacting on the Orofara half of our area. We followed that impression and drove over there, and then we both felt the prompting to drive up into the Orofara mountain. Révélation comes little by little- we have to take steps forward to receive more guidance. After a good little hike, we found Tina! She has not 1 not 2 but 12 dogs, so we had to yell the lesson, but the Spirit was so so strong. She is not sure if she believes in God but she told us that she thought that the scripture we shared was just for her. We have a lesson with Tina later this week! 

I will close this ramble of an email with a quote from Elder Holland.
"One way to “always remember him” would be to join the Great Physician in His never-ending task of lifting the load from those who are burdened and relieving the pain of those who are distraught."
I've been thinking about what it means to truly "mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that stand in need of comfort." Yesterday, we decided to drive in the opposite direction before turning around and going to church. We passed Ismael, who just lost a very close family member. A member in the ward was there to pick up another one of our friends. There we were: Ismael, Frère Ly, and us. What touched me was how quick Frère Ly was to mourn with Ismael. The second Ismael told us what happened, Frère Ly started crying with him. Like Christ, who wept with Mary and Martha, Frère Ly mourned with the mourning, but he then bore a very strong testimony of the Plan of Salvation and God's move for his children. 
Everyone needs a little lifting! 

I love you all! Je vous aime et ua here au ia outou! 


(Enjoy the picture of Mami Rosalie. 
Us: Rosalie can we take a picture?
Rosalie: we can't I'm not ready I look all gross.
Us: Rosalie but you're beautiful! 
Rosalie, without even hesitating: ok!
We call that fishing for a compliment and I love her.)







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