Friday, April 3, 2015

A Letter from Vanuatu

The missionary couples get together every Saturday for a district meeting.  We discuss a gospel topic and enjoy learning, sharing and feeling the Spirit.  Today we discussed the topic, "Living Joyfully in Troubled Times" from the Ezra Taft Benson manual.

In the meeting we shared a letter we received from Katamal Kaun, a member of the church we met during an assignment in Vanuatu in 2013.  We had written him after the devistating storm that hit a couple of weeks ago and asked about him and his family.  This is his answer:



Dear Elder & Sister Tolley,

What a pleasant surprise! Of course how could I forget your lovely smiles. And thank you so much for your prayers. So you folks are now in Amman???. We are pretty much recovering well. My wife and I lost our home - but these are just material things. The one thing though that we are so grateful to our Heavenly Father for, was his arms of mercy that surrounded us when the category 5 cyclone  was battering us. Not a single member was injured nor lost his/her life.

While recovering, each one of us is looking forward to the creation of the first ever stake in this country next month. That is the joy that is filling our hearts at this point in time despite the situation we are currently in.

With much love

Katimal

It touched our hearts to read of the  faith of this dear friend.  He and his family know the important things in life--family and the gospel of Jesus Christ


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