Sister Danielle Heath: The Best Testimony we can Share with Others is our Actions

January 29, 2018

Last week Sister Kwak and I had some fun in the morning finishing a puzzle we got from the Bendixens the night before.

Then we had fun shopping at a craft store and found some cute locally made things like jewelry. I ended up getting a sunrise shell necklace and a Moana ring. Sister Kwak and I got matching bracelets with a shell and a Tahitian looking pearl.

That night we had dinner with a member that hasn't been able to come to church in a while and I didn't really know. She is super nice and we had a good time. She is willing to come out and help us with lessons so that will be good.

Wednesday we were able to do service at Pearl Harbor again. It was really great. This time we helped with an event they are having so we cut out Navy helicopters and pieces of paper for the landing strip. I may or may not have cut a bunch of them wrong on accident but you live and you learn...

We got to see the information center where they have the location of other ships and planes and other equipment. They have blue lights on all the time which was interesting but helps with keeping everyone happy.

We had lunch afterward at the Naval Exchange because they have a good court. This guy ended up sitting next to us so we talked to him and he actually never met the missionaries. He was from Pennsylvania and was getting ready for deployment in a few days. It was fun talking to him. We gave him a little card and told him to visit mormon.org if he wanted to find more information and cool videos. I hope he looks it up!

The rest of that day was pretty great. We were able to visit a member the Elders were teaching, she is a super sweet elderly lady that wants to come to church but has a hard time. But she said she will call the handi-van to pick her up for this Sunday. We also met this girl that I've seen a lot and has been at another house of people we are teaching. Then we visited an investigator and asked if we could come in for a few minutes. Her granddaughter was there too. We got to know them more and shared information about the Book of Mormon from the pictures in the front. While we were sharing some more family sat in and asked questions so we ended up sharing part if the restoration. It was really great. They also helped us learn some Chuukese and we had a good time together.

We had exchanges this week. I was able to go to another area that is over Pearl Harbor with Sister Jeffrey. She served where I am serving now for 7 1/2 months. It was fun to get to know her better and discuss the branch because we whitewashed in after she left. It was nice to get her advice on some things too. We had an interesting day... We ended up going to a funeral for a Chuukese investigator that passed away. We were able to see some family that I hadn't seen in a long time that we were trying to contact so that was great. The service was in Chuukese so I had close to no idea what was going on. But it was still good. I learned afterward that Sister Jeffrey learned quite a bit when she served there so she understood a little of what was being said. The saddest part was when they played some Chuukese music fairly loud and the people sang and Fenciana's sisters went up and cried hysterically over her. This went on for a while. It was so sad. And come to find out afterward from Sister Jeffrey they were talking about how they aren't sure if she's in heaven and whatnot. Super sad.

Then we did some major weeding service for a member in her small backyard. It was pretty satisfying and the weather wasn't too bad.

Then we attended a baptism that was really good. I always love hearing the testimony and story of those who were baptized.

Then we went to dinner with this cute military family. They were super fun and adore their 2 yr old daughter....we do too. She kind if reminded me of myself with her blonde hair. But she was super smart and had such a cute little attitude. It was an interesting but great exchange.

We had regional conference and we were excited when one of our families we are teaching came! There were very few Micronesians there...

That's about it for the week...my appreciation for the Plan of Salvation definitely grew. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have that this life is not the end and that we will see our family again and be able to live with them. I know this is true and it has helped me when I need comfort but also when I need to focus. This plan has helped me remember my purpose in this life and how I need to be aware of my decisions. I want to do the best I can on earth so that I can be prepared to live with Heavenly Father.

I loved the story I read in Alma 24 during one of my studies this week. This chapter talks about the Anti-Nephi-Lehi's and how they decided to throw away their weapons of war. When the Lamanites came to battle they did not fight and the Lamanites realized that they weren't going to fight. So they stopped and were converted unto the Lord. We can show our testimony by our actions. This week we attended activities to support people and did lots of service and I think that is one of the best ways we can share our testimony!

Much love and Aloha,

Sister Heath

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