"Pressing through Trials and Hardships with Faith"Hi Mom!
I miss you so much! I hope you and the rest of the family are doing well! Please send my love to the family!!! I feel like I am learning and progressing from the experiences I have each week. The work continues to go well here in my area. The man that was hospitalized last week as a result of heart failure is named Atiera. He was baptized this past Saturday along with his two sons Niiteru and Tuuaai. Atiera has a burning testimony of the gospel and has served as an example to me of pressing through trials and hardships with faith. This past week my companion Elder Hunter and I had the opportunity to witness a friend of ours named Bwaraii receive the Aaronic Priesthood and be ordained to the office of a Priest. Elder Hunter and I have had lots of opportunities to give priesthood blessings this week. One such opportunity came when we were walking along the road and heard a horrible and unforgettable squeal from a little boy behind us. When we ran to him we found that he had been sitting on the beam of a bike that someone older was pedaling and had gotten his leg caught and twisted between the tire of the bike and a bar running parellel to the tire. We had to take the bike apart as the boy was screaming to get his leg out. We did everything we could to try to help him feel relaxed while finding his parents to help him with his broken leg. I think the boy would actually want to go through the entire experience again just to get a second canned soda, the first of which given really cheered him up. One of the people we teach is named Enteria. He was baptized as a teenager but decided to work as a Seventh-Day Adventists missionary a couple of years later until now. He is extremely educated in the Bible and a strong member of his church, and is worthy of the upmost respect and admiration. After keeping his commitment to pray about the restoration lesson he told Elder Hunter and I that he had a vision of us teaching the same lesson in Heaven. I'm glad to know that we'll have more lessons to teach together because Elder Hunter and I have been assigned new companions. My time with Elder Hunter was short but I feel like I learned a lot from him and have really appreciated his Christ-like example. My new companion is Elder Otto. We had a blast learning to speak Kiribati together in the MTC and are determined to work hard and remain obedient. There will now be six Elders living in our house: Me, Elder Otto, Hunter, Osborne(Otto's previous companion), Lenga and Yosefa. Elder Otto and I are going octopus hunting later today, which should be a fun way to start our companionship. I love you so much Mom! I pray for you and the family all the time and hope you guys have a great week! Elder Morphonios
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Denise H. Davis
6/25/2017 04:43:42 pm
Hi Joey,
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About MeI'm Elder Joseph Morphonios, and I've chosen to serve a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Join me as I share my adventures about serving the good people of the Marshall Islands, and sharing the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. Archives
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