Easter was really good

Easter was really good. We spent it with the other sister missionaries and a Polynesian family (The Muaos) in another stake. It was so awesome!!  I love polys so much ha-ha. We had a music fireside where we all sang and shared our testimonies and ate lots of poly food! The atmosphere was so great because Polynesians just love EVERYONE it doesn't matter where you come from, we are all brothers and sisters and children of our Heavenly Father, and one day we will all be brothers and sisters in heaven again. This was the testimony I shared because the people down here make us feel so welcome, like we are a part of their family. There are lots of members with kids serving missions and by feeding us or giving us rides or coming to lessons with us they do it because they hope their missionaries will get treated the same way. We are all connected by this gospel and by our Brother Jesus Christ. He suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross for all of us, and commanded that we all love one another and take care of each other. I think the Polynesian culture does an amazing job of living this principle of the gospel. :) I want to go to Samoa someday.

Thank you so much for sending my the picture of you in the musical. I love it. I meant to write you about someone we are working with. He reminds me of you. His name is Felipe Reyes. He is a less active member who is coming back to church, but he's doing it at his own pace. He loves when we come visit and listen to him. He plays guitar and has played for many years. He even kind of looks like you. He talks to us about how his dad, who is his hero and was a very active member in the church, use to always tell him to find things out for himself and to stand up for himself and was a very kind person. I told him that my dad raised me the same way. Felipe kind of looks at me like the daughter he never had. I can tell because sometimes he only talks to me and ignores my companion. He's about your age. I told him you play guitar too and speak Spanish. I will send you a picture.

I miss you and hope you are doing well. Keep praying and reading the scriptures every day! That is how we nourish our spirits each and every day.

 

Watermelon on Easter Sunday!

The Muao Family

Sister Reyes, Abby, Brother Felipe Reyes