Trust in the Lord

 We have been without power a lot lately. It gets uncomfortably warm, but we are still able to do our work. I see the Lord's hand in this work everyday.  I am truly learning to trust in His help.  When we started this mission, our theme scripture was: Acts 9:6  "Lord, what would thou have me to do?"   Wow, we couldn't have been more right. Every day we pray for guidance on what we should do for our current projects and who needs our help for future projects.  It isn't easy. We run into a lot of walls.  I start to get discourage and think "Ugh!  this will never happen".  But we just keep moving (Keith is way better at this than I am) and eventually we end up exactly where we should be. Many of our projects are moving from the development stage to the approved stage, to the implementation stage.  

There's one project that I'm really excited about, we call it: Clean up Kiribati. It started when Elder Jaggi asked for a project that would get rid of all the trash that fills up Kiribati in preparation for the temple dedication.  I know it looks like an island paradise, and it really could be one. But it is just filled with rubbish everywhere.  Our friend Ruth, who just got elected to parliament, had already started working on this problem by having organizations who were seeking donations from her campaign to pick up trash and she would pay them $1/ bag of trash. Since she had already established her own NGO, all we had to do, was fund money that she could give to those who are fund raising. It's working! We can already see a small difference in the trash level. 

How do we find new projects? Sometimes we go to the Ministry of Health or Education and ask them what they need most. But sometimes, people contact us asking for something. When this happens, I always have them do something, before we do anything. For example: if they ask for a water tank, I will ask them to find which tank they want and send me an invoice.  80% of the time, they don't follow through. But 20% of the time they do.  If they follow through, then I know this is a project that I should try.  I think these smaller projects are my favorites because I get to see the people who are blessed by these projects.  

Big or small, it doesn't matter, I see the Lords hand. Now, when I wake up I think "Hmm, I wonder what door the Lord will open up for us today."  


Moon shining on the lagoon


Brother and Sister Frehner teach English Connect. We help them. The students decided to give us a gift for Teachers Day - matching Kiribati dresses


Students picking up trash to get money for their school. 


One of our young Elders was fishing "American style". The children were very curious. Kiribati people fish with nets. 


When the power goes out, we have no internet. So we usually go to Moroni High School and find a spot to work. They are most accommodating. 





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