Last week we went to Brother Tausinga's house. He has been less active. We talked to him and learned about his family a bit. He said he's just been lazy and that he needed to go to church.
The following Sunday, he was there! He took the sacrament and after we invited to him to stay for the other parts of church. When they asked for him to introduce himself he shared a short history of his family.
He is from Tonga. His great-grandfather was the first convert there. He was disowned from his whole family as a result of his baptism. His great-grandfather shared stories with him when he was young about rowing from island to island. He said that the two LDS missionaries were the first missionaries to live on the island. Previous Christian missionaries were killed by the Tongan people. I believe the Lord protects His missionaries of his true church.
We live with the Cowley's. Turns out Brother Cowley had been trying to help Brother Tausinga to come back to church for the past five years.
The following Sunday, he was there! He took the sacrament and after we invited to him to stay for the other parts of church. When they asked for him to introduce himself he shared a short history of his family.
He is from Tonga. His great-grandfather was the first convert there. He was disowned from his whole family as a result of his baptism. His great-grandfather shared stories with him when he was young about rowing from island to island. He said that the two LDS missionaries were the first missionaries to live on the island. Previous Christian missionaries were killed by the Tongan people. I believe the Lord protects His missionaries of his true church.
We live with the Cowley's. Turns out Brother Cowley had been trying to help Brother Tausinga to come back to church for the past five years.