January 29, 2018: A little pday tourism!

Hey family,

Hope you guys had a good week this week! I don't have much time but too write but we had a pretty good week! We went on a few exchanges around the mission nothing too crazy! We got to go up to Bambrugh Castle it was a beauty!

This week we were every where really mostly just here in Leeds though! This week we will be heading out to Halifax and Bradford, Wharfe Valley! We will see what happens!  Time is going by way quick! Love you all!

Elder Tuita

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January 21, 2018: Visit to my first area/ Grimsby!

Dear family and friends
I hope all is well! I apologize for the lack of writing home! Things have been quite hectic lately! To be fair I haven't had a pday in like 3 weeks! Knowing that, I don't have one tommorow as well  I thought I might as well write you now! I will make it quick! I am currently sitting at the back of the Grimsby chapel! We were on exchange with the Grimsby Elders and considering that we don't have an area or an assigned ward we thought it would be cool to attend church here! It's quite a surreal feeling! It's been 9 months since I left! The ward is doing great it was nice going around seeing how everyone is doing! Grimsby is a sacred land to me! I learned so much and learned to love many people here! As I sit here looking around my heart is filled with joy to see how the gospel has healed the saints here in Grimsby! I am grateful for the love our Heavenly Father's has for us! While sitting here I was reminded of a story that I read at the beginning of my mission from President Nelson. I will share it with you, I hope it touches your heart as it did mine!
"While visiting the British Museum in London one day, I read a most unusual book. It is not scripture. It is an English translation of an ancient Egyptian manuscript. From it, I quote a dialogue between the Father and the Son. Referring to His Father, Jehovah—the premortal Lord—says:
“He took the clay from the hand of the angel, and made Adam according to Our image and likeness, and He left him lying for forty days and forty nights without putting breath into him. And He heaved sighs over him daily, saying, ‘If I put breath into this [man], he must suffer many pains.’ And I said unto My Father, ‘Put breath into him; I will be an advocate for him.’ And My Father said unto Me, ‘If I put breath into him, My beloved Son, Thou wilt be obliged to go down into the world, and to suffer many pains for him before Thou shalt have redeemed him, and made him to come back to his primal state.’ And I said unto My Father, ‘Put breath into him; I will be his advocate, and I will go down into the world, and will fulfil Thy command." Everything that I am and everything that I hope to become is all because what the saviour was willing to go through for me! I am so greatful for him! I know that he lives! This is his church ! He leads and guides it in these latter day!
Tah, Elder Tuita

January 7, 2018: Transfer to Leeds

Hey family!  You alright?  I know you are probably like why is my son messaging us today and it's not even Monday!!  Well, I have been transferred right in the middle of a new transfer period!  Yeah, so I am no longer in Melthem, I have been tranferred to Leeds. I don't really have an area anymore and from now on I will be emailing you guys on Sunday night as my pdays are no longer on Monday's!  I don't have much time to message like we usually do but will have just enough time to send a general one.  I hope your Sabbath is well!  Things are crazy here, it seems like everytime I get settled down something crazy happens!  The Lord sometimes suprises me just too much.  I guess it's a good thing, I feel his spirit so close to me.  I went on 6 exchanges this week it was mental!! I am so tired!  It's nice we catch a break this week and only have 3.  Next week we have zone conferences for the north and south which will give me a two day break!.  I miss you guys so much and loves talking to you and hearing your voices, you all mean the world to me!!
Tah, Elder Tuita

December 25, 2017: Christmas

 Merry Christmas everyone!  Elder Tuita had the privledge of playing Santa and delivering all the missionary packages to his zone.  What a treat!

December 18, 2017: Rosie from Dubai

Rosie from Dubai finally chose to get baptized!

November 11, 2017: Tranfer to Meltham

 Family and friends!
How are you! Hope all is well back at home! I apologize for not writing for a while things have been quite busy! You all are always in my prayers! However I don't have much time today, so I apologize for haste in this letter!
Things have been quite crazy to be honest and at times quite overwhelming! We actually just got transfer calls and I am in a village called Meltham now! This is my first time serving in a village it's quite a cool environment to be in! It feels like I've gone back in time 200 years! The ward I'm in is amazing! One of the biggest wards in the mission! They also like to say they are the "best" ward in the mission! I guess we will have to see about that! My companion is elder Hoather he's a good bloke! He is from Canada and has been out for 3 months longer then me! We have found some good people! Overall, I am exited to be here in Meltham! Like I said though things are crazy right now! I read a conference talk earlier this week that brought me a lot of comfort and strength! It was from Elder Neil L Anderson talking about his mission, "Nearly 40 years ago as I contemplated the challenge of a mission, I felt very inadequate and unprepared. I remember praying, “Heavenly Father, how can I serve a mission when I know so little?” I believed in the Church, but I felt my spiritual knowledge was very limited. As I prayed, the feeling came: “You don’t know everything, but you know enough!” That reassurance gave me the courage to take the next step into the mission field."
It helped me too realize that despite my imperfections and weaknesses I can trust the Lord has prepared me enough too handle the challenges that I face in my life! I am thankful for the Lord and the strength I receive from him! I know his Grace is sufficient for us all! I find comfort in The Lord’s words to the Prophet Joseph Smith! I know it is the very same promise He makes to us in our feelings of inadequacy: “Hold on … , fear not … , for God shall be with you forever and ever.”


Love you all, Elder Tuita

October 16, 2017: Elder Ballard

Hiya Fam!
You alright? Hope all is well back at home! I apologize for not writing the last few weeks as they have been very crazy! Well, It's that time of year again int' it, where the leaves are turning colors and autumn is in the air making England absolutely stunning! Yesterday we got to walk to church! For those that have never been out and about on an English morning let me tell ya everyone it is very quiet! It's like everyone disappears! Buses shut down stores are closed and it seems like everyone has disappeared! We are the only ones out! there's the occasional car but other than that it's just us and the big rolling hills of West Yorkshire! I love it! Missionary life kind can be quite hectic especially in the busy towns of England! You are always surrounded by noise and busy people! So finding a quiet time to reflect can be hard to come by! We had a great week this week! Our teaching pool consists of two families and a couple of uni students! They are all great! We also got to hear Elder Ballard again as he addressed the Europe area! He is an amazing man! He talked about how miracles have not ceased in our day! He told this amazing story of how President Kimball sent him to Etheopia during a drout! He was sent there with another seventy at the time to see where the church should use the money that the saints had donated to help the cause there! He said when he arrived he had never seen such suffering like this before! He told us images from the things he saw are still held in his heart to this day! He told us as he arrived he prayed to know what to do! He felt prompted to meet with the saints there, but when he looked up to see if there were any member in the area they found only one! They reached out to him and asked if he would join them in a sacrament meeting! So the three of them had sacrament meeting in the house of the only member in Ethiopia! It was just the three of them! He told us after the sacrament meeting they decided to have a testimony meeting! So all three testified and when it finally came to Elder Ballard, he felt prompted to use his melchizedec priesthood and bless the land that God may give them rain! Three hours after doing so it began to rain and he told us it rained everyday they were in Ethiopia after that! After words he went on to say miracles exist brothers and sisters but the biggest miracle even more then the one I just told you is the miracle of giving someone the gospel of Jesus Christ! He then went on to bear one of the most heartfelt testimonies! The Savior's mission as read in the book of Luke in the new testament says" 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised! The gospel is the good news! It's is the answer to all of life's greatest challenges and the greatest gift we can give any one in the world! The Savior is the only source of true and lasting happiness! He is the Prince of piece! When I am going through a tough time and begin to think that I can not go on no more! My mind takes me to Gethsamene! I imagine him! My Savior! Suffering beyond all comprehension! On his knees begging if there was any other way! But he did it! He did it because of his love for us! I am forever grateful! I love you all!

Elder tuita