August 5

Today we went to four young adult Sunday School classes with our sign-up sheets for
institute classes.  We have decided to teach a Mission Preparation class and a Pearl of Great
Price class.  It was a little tricky getting the correct meeting times for the classes.  The Suva North Stake
has Sacrament Meeting first and the Suva Stake had Sacrament Meeting last.  We ended up visiting
the Jacksons and calling the Whiteheads, and a Brother Lawry to get the correct times.

This morning I woke up and smacked myself.  How could I forget the music classes?  Why not have
a place on the sheets for learning to lead or learning to play the piano?  So just before we left, we added it.

We were overwhelmed with the response.  Each stake here teaches their own institute classes mostly
on Wednesday nights.  So all of these young adults have already been asked to sign up for institute.
In just four wards we had 15 sign up for Mission Prep. at 2 and 25 sign up for P of GP at 5:30 on Thursdays.  What a response and we still have four more wards to go to this Sunday.  Of course, not
all will come, but we will still have good sized classes.  Scott was especially pleased with the Mission Prep. class interest.

This whole process has created a wonderful dilemma, however.  There were 34 who signed up for leading/piano. Now I can teach leading to 34, but certainly not piano.  As per the recommendation of the Church's Music Department, I will require all of them to take the leading class unless they have already taken it. By the time we have completed that the keyboards will be here from SLC and I will have time to figure out how I am going to teach the piano part.  I am sure just like institute classes not everyone will start nor will everyone who starts complete.  We will see.

We decided to get started at the institute although we have no internet, no data projector, no way to bake treats, and no supplies. For us it was a step forward in faith.  Heavenly Father is so wonderful.  He loves us so much.  When we step our in faith even in such a small way, He blesses us in huge ways.  About 8 o'clock this evening our phone rang.  Scott had taken the van up to the car park, so I answered.  It was President Sefeti.  He asked if we were home; and when I replied that I was, he asked me to come out as he was just outside our locked gate.  When I got out there, he was standing outside his car with a big black case which he began to lift over the gate to me.  I knew immediately what it was.  A data projector!!!  "Where did this come from?" I asked.  It seems that Brother Smith (Auckland S & I) had a layover in Nadi on his way to the Marshall Islands and had brought it from New Zealand hoping that someone would be there who could bring it the 31/2 hours to Suva.  Well, it just so happened that President Sefeti was in Lautoka, a city near Suva.  He was able to get it from Brother Smith and bring it to us.  Amazing.  Our budget has not been approved yet, and we had been told that even when it was approved, it would take a minimum of two weeks for the data projector to get here after we ordered it from NZ.  Not when God is in charge!  We are so grateful.