November 21

Our speaker tonight was President Sefiti.  He is the seminary and institute coordinator for all of Fiji which makes him our boss; he is the president of the Suva Stake, but more importantly he is our friend.  I just love him.  He is fun to be around.  He and Scott play pool after our Monday meetings; they are battling it out for the best pool player award.  He has a great sense of humor, and yet I have watched him lead with the Spirit.  Sometimes he almost glows with the Spirit.  It is an honor to associate with him in every compacity.

He has a wonderful conversion story which we wanted him to tell. He also had a miraculous experience getting his family to the temple. In brief, he and his wife had told his Bishop, who had set up a ward temple trip, that he, Sister Sefeti, and their two children would go to the temple in Tonga to be sealed as an eternal family. He began saving, but he did not earn much and it was slow going.  Some time before the trip his boss at the LDS Primary School asked him if his salary was sufficient.  No Fijian is going to say "no"to a question like that;  they do not want to lose their job. He told the principal that his salary was OK. The principal never mentioned it again. Two months before the trip President S. realized that he would not have the money to get his family to Tonga, but he told no one.  The school year ended and when President S. had cleaned up his room and done all that was required of him, he went to see the principle as is customary. They had the final interview and the principal handed him his pay check in an envelope. President Sefeti went home and it was night before he opened it. Inside was way more money than his normal pay; the principal had given him a raise and paid him that raise all together in his last check. It was more than enough to get his family to Tonga and the temple.