October 20

Scott woke me up at 6 a.m. and I began to prepare the lesson for Sunday School.  I had the lesson done, gotten ready for the day, ate breakfast, typed and printed the lesson at the institute and was only two minutes late for Sacrament Meeting at 10:00 a.m.  Not bad.

The class was made up of the Johnson family (Brother/Sister Johnson, Valerie, Estelle, Lucelle, Gabrielle and Seta [a cousin]) who are new members of the Church, Ron Silas, and another man whose name I can not remember.  It was so cute.  When I asked the first question everyone sat and looked at me.  I asked the question again in a different way and waited.  I watched as Brother Johnson took a deep breath and answered the question.  I could see the working of his mind which was that he is the patriarch of this family and therefore it is his responsibility to answer for his family.  So cute.

I am not sure how well the lesson went, but I loved interacting with the members of the class. We had some great discussions, and wrote lots of stuff on the board--thanks to Scott being scribe.

The Johnsons are an amazing family.  They met President and Sister Klingler when they stayed in a resort hotel that the Johnsons ran on the island of Kodavu (con dah voo).  When they moved to Suva, Sister Johnson looked up the Klinglers and the rest is history.  Brother/ Sister Johnson and Estelle, one of the twins, were baptized in August.  Lucelle, Valerie, Gabrielle, and Seta were baptized in September.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ changes people so dramatically.  Brother Johnson was really a drinker and according to one of the daughters so addicted to cigarettes that "if there was four dollars in the house and no food, Dad would buy cigarettes with the $4."  He has given up drinking, smoking, and has assumed the leadership of his family.  They are so faithful.  They never miss church and come to all the activities.  "By their fruits ye shall know them" is true of this wonderful family as well as the Gospel of Jesus Christ.