Every Thursday at 4pm you will find Elder Ford with a couple of men in our branch visiting less active members and inviting them to come back to church. One of the men calls this "rescuing" our members. It has been very successful as there have been entire families come back to church and start attending again.
These men usually go out on Thursday and again on Saturday (as just another reminder to come to church).
So as a Relief Society, we took their idea and decided to go visit the sisters in Vunavesi which is the unit that is attached to our Branch. The village was supposed to have been notified that we were coming to visit, but I guess that message didn't get relayed because on the day we went, there were 6 of us women who took the bus the 1/2 hour drive to Vunavesi and we found out there was no one in the village. We had just wasted money for the bus and a whole lot of time. We had to wait over an hour for the next bus to come and take us back to Savusavu. WHAT A DAY!
Our day wasn't wasted though, once we got back to Savusavu we went and did a visit with a woman who just got out of the hospital from having a stroke. We took all kinds of things to her (it's the Fijian way); pineapples, coconuts, banana bread, coconut milk, etc..... Things like that.
A lesson to be learned: even the most humble of people have things to give...Time...Love...Kindness...and giving - always giving.
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