The book of Hodgson
-An account of SIster Hodgson. Her journeys in her days of
preaching amongst the people of the isles of the sea.-
Chapter 1
Sister Hodgson journeys to the land of Kona. She Finds
strength in the Lord. She is joyful in her labors in the land of Kona. She
humbles herself and returns to Waimea.
1Now behold, it came to pass that there began to be much
contentions and disentions amongst the sisters of the kona zone, wherefore it
became expedient for the leaders of the zone to organize an emergency
exchange.
2And it came to pass that on the morrow, behold the exchange
did commence and I did make her journey to the land of Kona, to proclaim the
gospel there with Sister Lebaron.
3And behold, I did find great joy and gladness in the work of
the Lord in the land of Kona. For behold, the work did prosper amongst the
people there. For the sisters who had gone before did work with much dilligence,
and with exceeding faith.
4And when the time that was beforehand determined for the
exchange to end, behold, the leaders did find it expedient to continue the
exchange. And I did remain in the land of Kona all the next day.
5And it was the evening of the second day since I took my
journey to the land of Kona, when the leaders of the zone sent out a
proclamations amongst all of the missionaries in the land that there would be
another exchange which would commence that evening.
6Now behold, this did gladen my heart, yea, verily, I did
proceed to shout for joy at these glad tidings. For behold, I had found great
joy in the work of the Lord in the land of Kona.
7And it came to pass that Sister Uasila'a-vaha returned to her
home land of Kona, and verily, she was exceedingly confused at the things which
had transpired over the past two days.
8For behold, she had been in another land, and did not know of
all the things which did come to pass in the land of Kona. Therefore, it became expedient for me to account all of the things that
sister LeBaron and I had seen and heard in this land. And Behold, I was also
exceedingly confused, because I was not well aquianted with the land of Kona.
9But we did rely on the Lord to strengthen us in accomplishing
His work. And behold, we did see much success in the land, and found much Joy in
the Lord our God.
10And we did sing praises unto Him all the day
long.
11And when the time came for my journey back to the land of
Waimea, my heart was exceedingly sorrowful. For I had grown to love the people
of Kona, having spent four of my last eight days in this beautiful land.
12But behold, I knew that I must return to the land of my
residence, to fulfil all that the Lord should require me to do there. Therefore,
I did find need to humble myself, and put forth my trust in the Lord. For He had
hitherto shown unto me that His ways were higher than my ways. Therefore, I did
make my journey back to the land of Waimea.
haha that was so much fun!!!
So I love Kona to pieces! it is warm there and the sister
there work so hard- like no luch break status!!!!!!!!!!! it was fantistic!!!!! I
learned a lot on the exchanges. Our sister training leaders are awesome! Oh,
also we got to go running down ALI'I drive which was fantastic!!! I haven't been
running in forever. Sister Willis is still sick, but she went to the doctor this
week and got some help. SO that's the gist of this week.
Love,
Sister Hodgson
