Kahalu'u Ward Message 7/27/25

“Living Waters and Leaky Faucets”

A few weeks ago, I noticed that our bathroom sink was running. I went to turn it off, but the water kept flowing. I tightened the knob—nothing changed. I panicked. I checked under the sink, the ball valve, the mounting bolt, and the water supply. Nothing worked. I even had Lana crawl under the house, and I walked up the road to check the water main. My mind was racing—how much is this going to cost? What if it floods? What if something is broken beyond repair? And then, just as I was about to call Uncle Byron for help, something hit me:

I hadn’t even said a prayer. I paused. I took a breath. I prayed and asked Heavenly Father to help me understand what was going on. And immediately, my mind was clear. The thought came: Did you check the hot water handle? I hadn’t. In all my rushing and panic, I had only been turning the cold water knob. Sure enough, I turned off the hot water knob, and just like that—pau ka wai—the water stopped. Ai sus! That moment has stayed with me. Sometimes in life, the solution is right in front of us, but we can’t see it because we’re overwhelmed, overthinking, or trying to fix everything on our own. But God, our loving Father, is always there. Waiting for us to turn to Him.

In Alma 37:6, we are reminded:

“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass.”

It wasn’t a big plumbing job that fixed my problem. It was a small turn of a knob—and a big turn of my heart toward heaven. If you look at the Board of Water supply trucks, their slogan is perfect: There is no substitute for pure water. The same goes for the Savior, Jesus Christ. There is no better answer than Him. In our lives here in beautiful Kahaluʻu, with all the responsibilities we juggle—our ʻohana, callings, work, and trials—sometimes we forget that the Savior is the source of wai ola, living water. He said in John 4:14,

“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst... shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

When we stop, breathe, and turn to our Father in Heaven, He calms the flood of anxiety. He brings peace. He reminds us that His help is never far. So, my message to all of us in Kahaluʻu Ward is this:Don’t let panic drown out your peace. He’s there. Pray. Ask. Listen.The answer might be as simple as turning the other handle.

Melanie Afualo, Kahalu’u Relief Society President

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Missionary Corner

Talofa lava friends and fams !!

Wussup yall. This last week had a few first LASTS of my mission. Last zone conference, last zone temple trip, and hopefully last time being sick on the mish. Yes, we did in fact get sick the day after zone con BOOOOOO tomato tomato tomato ... but iss all goods. The work goes on so here's a lil update for yall lessgooo

Highlights: 

- like i said, this past week was my last zone conference. This zone conference was a little different. Normally, one of the zone leaders conducts but this time, President received some great revelation that the STLs should conduct ... so he had me conduct lol nah it was a very good opportunity and i was grateful. At every zone conference, all the people finishing their missions giving their last testimony and then everybody sings our farewell song. The entire program, it was so surreal to be the one standing and being sung to. Really didn't feel real but things are slowly setting in. At was a really great zone conference and I'm quite sad it was my last :(

- after zone conference, we went to the temple with our zone. Sister Sooalo and i are actually the only sisters in our zone so zone activities are ... interesting with our elders nah jks lol we love them and they're great. It was a wonderful temple session and so fun taking pics with everyone after. My very last temple trip on the mish will be with my outtake the night before i fly home. I'm so grateful that we have a temple here in Samoa and so excited that we'll be having one on each island soon

- so i mentioned in my past email that we met our friends Apolo and Faagase (accidentally thought it was sagase lol) and that we would their lessons. We did start and finish their lessons and they were set to get married saturday and then baptized on sunday. Unfortunately, Apolo's dad stepped in last minute and didn't give his permission for him to be baptized. Now Apolo is a full grown adult but as i said in my last email, its not common and seen very disrespectful to switch religions and go against your parents' wishes. However, there's a common saying here in Samoa. "E iai le taimi a le Alii" althought Apolo and Faagase haven't entered the waters of baptism yet, i know they have a testimony and a desire so i know that even if it's not with us, in the Lord's time and way, they will enter into the fold.

This week's spiritual thought comes from Alma 8:21-22 and it reads, "And it came to pass that the man received him into his house; and the man was called Amulek; and he brought forth bread and meat and set before Alma. 22 And it came to pass that Alma ate bread and was filled; and he blessed Amulek and his house, and he gave thanks unto God." A couple zone leaders gave a training at our zone conference using these scriptures to emphasize how important it is to work with members to fulfill our missionary purpose. Here in Samoa, 70% of the people referred by our members get baptized. How that stat is extremely high and shows what a HUGE help and blessing members can be. I want to reach out to all of you at home to look around and see how you can be the Amulek to our Alma missionaries in the ward. I know im so grateful for our many Amuleks we have out here. I also wabt to recommend a talk called "Learn from Alma and Amulek" by Elder Utchdorf. Although back home you might not have a badge, the blessings of missionary work are still very real and will be poured out upon you if you are willing to be the Amulek and thrust in your sickle!

Real quick, happy birthday to my great grandma!! 104 never looked so good !! but I've also never seen anyone else 104 so ... nahhh jks lol love you long time gram

Okiee we got more referrals and more lessons this week and also my last MLC :(( big sad fr but all goods. I hope yall enjoying the last few weeks of summer before school starts. Pray that i don't get the dangang fever in these last few weeks AHAHAHAHA anyways luhhh you guys catch you next week.

Alofas,

Sister Fano