President of Tonga’s Vision Impaired Centre, ‘Ofeina Leka, thanked the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who this week cleaned and painted their facility.
“Even though I cannot see them,” Leka said, “I can feel their warm spirits when I hear them talking while they are working, and knowing they are helping the school makes me happy. I’m sure the rest of the students will be happy, too.”
The missionary group included 14 young men and a senior missionary couple, Chris and Becky Wadduops.
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- Missionaries paint the Vision Impaired Centre in Tonga. October 2016.
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Missionaries and other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific regularly reach out in their communities to serve groups such as Tonga’s Vision Impaired Centre.
Many of the community service activities involve volunteers, donned in yellow “Mormon Helping Hands” shirts, working alongside friends from other faiths and other parts of society to improve neighbourhoods, villages, suburbs, beaches, parks and other areas.
There are approximately 75,000 Latter-day Saint missionaries around the world who serve for 18 months to two years, at their own expense and without pay. They teach people the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and serve communities in other ways.