Family Home Evening with the Raman Family

Brother Edward Raman is the manager of the LDS College Farm; works hard; supplies us with fresh eggs, green beens, bok choy, greens, and cucumbers. Such a treat! Agriculture is one of the curriculum offered to students here. We have become good friends with Brother Raman; he invited us for Family Home Evening with his cute family. They had us participate with them in singing and answering questions about "service"; they are planning as a family to share loaves of bread to a group of needy people for Christmas. We had supper with them--full table of chicken, salads, local vegetables, fried rice, lots!

Jared and Jethro loved having their pictures taken among the plants in front of their home. Their was also a garden in front and back...tomatoes, casava, eggplant, carrots, dalo; these vegetables from their small yard supply their family and their neighborhood. He is also the Bishop in the ward in his area. She likes to work on crafts; made this cute Christmas tree from the telephone book.

Their courtship was truly arranged by our Heavenly Father--great story! After his mission, he wore a mustache for several years and was counseled to get married--nothing! Then counseled to shave off the mustache and he would find his wife (he was in his mid thirties). Finally after awhile, he shaved his mustache, believing! He traveled shortly after that to the Philippines with a friend who was getting married; walked into a hotel and saw his "wife to be"; told his friend that she was the girl he should marry (she was 32); he told her and because she firmly believed that she was to marry a worthy priesthood holder whom could take her to the temple, she trusted and traveled all the way to Fiji. They had known each other for two days! And she didn't really like anything about him (he was black, had a gold tooth, was a welder, and the list went on!) Upon arriving in Fiji, she thought his house clean and maybe... but she knew he could take her to the Temple! They were married civilly the first day she arrived; and traveled to Tonga to be married in the Temple. You had to be in the room with them as they told their story; we laughed and cried! Many more details than I have shared. They are truly blessed and are happy! How about that for having faith in what we believe?