Live Learn Create Relate

By Okesene Temu Malala

Our individual responsibility is to learn and understand the wise plan of God, The Plan of Salvation to understand where we came from, why were here and where we go from here after this earthly life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512748697

Okesene Temu Malala

Brother Okesene Temu Malala is a returned missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1982-1984. Born & raised in Pago Pago American Samoa. Left high school before finish 12 grade. Became a LDS member 1977.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-4868-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-4869-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016910854

WestBow Press rev. date: 01/06/2017

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface: Live Learn Create Relate

Chapter 1 Where Did We Come From?

Chapter 2 When We Were Born, We Lived.

Chapter 3 When We Live, We Learned

Chapter 4 When We Learn, We Created.

Chapter 5 When We Lived Learned Created, We Related

Chapter 6 Plan Of Salvation

Chapter 7 Why The Truth Need To Be Share

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am indeed grateful to my foremost teacher the still small voice with the feeling communicated by the Spirit of the Lord. To speak the truth, without this great teacher I can’t even been able to put this book project together. I spent many times trying to understand and seeking for the confirmation of the spirit for the right things to be written. It was hard when nobody believe that an ordinary uneducated man like me can do such a work. I’m very grateful for the gift of the Holy Ghost that throughout the whole project He has helped me organized and put everything in order.

It is very hard to work on some project that you never done it before or have any knowledge or understanding to do it, especially putting a book together without help from anyone, even your family don’t even believe you can do it. My partner at the time, Sister Avau Pu’efua I wish you have faith since you heard the story who I am. But I have done it to prove to you that it is true who I am.

Very special thanks to my two daughters, Daisy Malala Latu and Leiloa Eseese Malala for their endless love and support. It’s a great blessing to have you two in my life. To my back bone financial support for this book project Leiloa Eseese Malala my younger and single daughter, much appreciated. Finally Dad has done it.

I dedicated this book to my grandchildren Yohana, Jahari, Dayton, Sadie and Kurt with my mother Leaiatuifanuaimeaatamali’i Lepou Malala who joined the church in the spirit world. To the late Sister Avau Pu’efua, my son OJ Malala and stepson Newman Manu, my testimony grew stronger and strengthen with many great lessons learned from our ups and downs. I have learned and understanded to be more patience from you guys.

I express my gratitude to Kate Lewis publishing consultant for convincing me to publish with WestBow Press. And to the whole WestBow Publishing team, thanks for the opportunity to rewrited the whole manuscript twice to correct all my own mistakes so I don’t have to pay your kindly editing help which I thought its all included in the full payment that I made as I was told. Please accept my apologies. I am very humble to thank you and appreciated your great help and your patience. I have learned a great lesson. God bless.

This book is just a simple testimony gained and learned from the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ but not an official statement of the church doctrine.

PREFACE

LIVE LEARN CREATE RELATE

Have you ever ask yourself, Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going after this life?

This book is in a very simple english language, explaining my knowledge and understanding with my sacred testimony about what I have learned from the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, where we came from, the purpose of life on earth and how to find our way back to where we came from. This book also focuses upon concepts, patterns and processes that can help you and me learn for ourselves the fundamental doctrines of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ on where we came from, why we’re here and where we’re going after this life.

The title of this book is from a small eight to ten pages book written by my younger sister Alamaina as a project when she was in high school in the early 1974. I had the book with me in a long period of time, but I didn’t even paid any attention to its physical meaning until I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saint and started to see the spiritual meaning that relate to the plan of salvation. When I started seriously learning the precept by precept of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, this title clearly match up with the teaching of the plan of salvation and the answers to these questions.

• Where Did We Come From?

• Why Are We Here?

• Where Are We Going After This Life?

This book does not have a perfect knowledge answers approved by the church or its leaders but it’s just a simple testimony received and a learned understanding gained from the restored gospel of Jesus Christ that I want to share to uplift and edify anyone who wants to learn the real truth. You will be surprise how simple this book can easily make you understand about the wise plan that God has for us, to learn about the place that we lived before we came to this earth, the purpose of life here on earth and where we go after this life after we die.

One thing I can promise you when you read this book, you will have the real feeling in your heart and mind. He will cause that your bosom shall burn within you, and therefore you shall feel it is right (Doctrine & Covenants 9:8). It is very interested to learn and understand the purpose of life that God our Father in Heaven has planned for us. It is a wise plan. You