Well this week there was good and bad as you can tell from the subject line. Let me explain:
Godly Sorrow- Well we have been teaching this family for a couple weeks now and they understood really well. They read the Book of Mormon and love the messages we share. They always had a lot of questions and I enjoyed seeing them. I can say that I had come to love them. However, they hadn't come to church yet. If someone doesn't come to church for 3 weeks straight we have to drop them. The 3rd week was last week, but they gave a very good reason so we gave them one more week. This week we taught them 3 times. The first two were good, but the questions were getting a little defensive and I didn't like the way everything was looking. The 3rd lesson, we read the 4th chapter of the Book of Mormon with them and after they started asking some questions and he asked why we didn't use the Bible very often. We told him that he already knew about the Bible and so we wanted to emphasize the Book of Mormon because without it we can't have the fullness of the gospel. It kind of turned into an argument. The biggest problem I think was that he didn't pay attention to the Spirit when he read and listened to our messages. He took it for the knowledge not for the feeling. It just goes to show that the Spirit is the real teacher in this work. Without the Spirit people cannot come to know for themselves. After that lesson as we were walking I knew they weren't going to come to church the next day so I knew we were going to have to drop them. I was overcome with Godly sorrow for these people because I know that it is only through this gospel that we can make it back with our Heavenly Father. Enough with sad things, on with the good!
Great Joy- Yesterday Jimmy and Phoebe came again with their family! They are getting baptized this next week if everything goes right, as I have faith that it will. They are so awesome! They read the Book of Mormon everyday and Phoebe even translates it for their daughter into Luo! Every time we teach them the Spirit is so strong and I always leave so happy! I love their family so much and am so excited for the covenant they will be making with the Lord. The best part is that they are one step closer to being able to be sealed as a family for eternity. That is the end goal.
I testify that without the Spirit this work is 100% impossible. I know that this message can change lives if people allow it to. No one has ever gotten converted if they didn't first have at least the desire as it is said in Alma 32. I know that there is no satisfying work than that of missionary work and that the greatest happiness that comes in life is seeing others change theirs for the better and I am privileged to be a part of it. I know the effort I put in is nothing compared to what the Lord does. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's only church on the face of the Earth. In the name of The Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
Mar, Elder Hawk
You know you're in Africa when you hear and see tribal dances!
I wanted to send a video but it was too big..
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