This week was a good week. Like
every other week. My mission is just great! I can’t remember too much, only the
bike ride home every night. I’m starting
to remember the road so I can avoid the pot holes, so that’s cool. Soon I
will be able to do it with my eyes closed! (I won’t, don’t worry Mom) Not like
it matters anyways, it’s so dark. Luckily,
I can really see the blessings from on high. We go down this one rather steep
hill and it has a pot hole about half way down.
I always know it’s there, but I can never see it with my dim bike lite. But every time I’ve gone down that hill a
taxi "magically" shows up behind me, with super bright lights, so I
can see right at the moment I need. Small blessings build strong testimonies
when acknowledged. It’s also crazy that that happens because right before that downhill,
there is a steep uphill (now that I think about it the road, if you’d look at
it from a side view looks like the little animation on the big screen in Autopia "Don’t bump the car..... in front of
you" it looks like those hills) I hope that’s the words, it’s been a long
time since I’ve been to that attraction and last time I did it I drove and
broke my mom’s back (sorry mom).
But yes, my point? I forgot! But
this week was good. We had 1 investigator at church, so that was a
disappointment. It’s understandable. Family issues come up and it is an really
expensive thing for some of these people.
It costs about 3 cedi for the round trip (75 cents). But still they have big families and so 2-4
people coming costs about 6-12 cedi. That
can feed them for like 2 meals. Some people are just lazy too and honestly, I
understand that as well. I was the same back home, but I also didn’t fully
understand everything I understand now so it’s a good starting point to know
how to work with them :).
We have a lot of great
investigators. They keep us busy into
the night. We normally come home around
9-9:30 (something I’m not used to). Most
Elders and other areas come in around 8-8:30 to take dinner because no one
really wants to see us that late. The
sun goes down at 6pm and we aren’t supposed to travel after dark, but now we
have people to teach so it’s all good and keeping me working.
I was sick on Saturday so I
slept until about 2 (I did wake up at 6:30 to follow mission rules). I was feeling well enough to go out at 3 so we
saw a few people and had good lessons with them.
We learned about listening more
and it was cool. On Tuesday, we had an
investigator named Faletia and her husband Aggruy (I can’t say it so don’t ask
me how). We were teaching Faletia while
work was being done on her house. During
the lesson on the plan of salvation she said "I’m 50 and no children and
plenty of miscarriages, how disappointing" (or something to that effect)
and I heard it but my companion and I just continued teaching. But then I thought about it and was like wait
a minute.... I don’t know this doctrine perfectly but I know things will be
made right so I was hesitant to share that we will be able to raise our deceased
children later because its labeled "deep doctrine". But as I pondered it more I felt that if she
understood it, it would bring her peace.
That is the purpose of us being here right? To be representatives of Jesus Christ. So, I
did tell her and I hope she understood. We will go back and teach her the
restoration because we started with the Plan of salvation because she asked
questions pertaining to that.
A good week and more to come
Love you all keep smiling and
sharing what you hold dear.
Last thought and only picture this week is a part member family we were working with. All the family, except the dad, were members and the father was having some troubles that caused a lot of problems with the family. He was baptized yesterday and IT IS SWEET. He lives in Kasoa so I, unfortunately, wasn’t there. But now their whole family is active. The mother was less active before I got there and only the children attended regularly and they were valiant in attendance going to seminary and passing the sacrament. The example of the son is really what brought his father to come. One day they were talking and his son quoted a scripture which led the father to truly start to investigate and now, 4 months later, after his trip to South Africa he is baptized and to be confirmed a member next week. The Gospel truly blesses families and is truly found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (I’m working on my story telling).
Last thought and only picture this week is a part member family we were working with. All the family, except the dad, were members and the father was having some troubles that caused a lot of problems with the family. He was baptized yesterday and IT IS SWEET. He lives in Kasoa so I, unfortunately, wasn’t there. But now their whole family is active. The mother was less active before I got there and only the children attended regularly and they were valiant in attendance going to seminary and passing the sacrament. The example of the son is really what brought his father to come. One day they were talking and his son quoted a scripture which led the father to truly start to investigate and now, 4 months later, after his trip to South Africa he is baptized and to be confirmed a member next week. The Gospel truly blesses families and is truly found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (I’m working on my story telling).
-Elder Ellsworth
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