So, this week we were able to teach a very prepared man named Godwin. We meet him 3 times a week and he stays like 10 long steps away from the chapel so it’s pretty sweet. He and his wife will be baptized very soon. Just to show, we gave him the assignment on Tuesday to read from 3rd Nephi ch9-ch30 and he finished it by Saturday and he truly believed that the same Jesus that was in the Bible appeared to the Nephites. He started quoting stuff. I actually thought he was a member messing with us but HE’S NOT! It’s sweet. He has wonderful questions and just makes missionary work exciting for us. We even had a kneeling prayer with him on Saturday (first one on mission because we only teach outside on dirt floors and whatnot but this was in his house so it was worth it!
We have some cool branch missionaries who are really helping us out in the work! We have started to challenge members we see to read a chapter of the Book of Mormon daily and we will follow up with them and ask what they learned from it. We have had some really, really cool things happen when we do that. A recent convert who was struggling, and I was able to share a scripture that was what he was thinking at that moment. A really cool experience with following the spirit. That morning I felt to read from the Bible and in the meeting, we were talking about the Book of Mormon but I just wanted to share what I learned from the Bible and it just made sense in his head that there is nowhere else to go but The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because there is no one else who has the fullness of the gospel. Just a sweet week :)
Love you all!
-Elder Ellsworth
this is Brain—that’s how he spells it so it’s what I call him. He is 10 and has the best English I know
a recent convert drew this--he is really good!
Gone fishing (I didn’t catch any fish)
it looked cooler in person
father and son
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