We picked up a couple new investigators this week, some that the Lord has really prepared to hear the message of the Restoration. I think what I am realizing more and more is that our Father's children are truly being gathered and it is simply up to us. Not just us as full-time missionaries, because simply the work will not move forward in its intended way unless we work together. We have been getting some good support from our ward in helping us as we work with the people in our teaching pools. The new investigator that I am pretty excited for is Jane. She is from Ghana, she is here with her entire family so her husband and four kids, very Christian as well. The only difficulty is apparently in Ghana, is is a profession to be a prophet, so when we began teaching about prophets it was just a, "absolutely there are prophets, I have seen tons back home!" well, I think we missed the boat a little bit on that one. We are working on that though! Another investigator who is willing to act is a girl named Penny. She has been reading the Book of Mormon with her daughter ever since she got it and she really just wants to find that faith again and feels this could be it in her life. We just started teaching, so nothing to new yet!
The Lord really does place us into the paths of those that
have sought him in prayer. Each week we have our hour where we can go to
Mormon.org. lds.org, etc.
to just check things out. This last week I went in and sat down at my computer
when the girl next to me just gives us a "hey elders" well hmm, okay
let's see where this goes! She turns out to be a member, who hasn't attended in
years. She has really been thinking about church lately, has actually wanted to
come back, but didn't really know where or any details that were needed for
that. The other really cool thing was a little while back the elders, I guess
just before I got here, helped them move into their apartment. (You think I
would have heard about this before...) but anyways, her boyfriend she is living
with agreed for every swear word he would take a discussion. Well, he had 5
discussions to take still! She calls him while we are sitting there and he
readily accepts and then we get into how his 3 kids he wants to find a church
to have them baptized! Well looks like we have a winner! They were all there
this last Sunday at church, and now the ball is going to start rollin' forward!
Update with Josephine. We taught her 3 times this last week,
which was good. She has just been soaking it up. We have been going through the
last few commandments to prepare her for her baptism. We covered tithing this week;
well that is when everything changed. She understands the commandment, agrees
we should pay it. But not yet. I know she has felt the spirit, I feel that we
have had two of the most powerful lessons with her over this last weekend, but
something is still missing. It is this principle of sacrifice. I casually asked
her the baptismal interview questions; she would pass the interview for
understanding and testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Prophet Joseph. We
are really praying to know how else we can help her see that this sacrifice is
something she can do. So this was Saturday and Sunday, so as of now she is seeking and praying
for a baptismal date and the next step she is going to take. She is ready, she
just needs to realize that!
We had our zone conference this last week, it was really
neat. We went all over the Abrahamic Covenant, which is something I have been
studying, and really got into who we are. But not just that, we got into the
gathering of Israel and the work that we are doing and its connection to that
same Abrahamic Covenant. Something that stuck out was how the Covenant was
first introduced to Abraham, then renewed with Isaac and Jacob. But there is
one more, with Joseph Smith and the complete Restoration of Christ's church on
the earth. It was a neat time! Or in the words of someone I know, it was real
lum.
A scripture I thought to share was in Doctrine and Covenants
25:10, "And verily I say unto thee that thou shalt lay aside the things of
this world, and seek for the things of a better." We think that everything
that we may achieve and obtain in the world is of great value and worth, but
simply it will pass and go. For everyone who has made a covenant with our
Father in Heaven, this is what you covenanted to, amongst other things.
Hopefully we all can live up to these covenants which bind us to the Lord and
our Father! I love you all!
Talk to you soon!
Love, Elder McFall
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