Letter Home - Week 43

Hey family!

I feel like I just emailed since the last time was just on Wednesday evening but that's a good thing :) Monday we flew into Barbados and stayed the night in the Blue Horizon Hotel that we stayed in when I first came into the mission. It was then that I was also with Elder Kuru as short term companions so it was flash from the past. It was great. In the morning we went on the same run we did the first time on the beach and then had their continental breakfast. It was nice. The MLC was stellar. It was great also to see many of the missionaries I've served around like Elder Moli, Elder Odhiambo, Sister Conrad, Sister Maico, Elder Taylor, Elder Alldredge and the other mission leaders. It was just awesome. Wednesday morning we flew back and then immediately had Zone Conference. It was good. Elder Kuru and I had to help conduct and lead a discussion/council. That's when I got to email while waiting for all the interviews to finish. I had my interview on Saturday before when President was here for Branch Conference. We didn't get to do any proselyting during those three days. With the rest of the days we were able to teach a good number of lessons. We continue to teach Kevin and he is doing good. We saw Stephanie and we were able to get her the book of mormon on CD since she can't read. She has begun listening to it. She didn't come to church because of the rain. We went to go bring her to church but because of the rain it got all of her clothes wet that were hanging out to dry. It rained like all day Saturday and the morning of Church. Hopefully next week. We taught Calvin the restoration by himself and he said after that he didn't have any doubts. We later taught Janelle and Calvin together (boyfriend/girlfriend and yes they live together) about the Law of Chastity. They understood what it meant and the choice they will have to make. We gave them a few good talks to read along with Alma 32 about faith. One of the talks clearly goes over what the Law of Chastity consists of and another about our choices in life. We found another good one after called Making the Marriage Decision. We also had a good lesson with Joan about the gospel of Jesus Christ. We talked about having faith and that after the trial of her faith that she will receive her answer to be baptized into the church. She wants to come to church and she says she will sometime soon. We gave her a pathway to baptism that showed the steps that lead to it to help overcoming the fear of the unknown. It was a good lesson. She committed to following the steps that lead to baptism. She hasn't committed as yet to baptism but it's something that she wants. Kevin says hi :) I love you all so much! I'll send some good photos next week! Have a great week!

 

Love,

Elder King