This week has been a blessed week
and I thank you all for your love, support, and your prayers. I can feel
of it and it helps bless and lift me. Last week we contacted into a
father of two young boys named Rodney at his home and gave him a Book of
Mormon. This week we came back and found that he had read all the
beginning pages and through chapter 9. He finds it more interesting than
the bible and he loves to read it. In our lesson with him there was a
special spirit and he felt that God had sent us to him. He has been
praying to know the truth for months. He knows the churches that he has
been to are false and he wants to know the truth. He accepted baptism
and even a specific date for the 29th of April. God has been preparing him and led us to him.
We haven't been able to teach Renee in a long time. It's almost as
if he were avoiding us. He hasn't really been progressing lately. So far
though he has been able to quit coffee, tea, and smoking. He is working
on the alcohol. He is slowly reading the book of mormon and he hasn't
been to church. We stopped trying to teach Asa because of how we felt.
His mother isn't really supportive and we feel it's not quite the right
time for him. We were able to see Lorraine and help her understand the
Book of Mormon more. She's been reading and has read the beginning pages
and the first two chapters. We read another chapter with her and help
her understand the story.
Wednesday we went shopping
because that's when our money came in for the new transfer and a lady
stopped us in the store and wanted us to come and teach her. She said
she's never had missionaries up by her otherwise she may be a member
already. She lives far away which is why no missionaries have been up by
her so we referred her over to the Sisters in the Oisten's Branch who
are closest to her. She was really cool and is already making plans to
be able to come down for conference. We've been teaching for a while an
older less active member named Bro. Brewster. We've started to notice a
real difference in him lately. We've been coming by and sing hymns with
him and read from the book of mormon and the spirit has been working
with him and stirring his soul. He has been asking us to come by more
often and is expressing gratitude for us coming by which wouldn't really
happen before. He has expressed a desire to come back to church.
We saw Meredith this week and we read from JS-History to help
strengthen her testimony as last week we went over repentance and the
interview questions and found some areas to help her in. The spirit was
there and this time her heart was softened and she accepted baptism
again. It was a miracle. I don't know what caused the change but
something did. We were also able to see Ulanda this week though she
didn't keep the commitment she made to come to church.
Saturday the Assistants had a baptism for the grandson of a member. His
mother was really late to the service and the service had started but
they didn't want to go ahead with the baptism until she was there so we
had testimonies given, piano arrangements played, and hymns sung. It
made the service even better and finally the mother came and was able to
witness the baptism of her son. It was a really beautiful service. As I
sat and pondered during the service I thought about our Father in
Heaven. I felt the spirit and I could really feel and understand of HIs
love and desire for us to return home to Him. I felt the spirit witness
that He lives. I know this and I know He loves us.
Sunday
was absolutely incredible. It was such a blessed day. We went to church
to come to find all our recent converts there (The Sobers, Junika, and
Sister Jones) and early too. We also found Rodney with his two boys
(Rodney and Rory), we found Meredith there, and we also found Kelvin
there. Kelvin lives close to Rodney. We just recently contacted into him
and we haven't even taught him yet. He is awesome. He was taking notes
during church asked great questions during class and was really excited
for us to come by and teach him. Church started and Lorraine wasn't
there. I really wanted her to be there and I prayed then that she would
be able to come. I didn't see her all of Sacrament but I came to find
out that she came a few minutes late and was out in the hallway since
the chapel was full. She too was taking notes. Everyone loved church.
Rodney said that he felt something there that he hadn't in any other
church. What also just adds to all this goodness is that Fred was able
to bless the sacrament for his first time. He did great. We later taught
Rodney and we found that he had read the restoration track we left with
him and is now up to chapter 18. As we taught the restoration the
spirit was there and he believed it was true.
It's been a really great week! The Lord is doing His work and this work is true! I love all of you!
Love,
Elder King
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