This week was a awesome week. There wasn't a lot going on but it was still a good week. A lot happened in church and hopefully the efforts towards member missionary work will change over the next few weeks too. Some things that happened this week were Gopal quit smoking, we found John, and we had a good church count.
So this week was a good one. We had quite a few lessons and are getting super close to setting some baptism dates. We have a lesson set up with Jimmy and Carol who we haven't been able to see in a long time. It is exciting. I am looking forward to that lesson because they are always so filled with the spirit. In lessons, something that really invites the spirit is praying. If you are in a place or need a little more of a spiritual boost, say a prayer it works!
So Gopal has been an investigator for 3ish months. He has improved a lot from before not talking to us at all. He now has open discussions and understands why we do what we do. He is wanting to overcome smoking and he has such a strong desire. He is getting rid of all of his smoking equipment because he uses a pipe thing. He said he wants to give it all to our Branch president because he got him patches. He is so awesome. I am glad that he is willing to work towards giving up his smoking habit and becoming free from the chains of smoking.
John is one of our newest investigators. He is so awesome. He is a guy we met while knocking doors on Saturday night. He works at the prison and goes to a church that is around 1 hr. away so quite the drive. We praised him on his dedication and asked if he would do the Book of Mormon Challenge. This is where you take a Book of Mormon and flip to any page and read it. You then underline the references to Christ. Lots of people are shocked on how much the Book of Mormon speaks about Christ. We gave him a book and he started flipping through it as if he were looking for something. We asked what he was looking for because that isn't the purpose of the challenge. He said that he wanted to find something that applied to him. We lead him to Alma 32 and he read a scripture he liked that talked about humility. He marked it and we started discussing it. He said he thinks the Book of Mormon is true and that it will bless him. He wanted to read it so we gave him a copy. He said we can come back and share more. It was such a spiritual experience. There is so much power in the Book of Mormon. If your not reading it, READ IT!!!
So we are doing a count on the grounds at church. If we get enough people attending, we will be able to be made a ward. We had a lot of people at church this past Sunday and so I think the count is going well. There was a lot of good food after as well because we did a break the fast. It was super awesome. We have invited a bunch of people and even though we didn't have anyone we invited show up, we did have other people there. It shows how the lord has a plan even if its not what we think it will be. Our job is to invite and strive to get people to attend church and accept the gospel. The Lord knows who is ready and will make things happen as we work. WORK YOUR HARDEST AND YOU WILL SEE MIRICALS!!!!!!
I love you and hope you all have an awesome week! Keep working hard and doing your best! I appreciate all of you and I love hearing from you. Thank you for the emails and letters. They make even the worst day better! Love ya!
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