This week has been so good
for Elder Blow and I. We accomplished a lot and discovered a lot as a
companionship. So to start off, on Tuesday we had companionship study and
somehow got onto the topic of teaching about the Book of Mormon. We started
analyzing how many investigators we had given the Book of Mormon to or even
talked about it with. Even going back to when it was Elder Soglohoun and Elder
Blow. We started to see that we hadn't taught many if any about the Book of
Mormon. Elder Soglohoun was all about teaching the restoration in order and
spending a whole lesson on each point of the restoration. After discussing this
and realizing that when one gains a testimony of the Book of Mormon then they
will come to know the gospel and church to be true we both expressed how we
were nervous about the area. We had both been analyzing our area and the people
we were teaching. We hadn't been having new people at church, it had been the
same people week after week. The only investigators that were truly progressing
were the ones that were on date. After this discussion we realized that the
Lord had been trying to get us to emphasize the Book of Mormon in our teaching.
We made a plan to introduce the Book of Mormon to all of our investigators
immediately. As we left the chapel I expressed to Elder Blow that I was
starting to have some self doubt. I was starting to doubt if I was truly
teaching with the spirit because none of our investigators were progressing or
keeping commitments. He then told me he had felt the same way. We came to the
conclusion that we just weren't teaching what we needed to. we had fallen into
the rhythm of teaching the restoration point by point. We both were so relieved
to have realized what the problem was. We handed out probably 7 Books of Mormon
this week. Whereas we only handed out 2 the other 3 weeks I've been here. Every
single investigator we introduced it to was super excited to read it and very
interested. We immediately could see the change in our teaching as well as the
spirit that was in our lessons. We are excited to follow up with people and see
if they kept the commitment to read, ponder, and pray about it. On top of this
we put 3 people on date this week as well as invited 3 others to be baptized. I
truly know that the Book of Mormon is the cornerstone of our religion. When we
obtain a testimony of the Book of Mormon then we will gain a testimony that
Christ is our Savior, Joseph Smith truly was called as a prophet to restore the
gospel, and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints truly is the Lord's
kingdom on the earth today.
A few days later we had a
mission tour with Elder Palmer. It was all about our purpose as a missionary.
And how our purpose is to teach others the gospel of Jesus Christ. That starts
with the Book of Mormon. This was another witness to Elder Blow and I that we
were finally on the right path and were following the spirit. The mission tour
was very uplifting and motivating. We discussed how we can set effective goals
and how we can achieve them as well as how to get referrals and work with
members.
Also this week I was able to
get in contact with 2 investigators from Protea Glen that were baptized 2 weeks
after I went home. It was so good to hear from them and to just hear the joy in
their voice when they heard it was me. They are both doing very well and very
strong in the gospel to this day. I also contacted the Phanyphanya's who were
members that fed us every Tuesday when I was in Protea Glen. They were so happy
to hear I was back and I was so happy to hear from them. They all asked when I
will be back in Protea Glen. I hope I will be able to visit them all soon.
Also this week we had the
baptism of Phumi and Sibongile. It was such an amazing service. When they came
into the room after being baptized they were just smile from ear to ear. The
spirit was so strong as they bore their testimony. They know this gospel is
true.
We also had 4 investigators
at the baptism. As well as 8 at sacrament 4 of which it was their first time
and were 4 of the investigators that we finally introduced the Book of Mormon
to. I know this gospel is true. I know
the Book of Mormon is true and contains the fullness of the everlasting gospel.
My testimony of the Book of Mormon has been strengthened immensely after this
week.
I love you all and love
hearing from you guys. Talk to you next week!
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| Baptism of Phumi (14 year old boy) and Sibongile (his mom) |
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| Ward Missionary that baptized Sibongile and Phumi |
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