Last Sunday our ward had a
ward fast. The fast was for the ward and for those who are less active that
they may come back to the fold and add strength to the ward as well as that the
ward would have a desire to do missionary work. So earlier this week Elder Blow
and I decided to spend an hour or two with some members just visiting less
active members. We went to a few houses not able to find many of them and had
just a quick conversation with one. We had about 30 minutes left before our
first appointment. A Sis. Sana came to mind as we were thinking of who else we
could visit. We were both a little reluctant to go see her because about a
month or two previous we went to visit her and invite her to church to
fellowship a investigator that she referred us too. She wasn't interested and
just told us to ask someone else. Reluctant, but willing, we went to Sis.
Sana's. When she opened the door she was SO excited to see us. As we sat down
and started talking she told us how she was talking with her children that
morning about how they need to go back to church. Also she had read a scripture
that talked about how Jesus Christ is the only way and it just really prompted
her that she needed to return to church. She broke down crying as we told her
that we hadn't planned to come visit her but felt like we should. She expressed
that she knew this was God showing her that she needed to return to church. She
told us that she had fallen away from the church because she had gotten a
"calling" to be a sangoma, or a traditional witch doctor that believe
in ancestral worship and crazy stuff. She had been having dreams that she
needed to go that direction and many bad things began to happen in her life.
She tried to ignore the calling but began to go that way. She began the
traditional worship and ancestral worship. She got up and went to the kitchen
and brought in a bag of her traditional worship stuff and mentioned she was
getting ready to burn it all and get rid of it. I told her I would love to burn
it for her! So I was given the honors of burning a bunch of traditional
ancestral worshiping items. It was awesome. But this family came to stake
conference this past Sunday. The husband was actually interviewed to become the
bishop at one point a few years back. We are so gratefully that we had the
prompting to go to their home. We are going to start having family home evening
with them. They are a strong family who desire to do what is right. I know that
the reactivation of Pastor and us having the prompting to visit this family and
them having the change of heart is all because of the ward fast we had.
I know that as we exercise
our faith the Lord blesses us according to our desires. I know this gospel to
be true.
We have two baptisms this Sunday.
Sis. Thuli and Bro. Fannie. They are both so prepared and powerful.
Talk to you all next week!
Love you all
Love, Elder Rash
note from mom: They had Stake Conference on Sunday and their Stake was divided into two! The Area is growing! Sis. Koch attended the Stake Conference and ran into Devon. So grateful she sent me this picture because I got nothing from my boy!
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