Right now I am going to have to
be really short with this week's email since we are in fact going to the farm
today and then we will be cleaning our bacteria infested apartment.
So this week has been awesome.
We are planning on having Jimmy and Peter baptized on the 8th of Mars and so Jimmy will be meeting with President Lalary (?)....I think that's how you spell his
name....and then they will be baptized! We taught Joana yesterday and she told
us "So when can I be baptized?" We were like YEA! So we are planning
for her to be baptized the week after conference. Also as we have been meeting
with Patrick and his family, the kids play with us a lot and I think that is
starting to soften the heart of Patrick's wife. I really pray and hope that she
will want to hear the lessons and that
she and Patrick can participate in the full blessings that Heavenly Father wants for
him.
So we only had about 9 of our
investigators come to church out of the 12 that we wanted but that is ok. They
are all really diligent and feel the support of the Ward. The members truly
make all the difference.
We had family home evening on Friday with Tina and Fafa
which was one of the best experiences this week. I was really homesick on Friday, and it wasn't until we spent our family home evening with them that I
was able to feel uplifted. They are so great, and it was a real blessing as
they gave the spiritual thought and shared their love for the Savior. Also
yesterday we spent about 2 hours with Emanuel and Vero. Emmanuel was drunk
again so whenever we would try to speak he would just cut us off and bombard
us with questions. It became really hard to teach them and Elder
Rasolofonirina got pretty frustrated. But as we started to get close to talking
about the Book of Mormon, I had a thought come into my mind that if I were to
bear my testimony on the Book of Mormon then Heavenly Father would allow my
words to be "carried to their hearts with force and power." It was a
pretty crazy thought, but when the time came.. I opened my mouth and began by
saying "That book is true." Once I said these words everyone stopped. And a peace and quiet came into the room. I told them that if they read the
Book of Mormon and then ask God if it is true, then the Holy Ghost would tell
them that it was true. If the Book of Mormon was true then Joseph Smith saw God
and Jesus and then restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his true church. As I finished my testimony
Elder Rasolo then bore his testimony. Emmanuel then tried to speak, but Vero
cut him off saying "Emmanuel, don't you realize that all we have to do is
read the book and ask God if it's true? Just read the book and God will tell you
if it's right or wrong."
That was SO POWERFUL. Anyway I
have to say my adieus right now but I will talk to you all later next week.
Veloma!
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