The last supper - 1/12/15

Lake Tratriva

Elder Andriamanganoro is officially going to be going home tomorrow due to the ending of his mission of 2 years and 1 month. What an awesome time it has been to be with him as he has helped us in Manandona. 

We have had a week of some awesome soires. On Friday we went to the district president's house and had an awesome dinner of chicken and peas, and then this amazing lasary. I was very content and very happy with the way that things were done. We also had a great discussion there about the millenium and some of the questions were like....SUPER DEEP.... I was like "How in the heck did that thought come to you?" But it was way good.

Yesterday we made another roast dinner, and kind of had it as the last meal. It was way good, and I feel very confident now before god and mammon in the ability to cook a roast with just about any type of gravy. haha!

Today we went to a place called Lake Tratriva. It is a beautiful lake in the middle of a volcano and it is SO AWESOME! We saw these amazing blue flowers that were just beautiful and just crystal blue water with these caverns coming up around. So incredible.

Well....Sorry guys I am super tired today due to the hike and what not, but I will tell one more thing about what happened this week.

There were about 4 families that we taught this week that all had very similar problems. All of them had gone inactive due to something that had happened where they misunderstood the branch president, took offense and then say that even though the church is true... They will not come back because of the leaders. It was a really interesting thing that was discussed between all of them. As we looked at all of the individual circumstances. We started to ask about what they thought about the church as a whole, and its comparison to other churches. They all started to relate that it was the most true of all the churches, but that in other churches you could still receive salvation since there is just one God, and we all pray to him. So we began teaching about Joseph Smith and the Restoration, and it was amazing that as understanding of that happened.....They were able to let go of some of the things that were troubling them. 

I know that Joseph Smith saw God the Father, and Jesus Christ. THEY LIVE! With all my heart and soul I know that this church is the Only true church because it has the authority needed from God to......how do you say that in English.......to....complete?...Yes to complete the ordinances necessary to return to Him. We are Literally in every sencs of the word his children. He loves us, and he does exist. We have a living prophet that continues to receive revelation to guide us and help us to know God's will. There can be no doubt about that. A life without a God literally makes no sense. BUT The greatest thing about this entire subject is that YOU Don't have to take MY WORD for it! You can literally ask God to find out through prayer! Though just like I have found out here in the mission... If we want to find out truth....we can't just sit....We have to work for it. You can not get a college diploma by sitting at home and not going to class and doing the homework and learning. It is impossible. Just like that we have to do things. We have to 1. Keep the commandments (Even if we don't know they are true yet). 2. Continually pray, and ask, and 3. We have to read and learn about God by reading the Bible and the Book of Mormon. As these things are done by seekers of truth, they WILL receive light and knowledge and will know for themselves that what I say is true.

Well I will talk to you all later.

Elder Lehr