September 16, 2013
This was a really good week for us in Tinker Village.
Last Monday we played ultimate frisbee on the beach, that
was a blast! It was really sunny, and
it’s hot, and we had a good time.
We even stuck our feet in the ocean. Lucky us!! After that we
met up the the AP's and had a good dinner with them. We went back to Sam’s BBQ, the Peppered steak
was so good!! i wanted to eat so much
more but my money finished for the day. We're going back on the 23rd to
say farewell to the missionaries going home on the 30th.
Tuesday I went on exchange with Elder Bell. As a
District Leader I have to go with each missionary to see how they are
doing. Elder Bell has really improved since he first came to
Liberia. I was really impressed with him.
Wednesday was just a normal day, lots of walking and
teaching. It was really hot and I got a little burnt, but it was fun to
teach when I didn’t have to fight the sound of the rain.
Thursday we wanted to see this one woman, Tracy. Earlier
that morning she got into a huge fight with someone and almost did something
that she would have regretted, thank goodness she didn’t. A couple
hours later we stop by, it had been a little while since we saw her last.
We wanted to teach her the gospel of Jesus Christ, but as we talked with her
she explained what happened earlier. She just wanted to know how she can
be forgiving. We explained to her
how we can be forgiven through repentance and then talked about how important
the atonement of Jesus Christ truly is, it was one of the most powerful lessons
I have ever been a part of. I even got a little emotional, she teared up,
the Spirit was so strong. It was an amazing experience.
Friday we had a zone meeting which took up half the day, so
we saw just a couple people.
Saturday was a huge service project. We cleaned up the
side of one of the biggest roads in Liberia.
A lot of people saw us in our bright yellow 'mormon helping hands' vests.
It was a lot of fun. We saw a lot
of people, even met a man that lives in England, that was really cool.
Sunday, we had over a 100 people attend for the second week
in a row. President Kirkham came and worshiped with us, he showed up
unannounced. It was a really good service too. It was the branches’
first conference. It was a good
day. We had 9 investigators come to church too. Happy
missionaries!!
This week is going to be good. Zone Conference with
Elder Vinson on Wednesday, and then we have a baptism on Saturday, 5 people
this week. We have been working really
hard and it’s going to pay off. This
week, we will be double checking on the preparedness of the baptismal
candidates. It’s going to be a great week.
Until next week my friends
I love you all
Elder Park
The White African
T.I.A
Extra info from a couple extra emails we sent back and
forth:
I asked him what President Kirkham talked about: President
Kirkham just talked about the blessings that come from paying tithing and how
when Liberia starts to pay it, we will be getting a stake. That’s what
the area presidency looks at, that and active Melchizedek Priesthood holders.
I am looking forward to the zone conference
on Wedenesday, Elder Vincent (70?) is coming tonight, touring the
mission, inspecting apartments, ours is really clean, and then the baptisms on
Saturday. i also am going on an exchange on Thursday with Elder Tolar,
me and him are best friends so it should be a lot of fun.
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Oh and transfer news is coming. We live in a compound with many apartments
that are all the same. Mission people are coming today to sign a lease
for another apartment and moving in furniture this week. I’m pretty sure
they are splitting my area since it’s huge and we don’t even touch half out it
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