June 10, 2013
Hello everyone!
Okay so there has been some rumors going around about our
church (He mentioned this last week, so I asked him to clarify), stuff like we
have blood sacrifices, and that we do some crazy things in church. The
rumors about us missionaries is that we are breaking the law of chastity.
Obviously they are not true. I personally haven’t heard them, but the
other missionaries in the apartment have been dealing with it for a while
now.
We had a baptism on Saturday for Patience Kollie. We've
been working hard with her and she finally got baptized on Saturday and then confirmed
on Sunday. Her face was huge the entire day, you can really see the
difference with the people here when they get baptized. It’s
amazing. A month ago Elijah Zayway was baptized and confirmed. Sunday he was able to pass the sacrament for the first time. He passed it with a huge smile on his face and I was smiling along with him. Like I said before, the people completely change after baptism! He has totally embraced the gospel. About once a week he tells us he has someone new for us to meet. He's only about 24 years old so we've been talking to him about going on a mission. I think he wants too! He'd be a great missionary because he already is a missionary. Every member a missionary.
The members in the Tinkervillage Branch have really stepped up, and really have started helping new members grow. This branch is better than most wards back home with welcoming new members. Our branch is only about 90 to 100 people strong and everyone knows everyone!
Every Wednesday me and my companion are supposed to go to Kakata, which is in the bush. It’s about an hour and 10 minute drive to get there. They don’t have missionaries there yet but it’s very close to having a set. We only spend about an hour or two up there but it’s a nice drive, very beautiful, completely different from Monrovia. Very quiet and very green! I wish I had taken pictures. We went and only taught one lesson there, but that lesson was great. We talked about the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, t totally made sense to her on why we see so many different churches today. She'll be baptized soon.
No matter where I go, I meet people ready for the gospel, I just have to find them. The spirit will direct us. It is a wonderful thing to have the spirit with us.
An Elder in our apartment got transferred today, and the one
replacing him is still in the MTC so we get to be in a companionship of 3...,
this week isn’t going to be fun, but it'll probably go by quickly which is
always nice!
I love you all and pray for you all
Elder Park
The White African
T.I.A.
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