None of you except for like 5 people can read that. But this
week my love for stating that 'I know what my companion says is true' has grown
a lot. This week we had some very awesome and very powerful lessons.
Let me just start by saying, hello. Next, This week was just
a fantastic week. Our street contacting went very well and we met tons of
people that have lots of interest in the gospel. Even though we had tons of
them not show up to their lessons, we still found some great investigators. We
met with Samson this week and we discussed baptism more. He says the problem is
his dad and him don't have a good relationship that is a big reason why they
won't let him get baptized. We discussed the importance of having a good
relationship with families. I am confident that Samson will get baptized next
month. Well let me rephrase that, I am confident that he COULD get baptized
next month. The thing that I am rather doubting is his faith and desire. Those
two things are sooo key to baptism. He says he has it but I don't really see it
because he only reads his scriptures every once in a while. We have been
focusing a lot on teaching REPENTANCE and baptizing CONVERTS. I have noticed
that in the scriptures there are very very few times where it mentions baptism
without the word repentance in the same verse. We are trying to get Samson a
greater desire to read and pray. So pray for that.
We met with Gryphon on Saturday and that was AWESOME!!!! The
spirit was so strong throughout the whole lesson. We came up with a plan for
Gryphon to talk to his teacher and be able to come to church. We was willing to
show his faith and talk to his teacher. He did. I talked to him on Sunday and
he said his teacher was ok with it! He won't be able to come every week, but
every other week he can come to church! We set a goal for the 29th of October
and it looks very very hopeful.
We also met with another investigator named 柯弟兄.
He was a referral form the 岡山 elders from a month or two ago. Those Elders taught him
for a bit then found out he lives in our area. The elder that referred him to
us has mentioned many times that we should just drop him because he can't come
to church because of his work. I just didn't feel it was right to drop him yet.
We met with him this week and taught the last half of the Plan of Salvation. We
started right off with Christ's Atonement and we read Alma 7:11-13. When it
comes to Christ's Atonement in the scriptures, those verses are my all time favorite.
So powerful and right off the bat the spirit was in the room. It was amazing.
At the end he said he wants to go to the Celestial Kingdom and we talked about
what we have to do to go there. Obviously the first thing was baptism. Yet
again, we proposed a plan for him to talk to his boss about being able to come
to church on Sunday. Yet again, he was very willing to do so. We shared 1 Nephi
3:7 and after he read it, he looked up with the biggest smile on his face. He
just thought it was the coolest scripture!! As we were leaving, he said
"Today's lesson was awesome and it felt different. I liked it." YES.
He said he asked his boss but he hasn't gotten an answer yet. No news is good
news? Pray for that too.
Good news, we don't have to teach the little kids english
class anymore. Miracles everywhere!
Because of time I will end soon. But we got another referral
from other missionaries and he will get baptized. I can just tell. We haven't
met with him yet but he came to church yesterday for all three hours and he
loved it. He really wants to have a happier family so he talked with the
bishopric for a while to discuss what to do. Super great.
The church is true. Never forget it.
Another typhoon is coming.
So is conference.
Love you all!!!
Love
Elder Anderson
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