This last week was awesome. We were able to tackle on a much more productive week this week. We went from teaching 2 lessons last week to teaching 7 lessons this week and picking up 3 new investigators. It was a really good week.
So we picked up the R. kids. They are all foster kids with a Mormon family right now. They've been coming to church of their own free will for the last couple months. Recently the oldest daughter (16) approached the bishop after a mutual activity and told him that she really liked what she was seeing in the church. To the Bishop, it was a sign.
Little did I know, a recently returned missionary
from Madagascar (named O., he's from Nigeria), who served in the same
mission and the same time at Liam Smith when Liam was an AP, had signed
up to have dinner with us. As soon as he wrote down his name on the
calendar he started to pray and ask Heavenly Father to help him to find
people to bring to that dinner that he could give to the missionaries to
teach. He had no idea that the R.s existed at that point. He was
getting kind of discouraged because he had been searching for someone
that was prepared to hear the Gospel and it was two days before the
dinner. He happened to go over the the M.'s house and meet the
kids and it hit him there. The spirit told him to invite them, so when
we showed up to dinner he asked us to go into the lesson right there on
the spot. We were able to connect REALLY well with the kids. Funnily
enough we had dinner with the M.'s the next night and we had
another lesson there. The kids were getting pumped because they had read
all of Alma 32 before we came. It was cool to see teens get excited
about learning with the missionaries. The kids are 16, 15, and 12. Girl,
boy, girl. I'm excited to see what happens with them, because it looks
like they are at least interested. We'll see what happens tomorrow when we
go to teach the 2nd half of the Plan of Salvation. I'm stoked. We
actually have investigators now! Not only that, but God answered O.'s
prayers to help out the missionaries. I know that members of the church
can do that everywhere and see the same results if they actively seek
for it.
Elder Peterson had his 1 year mark in the mission
this last week. He got a package in the mail from his grandma. He got
crochet Chuck Taylor slippers. They are sweet!
I
also made a deal with a senior in high schooler the first week I was here
that if I would drink this really weird Japanese drink that he would
come to church. I did it. It tasted pretty good. He came to church
yesterday. His name is Josh. He used to be 7th day Adventist. He's a
cool kid. He wants to be a nurse. Anyway, during gospel principles class
during second hour of church, he was asking really good questions,
like, what is the Atonement? Good question right? well if any of you
have wondered, seriously, check out this video http://easter.mormon.org
it's seriously the best video I've seen the church produce on the
atonement. I get super pumped when I watch it. It just makes me want to
dance. But maybe that's just because of the music in it. I hope that we
can start teaching Josh soon. He's got a lot of potential
I love y'all. Keep doing what you're doing. Patience
and diligence is the key to life my friends. patience and diligence and
feeling the love that God feels for you individually. It's a great
feeling. It's peaceful, and yet overwhelming at times. It just makes you
want to do good and be good. I wish I could describe it more but I got
to go! :)
your Elder Lloyd
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