Hey you guys! WOW! What a powerful week it has seriously been. We
actually ended the week yesterday with a baptism, and I just am excited in this
work! We have been really still working hard as always, and we have been
finding people, and just helping them see that there is more to life, and that
God loves us and has a plan for each and every one of us. It has been amazing
how the spirit has really helped in this work, and how much it really helps us
to just become better, because it is the one thing that lets us know what our
Heavenly Father wants us to know.
MAN, you guys are leaving this week, that is SO crazy and I wish the
best for you. I hope all is going well with the move and I hope that you guys
travel safely and are just excited for the blessings that are coming ahead on
this awesome path that you are taking. I just love ya!
So like this week in the working side for us, it has been powerful
to see some of our investigators progressing. We are really excited for next Sunday
also, because we are planning on having another baptism and a confirmation. We
have met more investigators and are teaching them. We are trying to encourage
some of our other friends who are not progressing as much, and we are just
still trying to meet them and determine how we can help them, only with the
help of the Lord is this possible. Something I have noticed is that you just
simply CANNOT have power in teaching or in the work without inviting the spirit
to be with us in all that we do, and just having unity and trust in our
companionship as we pray together to look to the Lord in all we do and just
have joy. I have seen that the best way to go about my day is to simply always
be pondering on the words of life, and just keep that great perspective of what
the Lord would want me to be saying, how He would want me to be acting, and
thinking. THINK POSITIVE! I sometimes see that I myself take things too hard on
myself, and that is where things just turn to anger and negative thinking. But
as I think of positive, inspirational, uplifting, and encouraging thoughts, the
smile never leaves my face.
Wow, so this week, we met this guy that is seriously so Super
powerful, and wants to see everything that we teach. The thing is, he has this
concern...this HUGE concern. It has to do with prophets. He has really been
searching about prophets and he has been following this guy who is around as a
"false prophet" who is working miracles. Let me tell you that this
one thing has gotten me to seriously study hard about these things, and what
makes our prophet so special. The priesthood is a huge part of this, I am
looking for ways to better explain. It is odd, because this certain 'prophet' Owuor
goes around having crusades and will work "miracles" and people have
followed him, and this guy followed him, and says they are legit healing
miracles. We are trying to explain that each child of God is given different
gifts and talents, but anyhow, it is one lesson that the spirit was SO strong,
and it is awesome because I just felt connected with the spirit and thoughts just
kept popping in my head so I knew what to say. I am just hoping to find an
answer that can answer him, because if he gets baptized, he will be SO amazing
in the church, and just be a powerful teacher. Anyhow, that is one thing that
we face as missionaries and I LOVE these challenges we are given. So, I think
that’s about it for now, but I just love you SO SO much and just hope and wish
the best of this next week for you guys! Keep SMILING!
Love:
Elder Andreasen
Ya!
P.s. We have monkeys that live around the church...COOOL! I will
make sure to take pics for you guys.
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