Hello there!
This past week went great! We had four lessons total.
We started the week out with a lesson with Stephon. We went over to his house to see if he had any questions about what we had taught him so far or about what he was reading. Well he didn't... Ha! So we just read with him and helped explain the scriptures that we read. It went really well :). Stephon is really excited to learn about the gospel and even more so about his baptism.
Then this past Wednesday we had a meeting with Stephon and Brother Bills. Our appointment was set for 7 o'clock, but because of miscommunication, Stephon was about half an hour late to the lesson. So we ended up picking him up and bringing them to the church for our lesson. The lesson went really well! We taught him about keeping the Sabbath day holy. He had never really heard about the way we believe in keeping the Sabbath day holy, so it was really cool to see him interested and willing to follow this "new" commandment. He understood it all very well, and even had some really good comments that showed his understanding. So we committed him to start keeping the Sabbath day holy and he readily agreed! He is so well-prepared for his baptism on June 15! We're all super excited for him!
Then on Friday we had a lesson with one of our investigators named Matt. Matt seems to be a pretty cool guy! He has a couple motorcycles, a Corvette and some other really nice old cars. Matt has been meeting with missionaries off and on for a while. Our lesson was going to be, The Restoration. When we got there though, he expressed a very big interest in just reading from the Scriptures so he could begin to grow in faith and understanding of the Book of Mormon. We ended up reading Alma 32 and Ether 12 with him and he really liked those chapters a lot! The entire time we were reading it he was mentioning how beautiful and how spiritual those verses were. It was really good for him also because they verses we read showed him how to grow his faith and the things he can do with his faith after it's grown.
We also read Moroni's promise with him and told him that when he prays he needs to have those three things present, i.e. Sincere heart, real intent, and faith in Christ. He really liked that a lot :). He said he would begin to study the Book of Mormon and to build his faith in it, so that was awesome!
We also had the opportunity to go and visit Solomon this past Saturday! Solomon is from Africa and has been meeting with the missionaries for a while too. Last time we were there we committed him to start reading and studying from the Book of Mormon and he said he would. So we went over there on Saturday and followed up with him. He told us he hadn't started reading it yet because he doesn't see the purpose in the Book of Mormon when we have the bible. Then he started asking us questions like "are the apostles of Christ like Matthew or Mark or Luke in the Book of Mormon?" And "Is there anything in the Book of Mormon that contradicts the Bible?" Another question he had was if he would find the same sayings in the Book of Mormon that he does in the Bible. He wanted to know if there was any secular historical proof of the Book of Mormon. So we spent about an hour answering his questions and trying to explain the purpose Book of Mormon.
In the end he asked "So what would be your recommendation to know if the Book of Mormon is true?". Haha! We were like, "Really?" Ha! Just kidding we didn't say that, but we explained how he could come to know for himself. So this time he really committed to read and study from the Book of Mormon.
Then today for P-day we went to China Town! Ha that was interesting. We went to a tea shop and got HERBAL tea. Ha. Then Elder Taylor bought a knife and Elder Rummler bought a throwing knife. I bought a tea cup and some chop sticks. So all in all today was a fun day!
Well I hope you all have had a wonderful day and a wonderful week to come!
Love,
Elder Gold
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