Well I would love to share all
about church and about all the spiritual things they talk about, but Heavenly
Father has not given me the gift of tongues just yet. Every meeting and word
they speak is in Twi and I can not understand it yet. So therefore all the
spiritual inspiration that I can get is from the scriptures that they use
because they are still in the English hahaha. I will tell you that we are
starting to have more and more success as a companionship considering that we
had 4 investigators at church at 9:00 sharp and one more came around 9:15 which
is awesome!
So that was cool to see them at
church on time and looking really nice and prepared for sacrament meeting.
Mom and Gary - thanks for the reminder
about Gettysburg... because I had totally forgotten everything that is in those history books haha. How was that? It seems like you guys enjoyed your little journey down there. I think that is pretty cool that you got to be in
the 360 degree art thing you call a cyclorama. I didnt even know such a thing existed but
sounds pretty cool. You should explain what the events are a little better or
it might just be me but I dont understand the concept or the idea of what
happens and why. Also, keep me updated with Faye and make sure if you extend commitments or invitations that you follow up on them.
So
for the service project.. We traveled to the airport and repainted all the
curbs white and cut down all the long grasses and did some tree work and just
made the airport look nice again. There is a road that leads to the airport
that is about 1 mile long and we had to paint the curb on the street white and
had to cut all the grasses on the sides of the road down to make it look really
nice. Then we took a group photo that I was not able to give you because I was
a part of the group so I didn't get to snap a pic of everyone and include myself.
Man my english is deteriorating. haha.
The goal setting is going pretty well except
for the fact that these people we teach have agency and like to make my
appointments, that I make the night before and the morning of, fail. I have
learned to master the art of planning and of having back up plans. This week
was pretty good. We were able to teach 22 lessons and and had 1 referral
contacted and had 4 new investigators found through contacting and had 11
member present lessons. This week we overachieved some of the goals but in
others did not achieve them. So this week we will be working on achieving all
of our goals and surpassing them if God permits us to. One thing that I am
feeling as we do this work is joy and peace. As my companion and I put our best
into the work, despite the difficulties, we see the Lord intervene with the
work and bless us in ways that were completely unexpected. I know that we do
not receive a witness until after the trial of our faith and when our faith is
tested and we remain strong and don't murmur, at that time the Lord points us
to the one who he has prepared for us to see and teach. I love this work even
when the times are tougher than imaginable. I know that the lord throws us
curve balls to just make us stronger and prepare us for the future whether this
life or the next.
I love you all and wish you a happy week to come,
Elder
Cornelius
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