Hey Everyone!
This
last week was pretty chill. Nothing too much happened, but some good things did
come out of it.
On
Wednesday, we had a Zone Conference with two other zones and it was really
nice. We met at a chapel that is very close. I remember when I use to travel 4
hours to Techiman from Tamale for a Zone Conference. Now a days all I have to
do is walk up the street and attend the meeting.
During the Zone Conference, we talked about
how we can become better teachers of the gospel and what tools will help us so
that we can be more effective. Some of the points that I got out of it were: 1.
Teach the doctrine simply but clearly. 2. Teach the lessons in less than 45
minutes if you expect them to want you to come back. I have come to know that these people’s time
is very valuable and if I go and teach a lesson that is taking and hour or
more... the person will most likely not want me to come back because his
expectation for the next visit will be that I need that same amount of time. 3.
Use the tools that God has provided like the Book of Mormon. There are a few
very important points in history concerning religion as Latter-Day Saints - 1)
The Church being established originally by Jesus Himself when he was on the
Earth. 2) The great Apostasy that followed the death of Jesus and the apostles
therefore losing that most important priesthood that God gave to man. 3) The
appearance of God and Jesus Christ in this dispensation of time to the prophet
Joseph Smith. 4) The coming forth of the Book of Mormon. 5) The
restoration of the Priesthood. These 5
things are very important to all of us. I
would like to take note on the order that these things happened starting with
Joseph Smith. He first prayed to God and
received his answer verbally from the Son's mouth. The very next thing that Heavenly Father does
is direct Joseph to the golden plates. During
the translating process of the plates, Joseph and Oliver Cowdery prayed. Then the priesthood was restored and given to
them. It is interesting how the Book of
Mormon played/plays such an important role in the Lord's church. So now when I am teaching people, instead of
proving what I say is true with the Bible, I try to teach them through the Book
Of Mormon.
Saturday
- We went to chapel cleaning. After that, the students from the University and
some student that came from Cape Coast arrived.
We then played some basketball and ping pong and soccer (in the rain)
with them. It was very fun and good to get associated with the members. Some of
them afterwards wanted to help us teach some of our investigators as a member
present... so I guess something good did come out of that. Also later in the
day we found this guy who is attending the University and comes from a family
who worship idols and small gods. He was interested in hearing about God and
how we can communicate with Him and how we should worship him. We explained the
whole restoration to him and he was very interested and thankful that we came
and found him. He is planning on coming
to church this Sunday and hopefully he will progress towards baptism and then
will be looking forward even more to attend the temple.
This last week was not too successful but I
learned a lot during the week. My companion and I were having some difficulties
with each other and also we were not having any success finding new people to
teach. Therefore we both were edgy all week and a little down and bummed. What
I learned from this is that guys are not meant to be together 24/7. There is a
big need for women in guy's lives and this last week there was too much
testosterone floating in the air. My companion and I just didn't work well with
each other. But, that's all right because each day the sun still rises and
after every Sunday begins a new week with new memories and a new start. I also
learned that after the trial of your faith you then can receive your witness...
meaning that after Heavenly Father tries your faith and you prove that your
faith is enough and sufficient, he then will give the blessing or witness. We
went from Monday all the way to Saturday before we found a new investigator. He was trying our faith and I do tell you it
was starting to work. My faith was definitely tried since it usually is not
that hard. We remained persistent and finally on Saturday the spirit guided us
to this one compound and at the back there was one man named Augustine who I
already talked about.
This gospel is legit and blesses lives. I do
enjoy being here in Ghana, but I do miss you all. Time is really flying so I
better use these 2 years wisely. I love you all so very much and I will try to
send pics this next week.
Love,
Elder
Robert James Cornelius III :)
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