HELLO
This
week went by super fast, but it was also a great week, I would say one
of my best weeks of working since coming from Kakata. We were able to
see and teach 27 people, also to help perfect the saints.... I learned
from my experiences this week, though we are tired. If we push
through
and endure with long suffering and faith, even if it feels like the
lows, at the very end it will always be joyful..... We are planing to
see a young man who is the last one in his family who will hopefully be
baptized on Saturday. His name is Matthew Elliott, great kid and very
smart, he comes to church always and every time we come he expresses how
much he wants to become like Jesus Christ. Here are two great
experiences this week, we had our new Branch Mission Leader come teach
with us on Saturday, he is a return missionary from way back in the day,
and just got sealed to his wife in the Ghana Temple 3 weeks ago. He
is
such a great teacher, plus he is a principal here at a school, so we
were teaching the Marplay family who were just married and baptized, we
talked about the restoration of Jesus Christ to get them to understand
it more as new members of the church, they had one of their friends a
man named Daniel who sat with us. At the end of the lesson Mark and
Oritha Marplay bore their testimonies of the restoration to Daniel and
we than invited him to follow the Example of Jesus Christ and be
baptized by one who hold the Priesthood Authority of God. He agreed
and
said," this is the most happiest he has been for a long time",he said,"
he now has something to hope for in this life, he has direction" we were
going to leave but than it started to rain badly, so we sat in and ate a
great FM. Brother Mennoh than asked the Marplays if their Children go
to school they said no, he said he would put them in his school and pay
for their books and schooling only if they buy the uniforms, Mark said,"
that God does love them, and that he has more love of this Church
because of the People that are just like Jesus Christ......... we are
always to be like the Lord Jesus Christ, the prophet and the Brethren
counsel with us that we are to be examples of the believers among non
believers. The lord said to be among the world but not of the world,
Brother Mennoh is one who is among but not of and I am grateful for his
love and example to me and my companion..... Also we met with one man
this morning, at 8:00 am wow no personal study but Mama Galiama who was
baptized on the 7th called us to her house, we had no idea for what
thing,
we were thinking a priesthood blessing. When we arrived to her house
she
called her son Zayzay to come and talk with us, Zayzay lives in Lofa
county, way far from where the church is and out in the bush close to
Guinea I think that's how its spelled, but we taught him the restoration
and he really started to smile and be happy and cry small as well. He
said he has never heard such a perfect and beautiful experience and said
he wanted to know more so we left him with 4 book of Mormons and tons
of
pamphlets as he said he will be going back tomorrow. He said he would
tell the Loma people about this church and do what he can to establish
Jesus Christ Church.... Well I know God loves all his people and has a
way prepared for them all to hear this Gospel I know one day the Church
will get to Lofa County but not right now, I am sure after a stake or
two is made here.... Mom we go on exchanges twice a transfer, and our
district leader goes with each of us..... we have had it great, we also
had Zone meeting and taught our Zone how to better teach the doctrine
of Christ and to teach with a purpose it was great..... Welll family
and friends I love you all, mom no packages yet, they are watching don't
worry, and other than that its great, Love Elder Erickson
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