this week was good. we were teaching brother
amoa. he was baptized over 20 years ago but hasnt been to church for a long
time. bro amoa knew patriarch johnson, the one who really helped bring the
church to ghana. so we watched a movie with bro amoa about him and the church
coming here. it was really cool. and herita was with us in the lesson. we got
onto the topic of the book of mormon and she just bore her testimony of it. she
said she is far into second nephi and she reads it almost every night. she said
that when she wakes up in the morning she just feels happy and ready to go. it
was awesome. and that week amoa came to church with his family, we were so so
happy to see him. we are also teaching a boy named akwasi. he is felicia's son.
he is eight and has the most amazing memory. when we follow up on the things we
learned the time before, he can tell us almost everything. he understands the
gospel really well and will hopefully be baptized the next sunday.
this past sunday i gave a talk in sacrament. of
course i waited till saturday to prepare. i was so tired and wanted to just eat
and sleep. so i thought, "i can just use a few minutes to prepare
it." i was able to pick my topic, and i chose faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ. anyway, it was prepared and we went to church. i was the second
speaker. so the first speaker gets up and says, "so today i have decided
to speak on faith in the Lord Jesus Christ." haha when i heard that...i
knew i couldnt speak on the exact same thing. so i had to use just a few minutes
to prepare another talk. i chose to talk on the atonement and i just put
together all the scriptures i knew of with the atonement...haha and for sure
Heavenly Father helped me. i got up next and gave my talk. it went well. i love
the topic of the atonement. it was pretty funny. i feel like that is heavenly
fathers sense of humor. i wanted to use just a few minutes to prepare a talk,
so he gave me just a few minutes ;)
dad i hope you had a good fathers day! i wish
we could call on fathers day as well. but dont worry, christmas is just around the
corner. ill print this talk you sent and read it. well family, i love you tons.
i cant wait to hear from you next week. one other thing, mom and dad i see the way you
live. you keep satans ways completely out with music, movies, everything. i
want to be like that. you see youth and adults making exceptions to these
things. but you two have been an amazing example. when i get home. i need to
live like you. no music that is even a little bit bad. no movies that are bad.
all of it. i just think about what it means to be a "true follower of
Jesus Christ." i know nobody is perfect. but you two really set an amazing
example of what that means. i love you all tons. talk to you next week!
Ps i wanted to print the talk but the guy here
said that the machine here has been jammed and wont work. so i was just saying
a little prayer and asked if we could try. so he tried and it worked just fine!
heavenly father is lookin out for me! ;) and im sure the new mission president
will be great. i get to meet him in the beginning of next month. ill send a
pic!
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