I'm sorry everyone! I've been a real slacker with my emails the past few months. I promise to be better, although that might mean they get a little shorter. Although shorter is better than not at all right?
Last week on Tuesday we met a new woman named Maggie. We randomly stopped by a home of some family members of one of our members (she goes to an English ward but is still an African member). We knocked on the door and a woman answered the door. She asked if we were there to see her husband (we learned later in the discussion that he had been taught a decent amount about 2 years ago), we said not necessarily and asked if she was interested in a message. She said yes and we sat down, to start I asked her a bunch of questions just trying to get to know where her stance with god and church is. She's been to a bunch of different Christian denominations and said that she personally doesn't like to ask to many questions because it often to lead down a rabbit hole and doubting your faith. We said it is important to have questions because it leads to deeper faith and greater knowledge. We talked about prophets, joseph smith, and the book of Mormon. We dug a little deeper and she asked the common "why do bad things happen to good people", to answer we read from 2 Nephi 2 and invited her to read the rest. She said that she has some copies of the BOM in the home and she would read it. We set up to return on Friday but had to cancel because there was a viewing for Mama Suzanne
We exchanged with the ZL's on Wednesday and I went to go do English work with Elder Murray. He got feeling fired up and invited someone to be baptized off of a door contact ha-ha!! It really showed me that we can be bold with our teaching and that baptismal invites are a great way to assess someone's progress. the woman actually seemed interested too and said she would come to church on Sunday!
Thursday, we went by Landrye again and taught in detail the events surrounding the coming forth of the book of Mormon. She didn't fully understand how it was translated and not received by inspiration, but yet still had a super strong testimony of its truthfulness and the teachings it contains. That was a great faith building moment to me. We brought our new member who moved from Utah to help the branch, Brother Shumway, and he loved it.
Two Tuesday's ago us missionaries we got a call from a member saying our dear Mama Suzanne had passed away. She was baptized in 2019, before the branch even started, and has even been through the temple. She was one of like 4 members who has gone through the temple. We had the viewing on Friday and the funeral service was put on by us on Saturday. Through some funny technological means, I made it possible for a member who recently moved to California to give a talk and testimony. It was a great service, and I can feel that Mama Suzanne is here helping her family still.
I hope everyone has a great week! And don't ever forget CPR, which is Church - Pray - Read. I'm trying to enhance my studies and I invite everyone else to do the same. Love you all!
Elder Baird
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