This week was focused on our fellow African friends. We didn´t even plan it out that way, but Heavenly Father has guided us to meet and teach so many people from Mali, Senegal, Angola, Morocco, and Burkina Faso! I think the majority of our investigators currently are African as of now, actually haha. The biggest obstacle with them though are that the majority of them are Muslim. So we literally start from zero and help them to gain a testimony of Jesus Christ, that He is more than just a prophet--that He is our Savior and Redeemer. And we have had some of the best, genuine discussions with some of these friends than I have had in my entire mission! If they listen to us at all, its because they have real intent and because they really truly want to know what if the path they are following is the right one. It just shows me that the gospel truly is spreading and growing, ALL over the world. it doesn´t matter what country you are from or what religious background you have, the gospel of Jesus Christ is and forever will be for EVERY SINGLE ONE of God´s children. The field is white and ready to harvest, people!
For example, one of our African friends has already converted to Christianity and is now searching which Christian church is right. We´ve been teaching him for two weeks now and he tried to drop us earlier this week over the phone but we had an emergency lesson with him (I pretty much begged him over the phone not to drop us until we talked first. Felt like I was getting dumped honestly, I think he even used the "hey its not, you--its me line" haha!) and we just shared our testimonies that this is what he was looking for and that he could know it for himself. He took the invitation and even came to church yesterday. MIRACLE! We´re going to find out today what he thought about it so, fingers crossed!
Another really sweet African friend we have owns a store and he works there EVERY day which is really frustrating sometimes to have discussions with him. Imagine having to stand and talk to soemone over a counter and stop every time someone comes in to buy something! ARGH! But he actually came to Gerneral Conference last week and loved it. He told us one day that at first he didn´t want anything from us but that reading from the Book of Mormon and listening to Gerneral Conference has really opened and softened his heart. Soooo....TOMA YA. MIRACLE. He´s from Mali and always gives us awesome references of his Mali brothers that pass through the store. Hahaha we´re even learning a little bit of Bambara (one of the languages from Mali) just enough to contact them Mali people we meet. It´s super cute cuz my comp will just shout out "Alequideme" (sp?) (God bless you) to random Africans we see in the streets to see if they speak Bambara and freak out. Hey, we´ve met a ton of people interested in our message that way...go with what works right?
And can I just say thank you to our investigators? They are just the best. Each of them has taken us in, in their own way. In fact, for four meals in a row we were fed by investigators this week! And three of them were completely unplanned--we just showed up and there was dinner or lunch waiting for us. One sweet lady even took us out for a tostado breakfast! There´s just something about a relationship based on sharing and talking about the Savior,Jesus Christ that bring out the best in everybody, I guess. Hey, I´m not complaining! haha
We even played football with a Peruvian family today for P-day! It was so fun, I felt like I was playing with my family for a moment. They even invited us to eat afterwards at their house and we played Rumikub haha. Dang, I love this family so much. They are the ones who came to General Conference last week and they now regularly come to Ward Family Home Evenings and our english classes. I have wanted so bad to teach a family this past year and here they are! They are taking good care of us and we are doing everything we can to share with them the best thing that their family could ever have.
And to close, can I just say that I have fallen in love with General Conference and every single one of the talks this year? (even the ones from the Priesthood Sesh shhhhh ;) I´ve been able to reread all the talks and they have just filled my soul. Oh gosh that sounds so cheesy but I can think of no other way to describe it. And I love being inspired to share specific talks with investigators, less active members, and members. We´ve already had some very spiritual experiences with some of the talks we´ve shared in lessons and I know we´ll keep sharing them until next April. Their words are for all of us and they come directly from our loving Heavenly Father. I love and sustain every single one of our church leaders.
I love you all and wish you the best week ever!
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
Love,
Hermana Morrow
All kinds of obstacles are thrown at us to try and stop us from
visiting investigators!
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