So, we have this one investigator who has been giving us a
bit of trouble. His name is Kerly and he works with glass for a living. We
found him like my first week here. We taught him and thought he was golden. He
was progressing very well, but one day he passed by our house and gave us his
book of mormon. He was like this isnt for me, i want to focus on the Bible. Its
been like 2 weeks since this happened and we havent taught him since. But he
has been attending church and going to the activities. So my companion and i
went and taught him again yesterday and we found a BUNCH of scriptures to share
with him. Like Isiah 29, John 10 verse 16, and a bunch more. We, as
missionaries, arent here to prove that the book of mormon is true. The book is
true even if nobody believed it was. But our purpose is to invite others to
come unto Christ. And one of the things that brings them a lot closer to Christ
is the book of mormon. We taught kerly and showed him a bunch of these
scriptures and invited him to pray and ask God if the book was true. He said
that he would try again. And my companion and I were super happy about this.
Here in marcala there are so many different churches in such
a little town. We know that when Christ came to earth he established a church
and gave his 12 apostles the authority to preach and to effectuar ordinanzas en
el nombre de Jesucristo. But the people in jerusalem nailed christ to the cross
and crucified him. And not to shortly after they killed the 12 apostles. I like
to use a metaphor comparing the crusifixion and the apostasy to a glass of
water. After christ and the apostles died, this glass of water fell and broke
into a bunch of little pieces. There were some who thought the things of Christ
were good and they picked up what pieces they could find and taught with the
pieces they had and filled in the rest with thier own knowledge. This is why
there are so many different churches. This is why one church thinks baptism
should occur as a baby, and another at the age of 8, and another when your an
adult. This is why each preacher interprets the same verse in a different way.
The world was in this state of confusion until Joseph Smith translated the book
of mormon. Because we have the book of mormon, we can read the scriptures and
understand them in the way God intended them to be. The book of mormon and the
bible support one another and in them both we can find all the information we
need to be saved. God didnt just testify to the people in Jerusalem. He loves all
of his children, and he gave the knowledge to the people here in the americas.
It breaks my heart when people dont even give the book of
mormon a chance. We know that us humans can lie all day long. But God, he
doesnt. Thats why we invite people to read and to pray. To know for themselves
that this is Christs true church upon the earth.
This
church is true, i know it is, because i have read and prayed for myself. I know
God answers prayers. Joseph Smith was a prophet and restored Christs church to
this Earth. I know that I am a child of God, I am of royal lineage. I know that
Christ paid the price for my sins, and that through repentance and living the
gospel of Jesus Christ I can return and live with him again.
Elder
Brown
Yeah,
a little preachy i know. Hahaha
No, i did not get transfered. Going to be here in Marcala for another 5 weeks.
We went to the cascadas again today. Here are a couple of
pics. We climbed down to the bottom part of the waterfall and got soaked. ANd
all sorts of stuff. We had a blast!
One pic is me with my district leader. The other is me
with the hermanas in my district.
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