Basketball 7.23.18 and letter and baptisms from 7.16.18 letter
This week we had the chance to meet with one of our really good investigators, I’ll keep his name anonymous though. He is a war veteran who is really interested in the gospel, and who has been really touched by this message. We’ve been working with him for a couple of months now, and recently we’ve been helping him to overcome his alcohol addiction in preparation for his baptism. He has been struggling with this for a long time and has seen how this addiction has been a deteriorating factor in his life. He has seen how it has created emnity between him and his wife. He has seen the financial strain that this addiction has put on him. He has desired to quit for years now, but he hasn’t been able to. This week we were able to give him a blessing to help him in his struggles to quit drinking alcohol. He told us a week later that after we had left, the day we gave him the blessing, he decided to go drinking with his friends. He told us that after drinking a small quantity of alcohol he began to feel really sick, and he knew that it was because of the alcohol that he felt that way. Since that day, he told us that he hasn’t had the desire to drink. He has a long road to go before he can truly overcome this addiction but I know that the Lord will help him throughout the whole journey. I’m really praying for this investigator, and I know that the Lord can work mighty changes in our hearts if we only let him.
We also had a baptism this week!! We baptised two people. We were supposed to have four candidates but two of the candidates were really sick and couldn’t be baptised.The two candidates were also baptised in two separate services. This was because one of the investigators was an investigator for the Nkombo ward, and the other for the Makebandilou ward. We are also preparing four other candidates for their baptism in two weeks. Exciting times here in the Nkombo/Makebandilou area.
We also stumbled upon someone passing out a brochure for the church of Raël. Their symbol is a swastika inside the star of david. They believe that god doesn’t exist, but they believe in a higher race from a different planet that created the human race. They also believe that christianity was a ploy used by white countries to erase african culture, and that cloning is the key to eternal life. Hmmmm interresting.
Alright love ya all.
Elder Thomas
Elder Spencer Thomas 