This week we didn't see too much progress in many of our
investigators, we think HJ dropped us, and we can't meet with
MRC until Wednesday, but we were able to make huge progress with some
other investigators. KYJ was the guy we met our first night here, and
went on vacation for a month. We called to meet him again, and he said
he would be busy, but one night, after teaching NDY and his wife CLN, he called and said he wanted to meet. We met in a cafe and
taught the gospel of Jesus Christ. He mentioned how he liked the plan of
salvation, and how the hierarchy in heaven (celestial, terrestrial,
etc) is something that he believes in, and he thinks it's strange how
other churches don't believe in it. We had great conversations about
faith and the benefit it has on man, and we invited him to be baptized.
He said, 'Yeah, I've been thinking recently that I need to be baptized.
Why don't they focus on that more in other churches? It's so important.'
We set a date for March 2, and after that he said, 'I told my wife I'm
talking to 2 american missionaries about faith and church, and she said
she wants to listen too.' So he will introduce us to his wife soon! He
said that he likes church for the faith and gospel aspect, but his wife
likes church more for the community and friendship. She went to another
church recently, and she might feel guilty about going to another
church, but she'll probably come. We're so excited about this family.
NDY and CLN are doing well. We ate dinner at their house and
finished the first lesson. CLN has her own view of God and he
doesn't really have a shape or form, just a presence. We talked about
making that personal relationship with God through prayer and the
benefits it has for us, and also about reading the Book of Mormon and
the Bible to know who God and Christ are better. The lesson was really
spiritual and powerful, but when we invited them to pray, NDY straight
out said no, and CLN politely declined, because it's been too long
since she's prayed out loud. We invited them to church on the base, but
they didn't come. I do think that lesson left a good impression on them,
and they said that after they come back from vacation, they'll make
time for us to come over again.
We weren't able to meet with Dr. HNG, and his granddaughter didn't come to
church or anything, but we're still trying to contact him frequently. We met a new old guy, Mr. AND, and he's nice, but all he does is talk about the war and way back when. He's over 70 years old and only speaks English with us, but he's nice and goes to church. When we brought up church, he just said, 'every generation thinks differently, so that's why there are so many churches' and that was about it. If we can meet him again soon we'll talk more about that.
We might not be making much progress with some
investigators, but we've seen miracles with others. I know this is the
Lord's work. I've seen and experienced a joy that you can't find in any
other place in the world.
Just remember that you don't need to take my word on it, you can,
and we encourage you to find out for yourself. That's the beauty of this
message. You don't need to trust us, trust god. We put the future of
this church in God's hands, and trust him to tell you if it's true or
not. That's the reason this church is one of the fastest growing
churches in the world.
Elder Franchina
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