We are still working with Brother JNG, and with our new
bishop, we're working on helping him get his wife back to Korea. Our
new bishop is passionate and super gung-ho about missionary work and
families. He brought our less active into his office and said, you've
got to do two things right now. Most importantly, you need to contact
your wife and tell her sincerely that you love her, every day. You
need to get her back here and start a family immediately. And secondly,
you've got to find a job that will allow you to take Sundays off. You
have to have Sundays off.' He walked out of the office bouncing on his
heels, happy at the outlook on life. We're so happy we have a great
leadership structure in the church that cares so deeply for each member,
active or not.
We had quite a few lessons fall through this week, but we planned to go street contact as a backup plan, and we ended up meeting a guy from Srilanka. He said he had time now, and invited us into his home. He's strong Buddhist, but was very kind and listened closely to our message, and asked good questions. He wants to learn more about our church, and he says he likes all religions. We set an appointment to meet with him later this week. That was a huge miracle for us to have someone immediately invite us into his house.
We now have investigators from Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Srilanka, and more!^^
The highlight of the week happened last Monday, when we went over to a member's house to talk about missionary work. When we got there, they had plates laid out, but no food. They apologized, and said because of the accident, they've been too busy and sad to do anything right now, so they'd order us food from a restaurant. While we were waiting for the food, the mom fidgeted awkwardly, and said, 'I need to ask a favor of you.' She proceeded to tell a story about how the neighbor next door was an old couple, and the grandfather died of cancer last year. Around the same time, the grandson living with them got into some work with the devil, and it brought an evil spirit into their whole small apartment compound. The son moved out, and the grandma couldn't sustain herself with two small dogs, so this member took in the dogs, and the grandma moved out. But even though the house is empty besides two small puppies, she said there has been an evil spirit lurking there the whole time, and it's affecting their family. They're going to start renovating it soon, and asked me to bless the house to be safe, and in turn, cast out the spirit. I immediately said we'd do it, but then when we walked into the house you could definitely feel something. It just felt sad and dark. A soft weight pushing on your chest that made you want to leave. We knelt, and I started praying in Korean. After we went back next door the mother said how much better she felt, despite the disaster in the ocean that killed over 300 people. She said she knew the spirit was gone and the house was protected now. She was so grateful she proceeded to make a list of names for us to teach. She gave us two less active teenagers that need to prepare for missions, and an elderly non member man that lives on the first floor. After leaving their house I looked at my companion and we just said, 'What just happened?' We just cast out a spirit. The love of God flowed into her house and gave her the confidence she needed to refer these people. It was such a neat experience for us, and it made me so grateful to have the priesthood. I know that our house was protected when I was a kid because my father held the priesthood and exercised it in complete righteousness, and I am grateful for the opportunity I have to hold the priesthood and prepare now in order to protect my family when that time comes.
We were able to meet the Nigerian, CRS, but only briefly. But we had
our ward mission leader and his wife with us, and he seemed to impress
everyone with his Korean and how he talked so fondly about his Korean
wife. He was planning on coming to church, but he didn't answer our
calls yesterday and didn't come.
I went on exchanges this week and while I was away, my companion
and Elder Bell met another potential investigator from Nigeria, named
JOE. They said the lesson went super well, and that he has a lot of
potential. On the way to church the next day we saw him, and he was with
his friend eating chicken. His friend asked where our church is so he
could come next week, and they shared their chicken with us. I guess the
lesson went better than I thought, because they were super happy to see
us!
We had quite a few lessons fall through this week, but we planned to go street contact as a backup plan, and we ended up meeting a guy from Srilanka. He said he had time now, and invited us into his home. He's strong Buddhist, but was very kind and listened closely to our message, and asked good questions. He wants to learn more about our church, and he says he likes all religions. We set an appointment to meet with him later this week. That was a huge miracle for us to have someone immediately invite us into his house.
We now have investigators from Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Srilanka, and more!^^
The highlight of the week happened last Monday, when we went over to a member's house to talk about missionary work. When we got there, they had plates laid out, but no food. They apologized, and said because of the accident, they've been too busy and sad to do anything right now, so they'd order us food from a restaurant. While we were waiting for the food, the mom fidgeted awkwardly, and said, 'I need to ask a favor of you.' She proceeded to tell a story about how the neighbor next door was an old couple, and the grandfather died of cancer last year. Around the same time, the grandson living with them got into some work with the devil, and it brought an evil spirit into their whole small apartment compound. The son moved out, and the grandma couldn't sustain herself with two small dogs, so this member took in the dogs, and the grandma moved out. But even though the house is empty besides two small puppies, she said there has been an evil spirit lurking there the whole time, and it's affecting their family. They're going to start renovating it soon, and asked me to bless the house to be safe, and in turn, cast out the spirit. I immediately said we'd do it, but then when we walked into the house you could definitely feel something. It just felt sad and dark. A soft weight pushing on your chest that made you want to leave. We knelt, and I started praying in Korean. After we went back next door the mother said how much better she felt, despite the disaster in the ocean that killed over 300 people. She said she knew the spirit was gone and the house was protected now. She was so grateful she proceeded to make a list of names for us to teach. She gave us two less active teenagers that need to prepare for missions, and an elderly non member man that lives on the first floor. After leaving their house I looked at my companion and we just said, 'What just happened?' We just cast out a spirit. The love of God flowed into her house and gave her the confidence she needed to refer these people. It was such a neat experience for us, and it made me so grateful to have the priesthood. I know that our house was protected when I was a kid because my father held the priesthood and exercised it in complete righteousness, and I am grateful for the opportunity I have to hold the priesthood and prepare now in order to protect my family when that time comes.
By their fruits ye shall know them.
Naturally
miracles follow any believer of Christ, but only in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints do we not only have the power of God, but
the Authority to use it, and miracles happen daily in our church. I know
that in this church my family will be safe and protected from the evils
that lurk in our world. And for this, I am eternally grateful.
Elder Franchina
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