Hello from Akatsi :)
Here I am pounding fufu. :)
Well, this week was just a good normal week!
It went really well! We had a lot of lessons and we are having a lot of progress! Our investigators are really excited to learn and they want to keep learning! Many of them know that what we are teaching is true and they are asking us to be baptized. The only difficult thing is that they can't come
to church because of the distance and the cost. Because none of them can make it
to church, it brings the challenge of not being able to really get them involved
and on the path to baptism. One of the requirements is that they at least
attend church 3 times. So it's pretty difficult, but I know that once we get a
building everything will take off and go very well. :)
On Wednesday, I got to go on an exchange with our zone
leader Elder Mathews from St. George, Utah. He is such a cool guy! We get along
very well! He loves airsofting and so we talk about that a lot, ha ha. I
think the most amazing thing about this Elder is the faith and strength he has.
He told me something that was very, very powerful. His mother had been dealing with
cancer for a long time, and about a year into his mission things took a very
dramatic turn. His mother was in a very weak state and had some few days to
live. Elder Mathews got a chance to call his family and talk to them all before
she passed away. After that happened, he got back to work. He told me that he
is here on a mission to serve the Lord. Things at home will happen, but that he
knows that if he stays faithful and strong the Lord will bless him and
strengthen him. Hearing that just blew me away. It's not easy to do that. But
his desire to serve the Lord is what has kept him out here. He is so strong in
the gospel and teaches with the spirit so well. I am so thankful for the
opportunity I had to be with him.
On Sunday I got the chance to be a part of Sister
Norkplim's confirmation. After she was confirmed, she just had a huge smile and
was so excited. After church, she asked us to give her all the reading material
we can give her so that she can start to study. She was asked to give a lesson this
next Sunday and she was just super excited to get the chance to do so! She is already preparing and she is studying the material that she has been given. She is a
very strong individual and I am very proud of her for all that is doing. She
will become a very great help for the Akatsi branch. :)
Now for the big blessing of the
week. SO I was moving a big pot of boiling water and I accidently spilled it
all on my foot. It burned my foot actually pretty bad and I couldn't really
walk on it. My companion told me that if I needed to take the day off I could. I was faced with 2 choices. Suffer through the pain and go out, or stay
inside and see if it would get better. I said a quick prayer and I got a strong feeling
that I needed to go out and teach. So I did. At first it hurt pretty bad. But
after a small amount of time it stopped hurting. When we got back that night, the
burn was completely gone. I don't know how that happened. I will send you the
picture of the burn. I don't know how it managed to heal in just that short amount
of time. So from that, I had a very strong spiritual prompting that told me
that if you place the Lord first he's going to bless you. And he did. He
blessed me and I am so thankful for it.
Here is my burned
foot. It was pretty bad ha ha, but it was completely gone that same night! What
a blessing! :)
The Lord loves us all and He blesses each one of us! Please follow him in all your
thoughts, actions and deeds. He is there for you. I am a very personal witness
to that now. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! :)
Sincerely,
Elder Baird
These are the coffins I found here haha. An alligator for a
hunter and ...
... a fish for a fisherman.
Wow! What a miracle his foot was healed. I loved the story of Elder Matthews too. Our youth are so strong. It amazes me!
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