There Is A Bright Future For The Nkanfoa Area!

Hello all once again :)

Last night while Elder Simpson and I were closing our week and planning for the events that would be happening today, Elder Simpson brought up a very good idea! We each made a list in our planner about things to talk about in our email since we both forget what happened the moment we log on to email home. I am very happy to be sitting in this comfortable office chair alive and well. I have had a pretty interesting week and not in the fun way, but I will come to why in a paragraph or two :P

On Tuesday was our office day/district meeting day. Tuesday was the first district meeting with the new district after transfers just a short time ago.  All of the Elders are the same just 2 sisters left. What I am really happy about is that one of the sisters that is now in the district lived in America (BYUI) for 3 years before coming on her mission. So while we did our welcome/questions to get to know them, each of us Elders were asking her things about America like.. TACO BELL. You all may not understand how awesome it is.. but to us Elders it was so cool. For the instruction I felt to prepare and talk about having effective studies in the morning.

Wednesday was the day of Mission Leadership Council.  On request of President Stevenson, Elder Simpson and I spoke about supply elder things.  Being up in front of zone leaders, Assistants, and President/Sister Stevenson.. I was nervous.  But all went over well and a lot of questions/comments from the council.  We finished the meeting at 3 o'clock and headed back to the office since we have fallen behind on office duties.  Also I started feeling kind of sick to my stomach because I believe I got the bad rice at the council meeting.  So to be short, we did not do much teaching the rest of the week.  I was sitting in the office or in the apartment near the bathroom from Wednesday evening- Sunday morning.  Not fun at all.  Did not get much sleep at nights either so my exhaustion level was pretty high.

top row, 5th from the left side

Other than that we are doing good!  We have continued to teach our investigator Obed (the 16 year old referral from 2 YM brothers). He has struggled with coming to church each week and we found it is just because he is nervous. To help out at church yesterday I made sure his friends are sitting next to him through church. Obed is participating in church activities so this week he and the twins we use to translate are off for 1 week on a youth trip.  We plan to give him an actual date for baptism (agreed to baptism but can not give a date until we talk to President).

We have recently been starting to teach a girl named Rita. Elder Simpson and Elder Jager met her on the street next to the phone credit stand she works at. Rita has not come to church but we have taught her a few times. On Friday my stomach settled for some time (thankfully) so we went in the late afternoon to teach her. We planned to teach plan of salvation but the spirit directed otherwise. We ended up speaking on baptism and going over the great apostasy and restoration again. She was planning on being baptized in her church yesterday (did not know til the end of the lesson) and she still ended up being "baptized" in her church yesterday. But we are not done yet! :)

Last people I will talk about is a 13 year old named Emmanuel. He is the son of a in active member named, Elizabeth.  When we met her for the first time he threw crazy doctrine on us from the old testament.  Telling us that her new church is the true church AND ours is true. What came of it though is teaching her son (she is fine with him being taught and part of the church). He is a really smart young boy and knows most things we teach already. And he has a sister that is 11 that joined us in our last lesson.

There is a bright future for the Nkanfoa area!

I am alive and well :)

-- Elder Johnson