Cohuyena? This week went by fast indeed. Sounds like you guys had a pretty successful week. I'm glad to hear that Devin ate some Alligator. It's good for the health. Speaking of eating exotic foods, I ate a hamburger today. It was so stinking nice. There's so much good food on this side of Freetown. Man, there is nothingggggggggg at all on the other side. It's pretty crazy how much of a difference there is. I almost hardly believe it's the same city. Which stories did you use? I'm curious. It's true though, being here makes you so grateful for everything I've ever had ever. Like it's hard just to comprehend how much you really have until you go out and sit down with people who have pretty much nothing. But I guess that's why the important thing isn't how much you have but about where you put your heart. If you set your heart upon the things of the world, you'll have a hard time ever being satisfied with your life. But if you focus on things that can be eternal (like family!), you'll wonder why you ever worried about what kind of car you had or how nice your shoes are.
Unfortunately we haven't had any more experiences with the pizza guy. When we went he was crazy busy and we just haven't seen him since. We ourselves have been pretty busy too. After some urging and taking time to go see a few of the auxiliary presidents, we got our branch to start having branch council and PEC! So that was a pretty big step. We also started getting Home Teaching set up. I never really realized how important that stuff is until I came here. Well really there were a lot of things I didn't realize how important they were until I came here. I've learned quite a bit about how the church runs. It's pretty interesting. It's also pretty true.
So just last night we went and saw this one guy we haven't been able to see in about 2 months or so. When we saw him he said he had been reading some of the pamphlets we left with him and he said there were a lot of things he wanted to change in his life. He told us about some of the concerns he had and he had a sincere desire to change and to come closer to Christ. One of my favorite scriptures in the Book of Mormon is Ether 12:27, how if we come unto the Lord he can make weak things become strong. We shared that scripture with him and told him he needed to make the necessary sacrifices to overcome the world and come closer to God. That's how the Lord will be able to make those problems become the strongest attributes of his character. Even if it means he has to turn down a job opportunity in order for him to keep the commandments, he should do it. The cool thing about missionary work is that a lot of it is just testifying and telling people what you know to be true. It was a pretty sweet lesson and I hope that he will come to church this Sunday! Anyway, everything is going great as always. I will talk to you all next week!
Love,
Elder Stewart
Elder (now brother) Jenkins before he went home
Boku pizza!
Happy Birthday Elder Donaldson! Cake is insanely expensive. And I don't know how to make it. Haha.
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