Pretty Sweet Miracle

Hey Momma,
 
Yeah those problems with the pool sound really serious... When you're
trying to know if it's okay to swim you should just throw Charlie in.
No problem. Oh, and talking about speaking in church the first Sunday
I get back- YES. Man I definitely want to speak. Of course! I have to
bear my testimony in Krio. Haha.
 
Well, I have a pretty interesting story but it's not about anyone I'm
teaching. It's a pretty good story though. There's this one guy these
Elders are teaching who used to be a pastor in a church. The guy is
super smart has traveled all over the place, is fluent in French and
Arabic. and knows the Bible super well. One day he was sitting in a
chop shop (these little huts that you can buy rice at) and he said he
heard a voice call out to him. When he turned his head to look at the
voice that called him he saw the Book of Mormon sitting on the shelf.
The guy who owned the chop shop was being taught by the missionaries
and the man asked him where he got the book. He told him where and the
next time the missionaries came to see the chop shop guy, he called
the man and he came. He was taught by them once, prayed, and knew that
the message was true. He made up his mind to join the church. The
thing that happened now is that the church he was attending before
didn't like that. The head pastor and a bunch of their church members
came to his house and told him that the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints didn't believe in Christ and that we were worshiping
the devil. The head pastor told him that he needed to leave and that
everything he was saying was wrong. THe man told him that he knew the
church was true and could not deny it. The head pastor told him he was
possessed with the devil and needed to burn everything that the
missionaries had given him, especially the Book of Mormon. He still
held firm and fought for what he knew was right. The thing that really
impressed me was that he had only known about the church for a couple
weeks and he already had such a strong testimony of it. He lives super
far away but he sacrifices and was able to come to church last Sunday.
He's one of those people that the Lord has prepared for this time to
help build this new branch. Pretty sweet miracle.
 
Anyway, we're still working hard and we're seeing some cool things in
our area. Just thought that guy was a pretty sweet story. I love all
of you and we'll talk next week!
 
Love,
Elder Stewart