We taught a 16 year old boy named Navaneet who is from
Canada but is Indian. We taught him and his friend the Restoration and
committed Navaneet to be baptized on November 18 so we just have to get him to
come to church. That is the hardest part with everyone...Our church is
quite a far distance for people to travel to because is another branch's
building that we are meeting in. Stephen did come to church which was
great though and i think he is slowly and surely progressing so i think will
focus on him a lot these next two weeks and try to set a baptism date for him.
We also found more Africans...yes i said it. haha.
They are awesome. Africans listen to us more than anyone anyways which is
a little disappointing but honestly as long as we are bringing people closer to
Christ and into his fold, it doesn't matter what kind of people they are.
These four guys are all from Angola so they speak Portuguese and French.
Their names are Mark, Paul, Jose and Antonio. They are such cool guys and
they seemed to have believed us and accepted what we taught about the
Restoration. Once again though, getting them to church will be the most
difficult thing to do.
So one of the best things that happened this week was on
Sunday. I got the privilege of conferring the priesthood upon and
ordaining to the office of a priest, John and Simmy. Our converts
received the priesthood!! How cool is that! and that night we visited them and
i was just talking to them and asking them how they feel about the church and
how they felt getting the priesthood. They both said they felt so awesome
receiving the priesthood and that they are never leaving the church because
they just love it so much. They also asked if they came to the US or to a
european country if they could find a church there and i told them it is
worldwide and they were so excited to hear that. John told me his
experience about telling his parents about his baptism and he said they were so
happy for him and that he found a good church with good people in it.
John just beams when he talks about the church. John and Simmy wake each
other up in the morning to make sure they both get to church! Even though it is
so far! They are so awesome and when we saw john he told me he was studying a
talk by President Packer called "The Witness." He said he loves it
and learns so much. Man these guys just bring me so much happiness.
I honestly didn't know how attached an elder could get to the people they
taught and baptized!!
So Elder Bandi and i are working really hard but still it is
very difficult. He is way nice and can be really funny sometimes. He struggles with his
teaching skills, but he tries so hard so
i can't get upset with him. I just really have to help him teach and
practice and know when and what to say. Basically i am training an elder
who has been out longer than me...I have been doing a little bit better with my
patience but it is so dang hard. One funny thing he did was
yesterday. We made rice and chicken curry with Elders Singh and Basil and
he wanted curd rice so he got curd and then wanted salt. So he asked
Elder Basil for salt and Elder Basil said he could have some so Elder Bandi
looked in the cupboard for like 5 minutes but eventually he takes a packet of washing machine
detergent....So he takes it to his plate thinking it is salt and begins to
mix it with some of his rice when finally we realize and tell him it is laundry
detergent. haha. But
we are working hard and so i just try my best to think of the positives.
So it was great talking to you guys on Christmas! It was so
great to see you!! So glad Tyler still remembers his bro and loves him just as
much haha. honestly i keep having these weird worries and dreams that he
won't know who i am and won't remember me when he sees me when i get home...but
anyways i am so glad you guys are doing great and had a great holiday
season. To be honest, it did make me a bit homesick but i got over it
pretty quick haha. I did get to play ball today and man i actually killed
it today. I told you guys through skype that i am losing my game but
today i was doing so good and shooting the lights out and my game was way good
today. What a relief;)
Well hope you guys have a happy new year, go broncos, go
mavs, roll thunder, etc. Scriptures: D&C 118:3 and 136:11
Love you guys chala much! Will talk to you next year!!!Love Elder Baller
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