So to begin, we had a good time after emailing last week because an investigator of Bangura and Akpan brought us ampacey and kontombre. . that's my best food!!!! Chai that night we enjoyed!!! And also, I'm slowly getting better at basketball, thanks to my companion and crazy training haha!!!
So the week. On Tuesday we had a good time going around and trying to find more people to teach. We first went to see Andrew. So as for him he is still pretty stubborn about the Bible and doesn't like us bringing new things to it. We are also working on how we can make him understand that anyone can contend one with another on the Bible, but as for those who are LDS and know how it works, the Book or Mormon has no conflicting teachings and no one argues with one another on it, that's why I love the Book of Mormon!!!! So we left and went to go teach a few people, but they fell through so we contacted. We ended up going and meeting a guy we met a few days earlier and turns out that he's super cool!!!! His name is Frank and he reads and likes to listen to us. It is just crazy to see how it is!!! We had a good lesson with him and it really was clear that he was understanding our teachings. We left and continued to meet people, but they all fell through so that was unfortunate. We went to see Christianna and Samuel. Chai they give us so much fruit it's ridiculous!!! So we taught them and then left. If anything else, having a nasty bug while proselyting just sucks!!!! Memmott wasn't feeling too good so that was a bummer. We went back to the apartment a few times that day as well.
Wednesday was easier because we didn't have so many meetings to go to, but still had a lot of meetings haha!!! So we got up and went out straight!!!! We went and taught Andrew and he is progressing more. Unfortunately, as we were reading the Introduction to the Book of Mormon he had a problem with the sentence of "the most correct of any book on Earth", so he was a little less than enthusiastic about that. We will still work with him and help him to learn more. We went and taught Clement and his friend Maxwell. We taught them, but with their work it is difficult to see them. They work in a drinking place, like they sell crates of soda and alcohol and things like that. We went around and didn't have much success, but we went and taught Dorcas. So she just didn't pay attention and that just sucked. We decided it wasn't very effective to try to teach her much anymore. We left and went to the Mall to pick up earrings from sister Sylvia in Anyaa!!!! She made 100 pairs of earrings so Mom and all the other aunts and people that want them, you are covered haha!!! So we had to book it over to our meeting with our ward mission leader. So that was cool. When we were about to head home we found a guy that was playing basketball, so Memmott went and played a bit and I practiced my wheelies and I gotta say I'm getting it down haha!!! So yea we went back and it was pretty cool!!!
Thursday was just crazy!!!!! We had our Multi-Zone conference in Ofankor and it was crazy!!!! I saw so many people!!!! Bawden, Hall, Ferro, Condie, Stilson, just tons of old friends!!!! But the crazy part was that Elder Stilson is only a transfer ahead of me (6 weeks). I knew Stilson all the way back in Buduburam. . .I came when he was halfway finished in his training. As he bore his farewell testimony along with others, it just hit me that time on mission flies. . .mission is probably the craziest, fastest, most amazing 2 years of your life. Before you know it, you're heading home that next day!!! So yeah. We heard a lot of stuff from President Simpson and he really emphasized how we as a mission need to work better with our companions. How we need to get along and not differentiate ourselves into "ites' as President Simpson put it. No Americans or Africans, no Nigerians or Ugandans, no this not hat, just unity!!!! It was super cool!!!! So we finished and we left. The cool part was that on that day when we left, we didn't see a lot of success, but we found 3 more people to teach after that and it was cool!!! Also we got Isaac and Emmanuel to accept a baptismal date for the 15th of October!!! So it's crazy!!!! We finished the day off with seeing Samuel and Christianna. Still so much fruit!!!
Friday we just went ham on life!!! We got up and just went straight to work. We planned and went to see a sister named Vivian. She sells kente print items like shirts, shoes and skirts and dresses. So we taught her and it was a good lesson. We then left to go and see Frank and he is just doing amazing!!! He learns fast and we just didn't have any conflict in teaching him about Joseph Smith or anything like that!!! We left and went to go see Moses and Skovic. So as for them they sell fresh made bread and it's super nice, but what's more amazing is that they both accepted a baptismal date for the 15th of October as well!!!! We had a good lesson with them and we left. We went and taught Andrew about the 29th Chapter in 2 Nephi of the Book of Mormon**. He hopefully understood that more of the word of God is good and that it is what our Heavenly Father wants for us. We left and taught Christianna, Samuel and her sister Zet. So we had a decent lesson with them so it was cool. We left and came back after that.
Saturday was just bleh!!! We went our and taught Clement. So unfortunately we have been having difficulty keeping an eye on all of them in that area and so it's hard to get them. We are still trying though. We left and went to the Yeboahs. . .chai I have no desire to go there anymore. They used to be our best investigators and now they just don't focus and they aren't too interested anymore. Like I kid you not, I've learned to keep my temper under control on mission, but I was about to lose it with these people. But luckily my companion got my back and I was able to keep it under till we left. So we just left and didn't really have a desire to go back. We went and taught Frank, now that brought my spirits back up and he is just amazing. We read from the Book of Mormon and we even had a good time with seeing how he was feeling about the Book of Mormon. He also accepted the invitation to be baptized, but he was honest and said he needed to learn more and pray. That is just what I like to hear from an investigator because they are being honest with us!!! We taught a lot and then left. We then went to the mall and enjoyed our lunch at Chicken Inn haha!!! So we left and tried to see Moses and Skovic, but they were preoccupied with making bread, but they said they would come to church tomorrow!!! We left and tried to find more people to teach, but it didn't work. We came back and we taught Christianna, Samuel, Mesah, Edna and Priscilla!!!! So the last three people that we just met or that we taught once before, that's Mesah, but Edna and Priscilla just joined the lesson and it was super cool!!! We taught them and then came back. We did some area book stuff and then turned in.
Sunday, so this day was pretty sweet!!! We got up and called a few people and then went to church. We went and Samuel and Sisco came on time!!!! We got them situated and then Christianna and Moses arrived as well!!! So we had a good service, but they talked about a lot of teachings which were super ineffective for our investigators. So we had that and then we got some lunch. We then left and came to see a few people. We went and saw Junior and some of his friends. We then contacted a lot and that was just crazy. We ended up finding a guy named Bismark. So he doesn't know a lot of English, but he was enthusiastic to see us. We talked to him and I had to teach what little twi I knew haha!!! So we went and contacted some more. We met up with Sampson, he's one of our investigators that's super cool. So we met him and he led us back to his house. We sat down and talked with him and a lot of his family members and they seemed pretty interested in the message and that was just crazy!!! It was a great experience!!! We then left and talked to a few guys who didn't come to church. We came back and did some crazy area book work.
Now just this morning we went to cafe and played some basketball. We had a good time, but I'm still a little fried from playing haha!!! We had a lot of fun and I'm getting a lot better!!! So yeah, that's the life I guess. Hope you all are doing AMAZING and still being safe!!!!
From,
Elder Stockton Smith
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2 Nephi 29
1 But behold, there shall be many—at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel;
3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.
4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.
6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?
7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.
9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.
10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written.
11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.
12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it.
13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.
14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.
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