December 5, 2016
This week has been really good!! One of our investigators is
really doing great! Every time we come over he is so happy and tells us how
much he loves the Book of Mormon! He is Haitian! Actually, most of the people
we teach are Haitian because they are so humble and willing to listen, learn,
and act! His name is Joseph and he is planning on getting baptized on the 17th!
Watching the happiness come into his life since he has started reading,
praying, and coming to church has really made me grateful for the gospel and
the TRUE happiness it does bring into our lives! The only problem is that Elder
Shepherd and I DONT speak Creole... But that’s alright because bringing a
member out to translate for us is always fun!
We are starting to learn the area now and it has been good!!
We have this one Haitian member that is so awesome! His name is Brother
Wanfrader and he speaks good English also so we will take him into these big Haitian
schemes to go contact as many people as we can and he just goes for it! He is
crazy! It’s awesome to see a member just go and share the gospel with everyone
he sees! So we have been able to find a lot of people that way!
There is also this other member
named Brother Willy! He is just a little Haitian that fought in the Vietnam War!
But he probably has more faith than anyone I have ever met! He always wants to
come out with us teaching and so we bring him along! But he is just the nicest
little guy! One time we were taking him home to drop him off and he tells us to
stop at a grocery store so he can buy some groceries. He comes out with a bunch
of food and tells us that it’s for us... This guy can barely afford to have
electricity on his house. The week prior he was telling us how he had his power
turned off for a while because he had no money!! It really showed me how
charitable he was! That he has nothing but what he does have he is willing to
give it all to others! On a side note we did not take all this food because it
was close to $50 probably!
But I am so thankful for these people! They have really
inspired me to be a better and more Christ like person in my life!! I hope all
of you can too!
Elder Hansen
November 28, 2016
The work is great and so is Turks! We had a NICE Thanksgiving
meal we cooked up ourselves. We made some mashed potatoes, gravy, brownies and
ice cream, and then bought a whole lot of fried chicken! So, it was a great Thanksgiving! But this
thanksgiving I am most grateful for the time that I get to serve the Lord! It
has been such a great time learning the gospel for myself and also helping
others come to that same knowledge so they can be happy! I am also very
grateful for all of my family and everything that I have been blessed with!
Also, yesterday we
had an appointment with this one guy set up so we were going to see him. He
meets us at this parking lot and we start walking with him back to where he
lives. Turns out he is a pastor for another church for all of these Haitians!
So he brings us into his church while they are having a preaching session and
invites us to come up and share a message... So we did!! It was great. None of them could speak English
except for the pastor so he translated for us and we talked for a while about
Christ and then I tried sharing a scripture from the Book of Mormon. But then
he stops translating and tells us they only use the Bible... So too bad they didn’t
accept the book of Mormon but at least we were able to share a message with all
of these people! Well I am having a great time! Still hard to teach sometimes
because we don’t know creole or Spanish but it’s coming along and we have some
solid investigators who will soon be baptized! Have a great week!
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