Monday, October 6, 2014

So Much Work!



Hello everybody! So this week has gone by so quickly! However, I had a small cold which brought me in the house for about a whole day-no worries I'm strong and healthy today :)
So Juapong is a very interesting area. We've likened the place to the Hydra. We cut of one head (meet with one person) and five more grow back (five more people sit down and are interested to hear what we have to say and want us to come back). Like it's super cool and I Don't feel worthy of receiving all these blessings. Unfortunately, we've only been allowed 2 days a week to go there so there is just too many people that we've met it's become very difficult to have follow up lessons with these people.
One really cool story that was shared with us took place in Juapong-on our first day there.
A man who we met, Eric, was in front of a chop bar(Ghana's equivalent of a 'fast food' restaurant. all local food.) that we had been directed to go for some lunch. He approached us, we explained to him that we were going to eat, but afterwards we'd meet with him. He agreed, and told us he'd wait for us to finish. After we had finished, we went back to meet him. However, he was nowhere to be found.
3 weeks later from the time we first met him, we saw him again. We sat down with him and his friend who we had given a Book of Mormon to earlier. As we were talking he told us that he and his friend shared the Book of Mormon and had both read the section that we marked. Naturally we were both very impressed. Eric, then, began to share with us that he hadn't been going to Church for a long time and that he knew he needed to change his ways and start going to church again. He explained to us that he had been fasting for many days-seeking guidance from our Father in Heaven as to where he should go and what he should do to change his life. He then explained to us that the day he closed his fast was the day that he met us(our very first day in Juapong). The Spirit was strong in this lesson and it was a powerful testimony to myself and my companion that we were led by the Spirit to speak to the people we spoke to that first day and that God has a plan designed for all of us. A plan of Happiness. We just need exercise our Faith in Him and then we'll see his plans laid out before us. I know God lives and I know that he loves us all very much.
Love, Elder Green

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