Hello everyone!
Not a lot seemed to happen this week. It feels like forever ago since last week when I was doing emails and at the same time it feels like just yesterday. Time is flying by. This week was still pretty eventful now that I think about it.
After doing emails last week we went and played basketball with the ward. It was so much fun! We played for a couple hours almost non-stop basketball. And I had decided not to wear good shoes so I played around bare foot. It only gave me two big blisters on my big toes, which blisters peeled off while still playing and which blisters are now just discolored spots on my toes. No biggy. Ha.
Monday night we found out we had interviews with President Bize. The interviews went well. He asked me about how I made it on my mission with everything in my life. And I didn't know what to tell him other than that I had always had that inner burning to go to church and be active and then when I got my testimony of the Church and having great support all through out high school me going on a mission was not a question or a problem. That question had really made me think how grateful I am for all of you who helped me get here and for the strength of a testimony. I know this church is true. On a sadder note, all of our lessons were cancelled on Tuesday.
On Wednesday we did our weekly planning and saw Henry again. We talked to him about baptism again and what he might have to do in order for that to happen. He still wants to get baptized and his little brother Tefau (like hey with a 't' instead of an 'h', and bro with 'f' instead of 'br') started taking the lessons as well. We also had our visit to the temple's visitor's center that can no longer be called visitor's center. Because apparently smaller temples can't have visitor's centers but they can have welcome centers, so now it's the welcome center. It's a small two room thing where we talk about the plan of salvation, the restoration and the gospel all in a 30 minute presentation.
Thursday we had an interesting time. We had lessons planned all day long but they started to be cancelled and Henry and his family called us at noon to do a fast with them right then. We went over to their house and ate french fries with scrambled eggs, I have never had that before but it was pretty good. And then we started to fast for Henry's parents so that they would accept. As we continue through the day we had one of our lessons pushed back to 6 at night. The inactive member calls us at five to ask if we could eat with them right after their lesson at 6. No! But that's the sacrifice of fasting. That lesson went really well. We talked about prayer and committed the investigator to pray to know if the Book of Mormon was true and if the church was true.
Friday was Elder Ollerton's b-day. So we did our zone meeting, finished our fast, ate with the inactive member who wanted to eat with us the night before. Did one lesson and tried to find people until the night. We ate at Henry's house again. And his cake was the best thing. They brought him out a very square cake with fruit loops on it but after examing it more closely it turned out to be ice cream that had been dumped straight out of the tub. Ha. That was another first for me.
Saturday we were busy from 8 until 7 at night. We had a lesson where we watched the Joseph Smith film and the Spirit was really strong. It was a mother and her daughter, her daughter really wants to be baptized but the parents don't yet accept. After the film we asked what they had felt and the daughter expressed that she really wanted to be baptized. But after her mom firmly explained that they would be no baptism our joy quickly left. But the mom accepted to pray again to know if these things were true. But we explained that she had to pray with a real intent. Even if that means being baptized. We'll see how that goes next week.
Then Sunday we taught the Sunday school class and the Priesthood lesson. While my companion was teaching he shared some stories about having to be a witness of God and he asked if anyone else had experiences. I shared some about when people have told me that the Book of Mormon is false. When people tell me that it is false, it makes me hurt because I know with all my heart that that book is true. And I share that with you all. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know it was translated by Joseph Smith and I know he is a true prophet.
Family and friends, I love you all. I hope you have a great week. Keep spreading the gospel and don't give up.
Love,
Elder Squires
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