God's Timing

Hello all,

Well, things up here in the highlands are actually doing okay. First off, we had an amazing lesson with Levi. We went by on Wednesday night. He was reluctant to let us in because he and his room mate, Betsy were mourning the loss of their neighbor that unexpectedly died. But we told them that our message could help them so they let us in. We taught them about God's plan and that their friend was not lost. That their friend was learning and growing closer to God in the spirit world. And most importantly, that they would see their friend again. We testified about the gospel, that it can help us through tough times, bring families closer together, and most importantly, make us happy, for that is God's plan! We testified about the joy of repentance and drawing closer to God through prayer. He was crying and told us that he had never felt the way he did during the lesson in his life. It was a powerful lesson that I think he will always remember. The spirit truly was there and was guiding the lesson. But we did have a mini-miracle associated with him. After Wednesday, he was hard to get in contact with again. So Saturday night I prayed that he would have a change of heart, remembering and knowing the importance of our message. And so, Sunday night we got a phone call from him. He apologized about the way he was acting. We told him we weren't angry with him and he wants to continue to meet with us. We have a lesson tonight!

Our investigators Amina and Rachel, from Kenya are still doing good. They continue to learn and to listen. And they are coming to Church! Hopefully when we go back this week, they'll have read the Book of Mormon, like we asked.

When we were tracting a few weeks ago we met Clayton. He is from Mexico, but speaks English very well! We invited him to read the Book of Mormon and gave him an English copy, but told him that when we came back, we would bring him a Spanish copy. He told us he would be out of town for work, but to try back later. He didn't give us a date for his return. So when we invited a ward missionary to a lesson that fell thorough I felt that we should go try him again. We got in and taught him about the Book of Mormon.  And when we were about to give him a Spanish copy he told us that Spanish missionaries had come earlier in the day and had given him a Spanish copy. So he had 2 companionships invite him to read in a day! We found out he had just gotten back from his work trip so really there had been no time that had gone by with him at home that he hadn't seen missionaries! Isn't God's timing amazing? He must want Clayton to read the Book of Mormon!

So things are gong okay. We have people to teach and God is preparing others because he wants them in His true Church!

~Elder Fetzer