"Read the Book of Mormon"

Hey everyone!

Well it's been another week, and this one sure was a lot better. We made the decision to really make a push in finding new investigators this week and it's really started to pay off! We found a some new investigators that have a ton of potential for them to help us, and from the short time we were able to spend with them, they could see how the Gospel can influence their lives and their families for good! 

The high point of the week for us was yesterday, when we got to visit a recent convert family that went less active a couple months ago for a lot of reasons. But they moved in with a less active member, Brother Berja, who has slowly been drifting away from the church because of problems he had with some leaders and some technical questions he had such as why do we celebrate Christmas in December if we know that's not Christ's birthday. He told us that he doesn't have any faith in the Church anymore, so we told him that's his decision. But the thing he hadn't realized that it's not faith in the church that's important, it's faith in Christ and his Gospel. President Uchtdorf even said that the church is run by imperfect people, and imperfect people make mistakes. And that's what we told him. We let him know that whatever bad experiences he had in the past do not prove that this Gospel isn't the truth. So we challenged this man, Brother Berja, to read the Book of Mormon again. Not to take our word for it, not to take the word of the members for it, but to actually read it again and ask God if it's true and what he should do about it. He agreed to do it, and I think we may have made some huge progress with him, especially since this is the first time he has even talked with us! We both left their home feeling great and like we had made a difference for him.

I'm really glad for the work we were able to do this week, and I hope you are all still doing great! I'll send some more next week! Love you all!

3/16/14