This has been an exciting few weeks. We had 3 baptisms 2 weeks ago, a child of record baptism last Monday, and then this Saturday we have a convert baptism, Sheila, and her 8 year old daughter as well. And then on Sunday they will be confirmed and her 8 week old son will have its naming and blessing in sacrament meeting. And then next week is transfers. We have 2 elders in our zone that are going home, and I think I am going to transfer, probably off island.
On Monday we were going to visit Mhean,. an investigator that we haven't visited in a long time. She lost her motivation to learn. And even though we didn't think she would be home from school yet, we went anyways. She was still at school, but her cousin's boyfriend was there. We talked with him for a bit, and then asked if we could share a message. He was at one point schooling to become a baptist minister, but before he was done got offended and returned to the catholic church. He was born in the catholic church, but doesn't believe it is true. So when we taught about Joseph Smith, he had a lot in common. He really is looking for the truth. He knows a lot of doctrine, but is hungry to find out more. At the end we showed him the Book of Mormon. He said that just the night before he had been looking through Mheans Book of Mormon and didn't think it was any coincidence that we had come the very next day. He said the odds were 1 in 1000 and it wasn't just chance. He said that he would sincerely pray about Joseph Smith, and wanted us to teach his girlfriend as well. That was a great success! He has a lot of potential.
We also had the opportunity to do a service project for a family in the ward last week. Their house burnt down and we helped them pack up all of the burnt stuff into rice sacs. We are going back Saturday to help clean up the rest. That was so sad. They lost everything, and they had a nice house. And to make things worse, her husband left 3 days before fire to work for 6 months out side of the Philippines. But the ward is taking good care of them. They live in the Mormon neighborhood so there is a lot of support.
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