Surprise! I'm still in Nanaimo! :) You heard correct, I will
be staying in the city I've grown to love for another 6 weeks and I am
very excited. Overall it has been a VERY slow week for
finding. This comes as almost no surprise since the way we have been
finding has changed dramatically. We didn't find anybody new to teach this
week, a personal all time low. The good news is we had 3
current investigators come out to church this Sunday, a
personal all time high! I also had the privilege of seeing some old
friends from my homeward just before sacrament meeting. Anyone in the
Edmonton North Stake know the Bachelder family? Well I saw them at church
yesterday! :) If anything made my week, it was that church meeting!
I'm very excited to report that we have been working
with Kevin again! Elder Burns and I have been working really hard
with him to overcome the habits that he's been facing lately. It was his
first time ever coming out to church and he said that although he has
been to many churches before, this one is the closest thing that there is to
the full truth! During one of our lessons with Kevin we read Moses
Chapter 1 with him in the Pearl of Great Price. He was fascinated with the idea
of the book of Moses being extracts from the book of Genesis. It
really helped him understand why Joseph Smith was considered a prophet of God
and what type of person he is. Once he is able to give up his
addictions, he should be baptised soon
after.
Bruce came for the second time and we've began meeting with
him again as well. Slowly but surly he is understanding what "sets us
apart" from other churches. The third person who came
to sacrament meeting was Paulette who is moving out of town. We
helped her with part of the move with Brother May.
We met with the Sternal family on Friday in Ladysmith and
ate dinner. After we shared a brief spiritual thought, Brother Sternal
taught my companion and I some remarkable things he came to know when he
studied energy in university. The human body uses energy in so many ways it's
actually mind blowing. Almost supernatural. I can't really explain a lot about
the things he told me but it made me further understand that only God could
design the ways that our bodies use energy.
Well there you have it for this week. Also, Happy
Birthday to my younger brother Hunter! Can't believe you're 16 now.
Where does time go? We had a lot of memories together back home that will
last forever and I know that there will be plenty more in the not too
distant future. Bye for now!
Elder Maclean Samis
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