03/18/24

I got transfered to Kumasi. I am now leading the universiry zone in Kumasi... which is a busy zone so they want to wear me down before I come home lol.🙃 I am already loving my new are though. It's literally like America here I can eat cheeseburgers and pizza. So lit. Anyway its my first time to serve in a Ward. It's the Kwamo 1st ward and our members are so lit.

This week I had the opportunity to reflect on my time in Tamale, and the Lord's hand it the work there. I love those people. I am sad to leave them. Our recent convert brother Joe told me his plans to get sealed to one of the members he is now dating in Education Ridge branch. They will go in December, just after he hits one year in the church. Our other recent convert sister Dorcas, has built food relationships with our members, and is starting to also build relationships with investigators and share the gospel. Our recent convert sister Ophilia, is determined to stay strong in the gospel throughout her life, and to study the Book of Mormon. I will miss them and their examples. 

This week has been a busy week. I am excited to get going here in the Kwamo 1 ward. We have two of our friends on baptismal date. Sister Emmanuella, and Nana Yaw. I haven't met a lot of our teaching pool yet, but I'm excited too. I can see clearly that the members here are actively engaged in sharing the gospel, which will be a fun thing to be a part of. 

D&C 58: 11; The marraige of the Lamb can represent the covenants we make with him. Will we attend the marraige? Will we participate in the Lord's supper and allow him to care for us and nourish us? Will we submit our will to him? Or will we decide to do things on our own, and try and take care of ourselves? Matthew 22:1-11 helps us to understand that our covenants, are our "ticket" to the wedding.

-Elder Willden

03/11/24

Only three more transfers to go!! I'm not sure if I will being staying here in Tamale or leaving. I am hoping I will stay though because we have some pretty cool friends we are teaching that are progressing, and there are mangos literally everywhere😂. Even tho its almost 110 degrees everyday and humid its worth it.

Last Sunday one of our members brotger Bless, who is studying at a Universiy just near our chapel, brought their friend brother Isaac to church. This week we went to go and start teaching him, and we were also able to start teaching their other friend, brother Noah. Both of them are very interested in the message, and came to church this Sunday. Both of them are already making a lot of friends in the branch and they have told us they will keep coming. When they learn with us as well they just love the things we are teaching them. It is also strengthening our member who referred them as he teaches them with us. 

This week was good. We really had success with getting our members involved in the missionary work. Our members Joe and Bless are really helping Noah and Isaac to progress. We were also able to have our member sister Dorcas come and see where our investigator sister Victoria stays and she helped us teach her. We were able to go and proselyte with Joe as well. He brought a powerful spirit into the lessons we taught and its cool to see the zeal has has to share the gospel. We also recieved a referral from our recent converts sister Ophilia and Cecilia. Her name is Regina and she just moved in with them cause she is going to a training college here in Tamale. She came to church yesterday and is excited to learn with us this week. 

John 14:18-19, 21, 23; As we keep the commandments and love Christ, the change that occurs within us is a manifestation of Christ within ourselves. Having Christ as our second comforter is different from feelings which come from the Holy Ghost. Matthew 11:28-30; As we yoke ourselves through covenants Christ will become our second comforter.

-Elder Willden

03/04/24

On Friday I was on exchange and we went to teach one of our investigators named Latifa. She wasn't in the house, but in her compound we met someome named Victoria. I had never seen her there before, but she was very friendly and we started talking to her. She had just come back from traveling. She accepted and invitation to church, and surprisingly came. We haven't been able to teach her yet but we will this week. It was also cool to see her become friends with one of our recent converts sister Dorcas at church. They are both from the same town. 

This week as we were teaching Moses and his wife Vivian. We have taught them about Temple Endwoment and Sealing, and also the nature of God, and a little bit about the falling away and restoration. They both are very excited about the message, and they have committed to coming to church this Sunday. I am very excited about these two. Moses has told us several times that this message is true and that he wants to follow it. We also had one of our members named Bless bring his friend Isaac to church. They attend the same college just near the chapel. He said he likes the church and will continue coming. We will start teaching him this week. Other than that the week was a little slow. We need to find more people and grow our teaching pool. We have a lot of people but none of them are progressing very fast. 

I also had exchanges with Elder Geyer (SoCal) and Elder Davies (Tooele) this week. They are both new missionaries and it was great to get out with them and see what they've learned and experienced so far on their mission. The way Elder Geyer was talking though killed me😂😂 using slangs I haven't hear before and talking like and American... it is not easy, I guess I've been in Ghana for awhile and the way I talk has changed. 

Isaiah 9:6-7; Jesus Christ is the law, and our example. The government being upon his shoulders does not just mean he will judge us, but that we are to follow his example, and attain his attributes. I also love when it says that his zeal will perform this. Christ is eager to perfect us. He doesn't give up or let up on our salvation. I want to always remember that whenever I am feeling "tired".

02/27/24

This week when I was on exchange with Elder Togba Jr, we went to go and visit with someone we knew named Jeremiah. He sat down with us, and we were just asking him questions and listening. He was sharing a lot about himself, and his experiences in life and he was getting comfortable with us. As we were talking with him, he slowly gained a desire to listen and learn from us. We were able to teach him about the nature of God. It was something he hadn't learned before but he loved it and said it is true. Hopefully when we go to teach him again, his wife will join us. At first his attitude was that he knew a lot, and had a lot. It was cool to see that attitude change as we asked him questions that caused him to think more deep. I don't think he would've listened to us, if we didn't listen to him.

This week was good. I really enjoyed our zone conference. The past two instructions the assistants have given is helping us a lot in our area, and I am grateful for that. We have a good amount of people in our teaching pool. Vivian and Moses, a married couple we found through our recent convert Dorcas, love what we have taught them and have a desire to come to church and follow the truth. I pray they will follow through. We have a few more people that also are making commitments to come and see at church. We will see who follows through for this month of March. I am also very happy for the growth and progress of our recent converts. They immersing themselves in the gospel and they are so happy.

Matthew 15:24 Jesus Christ was not sent just for the tribes of Isreal, but he is the messenger that brings the covenants he has made with the house of isreal to the world. Because of his coming we can all become part of his covenant people.

-Elder Willden

02/19/24

Its mango season in Ghana oooo. We dey enjoyment paaaaaa!!!🥭❤️

This week we went to go and visit our recent convert Dorcas, who had moved. We were able to find her house. She is staying in a compound, and her neighbors Moses and Vivian welcomed us. They sat down to talk with us and Dorcas, and as we got to know them they started asking us a lot of great questions. We ended up teaching them about Baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost. It was clear for Moses and his wife Vivian that they needed to be baptized again and recieve the Holy Ghost. He was asking us what he needs to do to fix his old baptism and make sure it's done properly. This week we will go and teach them about the restoration. 

We had a lot of cool miracles this past week. We also found a sister named Sandra when we went to visit someone me and Elder Sehi used to teach. When we met her she had immediate interest in why we are here and our message. Sister Latifa, one of our muslims friends told us she wants to switch to Christianity, and that she will adjust her work schedule to visit us at church. Hopefully she follows through. Yesterday we had the baptism for Ophilia. It was a happy day. She has put in a lot of effort to get to the baptismal font and I know she will be a very strong member in the church. Brother Salifu, a muslim man we are teaching who is married to a Christian, came to church to see the baptismal service as well. A man we didn't know named brother Fred also showed up to church and told us he wants to start coming to worship with us. 

Alma 5:57 If you want to follow the lost sheep, you will become lost. This does not mean we should hate the ones who are lost, we still love them and invite them to come into the fold. When sheep have their Shepherd, they are clean, well kept, and taken care of. When sheep are wandering and lost, they are filthy, and unclean.

-Elder Willden

02/12/24

This week we met a lady named Abigail through service. She had a motorbike and it was stuck in the sand. My companion helped her to take it out and she left. The next day we passed by her without knowing and she called us over. We got to talk with her and set an appointment. Abigail is very deep into apostasy, but she has definitely never had anyone teach her anything about the bible before. The lesson we had was powerful, and she was stunned at some of the things we were teaching her. It was awesome.

We are finishing up teaching Ophelia and we will baptize her this Sunday. We are excited to also invite our other investigators to come and see the baptism. Hopefully it will spark a desire for them to come to church. We have a good amount of people in our teaching pool again too which I am happy about. 

Some of the apostasy in Ghana actually upsets me sometimes. The way these pastors scam these good people. Not only that but the devil has a grip on a lot of people's hearts too. It is not easy.

John 7:16 The message we bear as missionaries is not ours, but it is from our Father in Heaven. This means we represent Him at all times. The way we teach, act, and look are extremely important. We should always seek to invite the Spirit as our third companion. 

I really need to do some 🏌‍♂️⛳️ and 🎣 this year.

-Elder Willden

02/06/24

I am going to spend almost a year of my mission in the middle east.😁🕌🕋☪️

This week we were able to meet with someone named Angelina we had quickly contacted last week while we were moving to an appointment. When we came to teach, she ended up having a great profile and she has been spiritually prepared. We were able to have a great lesson with her about baptism. We look forward to teaching her more this week.

This week was great. We were able to teach two new people before we went to Kumasi for mlc. We have a lot of people we will get to go and teach this week, and we look forward to finding more. We have become good friends with Ophelias and and things are moving along for her. 

We have three new missionaries in our zone from the USA that just started their mission. Their trainers are good, and I'm excited to see what the missionaries in our zone can do this transfer!! When we were in Kumasi to pick them up, until we reached Tamale, they were nervous. I can tell all three will be great missionaries though. It made me reflect on when I first came to the mission and they threw me in a tro tro going to Nkawkaw. I was in shock lol I didn't even want to talk to anyone. These guys are definitely more prepared than I was.

Deuteronomy 32:4 The light of Christ which we all have, will help us to judge rightously through our challenges, and circumstances. When we need to make judgment we should always turn to him. His work is perfect, he is just and right. Studying his word can help us to feel his influence and see his example. 

-Elder Willden

01/29/24

This week is transfers, which means MLC in Kumasi... which means 🍔🍕🍝🍗😁

This week we felt prompted to do some house to house finding just close to the chapel. Me and Elder Dube had spent a lot of time in this area, but saw little success. As we went there in hopes to find someone that the Lord had prepared, we met a man named Salifu. His wife is a Christian and they have four kids who go to church with their mother. We just let him talk to us that day and we were able to get to know him well. The next day when we came he told us more about why he is a muslim. He asked us great questions, and we were able to teach him about the nature of God. 

This week we had success in our finding. We have found that while we are finding here, the approach is very important. We have really worked on building relationships when we first meet people. This has really helped us, and while doing so we can also get a good profile of the person. We haven't been teaching on first contact, or talking a lot. Rather we have just been telling people who we are and what we do and then helping them with what they are doing, and letting them do most of the talking. We then ask them when we can come again and get a return appointment to come and teach. It has been good for me to learn. Before I was more focused on sharing a message right when I meet people, but when there's no trust or relationship. When people feel that you don't care you just want to preach to them, and that effects the way they will progress most of the time. Ophelia is still on baptismal date for February 11 and I am so happy about that. We have been teaching her for awhile now, and she has grown a lot. She has taken courage to tell her aunt what she wants, and her prayers have also been answered and her aunts heart has softened. 

D&C 56: 2-3 Taking up our cross has a strong connection to obedience. It is to sacrifice our own will, and to obey our Father in heaven. It may be hard sometimes, but the outcome will always be far greater than anything we can get on our own. 

In my studies this week I also came to see that taking up your cross means to take responsibility for your own sins, and do something about it.

-Elder Willden

01/22/24

This week we had Opheilia at church for the first time and she loved it! She came with her friends and told us all the things she loved about the church and about the friends she made. She also told us she has a friend who wanrs to come to church with her aswell. We also had our recent convert Dorcas tell us she is going to bring her sister to church and that we should teach her. She just moved to Tamale.

We have people we are teaching that have been slow to progress. We need to give more time to finding this week and build our teaching pool. 

This week me and elder Gboro were playing around on the bikes and I caused him to fall. Sorry elder Gboro 😢. He got some nice cuts and bruises from the bike but hes all good. Hopefully he will forgive me soon.😁

John 1:8-9 When we become more like Christ we bear witness of his light to others. 

-Elder Willden

01/15/24

Today we went to see our friend Ophelia and her aunt. Ophelia is 15 she stays next to a member family and we have known her for awhile. She stays with her aunt who is muslim and hasn't allowed her to come to church when she has asked. Her aunt had travelled for awhile but she came back yesterday. We had invited Ophelia to pray and ask God that her aunts heart would soften. When we came to talk to her, Ophelias prayers were answered. Her aunt said she would be fine if she comes to church with their neighbors and she also opened up to us and told us about her family and why she is muslim. We will go back and talk with her more and hopefully teach her.

On the bicycle I nearly SMACKED a sheep today. Luckily I dodged it and only hit the leg. It resulted in a lot of laughing for me and my companion.😂

We had our friends Rawda and Georgina at church. It turns out that Rawda will take a little more time to progress than we thought. We will help her with her concerns. We had zone conference, and exchanges with the assistants this week and it was awesome. We learned a lot, and have started applying those things and it is helping us in our area. 

I love these people in Ghana like my family.❤️

Alma 7:11-12 The only way that Christ could be full of mercy and succor his people is by experiencing all that they have experienced. I know that he knows us perfectly. Our weaknesses, our strengths. He knows when we are hurt or struggling. He is always there for us if we turn to him. The only thing keeping us from his mercy, love, forgiveness, and grace, is ourselves. He will strengthen us in times of need.

-Elder Willden

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01/08/24

This week we went to visit a district council in Bolgatanga, and have an exchange with some of the Elders there. We went up Monday, and came back Tuesday. Bolga is a cool place, and we had a great exchange there. There are actually a lot of Christians there which is nice, because I am literally serving in the middle east right now lol (Tamale).🕌🏜

In Bolga, and in Tamale, we ate some interesting food this week. I will send pics and vids when I can.😢

This week I had exchanges with: 

Elder Tikonavuloa🇫🇯

Elder Salire🇵🇭

Elder Tuhod🇵🇭

Me and Elder Tikonavuloa on exchange met a man named Abdul Atif. He told us he visited the church years ago here, and in Kanvilli, multiple times. He said he was going to come this Sunday. Yesterday he showed up, and after church he told us he had questions for us. He told us he has been searching for answers to questions concerning the Godhead for years and hasn't found them. He even told us his muslim father handed him a bible as he was dying and told him to search for the truth. We were able to answer his questions, and give him the Book of Mormon to read about the plan of salvation in 2 Nephi chapter 2. It was so cool how we were able to cross paths with this honest seeker of truth. The Lord knew he wanted it, and helped him find it. He even was the one who stopped us as we were riding our bikes to our appointment when we met him. 

This week was filled with miracles. As I have been praying and working to develop my love for the people, I have felt love from my Father in Heaven. That in turn has caused me to have a deeper love for the people. I am grateful for Elder Gboro and his love for the people as well. One of our recent converts has a daughter who came to stay with them for the holidays, her name is Rawda and she is 16. During that time we taught her and developed a strong friendship with her. When she returned to her dad's house for school this week, she had to come back to stay with her mother because of abuse from her dad. Because of this she will now stay with her mother who is part of a very strong family of members. We will now be able to baptize her now she is out of the muslim household. I also had an amazing experience bearing testimony of the Book of Mormon this week to another muslim friend. Elser Packer taught that we often find our testimony when we bear it. That is true. I know he felt the truth, but he was very hesitant to follow because of his household. I feel so bad that islam culture blocks these people from following truth even if they want to. 

We still have sister Ataa on baptismal date, but it will be tough to teach her because of language barriers. Luckily we have members who will clutch up for translation!

1 Nephi 10: 17-19. Power in teaching comes by our faith. When people feel that power and truth, they desire it for themselves. 

-Elder Willden

01/01/24

It's always a busy week up in Tamale. We had exchanges this week. I was able to go with Elder Beavers (Orem Utah) and Elder Kabeya (Congo). We had a great time. We were able to have great teaching appointments, and experience miracles. Elder Gboro also never fails to make me laugh in the apartment. We are always dancing haha. 🕺😂

We are having a unity in the zome right now which is awesome. All of us missionaries are like brothers and sisters. It is great!

On Tuesday Elder Gboro and I went to see one of our friends named Kadija. As we got there we met a man named Abdul Razack. It turns out he has had a pretty rough life. He opened up to us, and we were able to use a Book of Mormon verse (Alma 7:11-12) to give him comfort and hope. The next day, on exchange I went there with Elder Beavers. We were able to have a powerful lesson about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon.

On Wednesday me and Elder Kabeya tried to call a member to help us find someone, and we accidentally called a contact in our phone with the same name and found a long lost member named Maa Fati. We set an appointment and visited her that day. We were able to get to know her, and her needs. We are praying we can help her back to church.

We are having success finding, and building relationships in the christian area that we found. A lot of our friends are keeping commitments which they have made. I am very grateful for Elder Gboro and his example to me. He has a great love for the people, and he is even helping me to grow my love for them as well. We have also been seeing inactive members during the week as much as possible. There are members here that would be blessed if they start keeping their covenants again.

Psalm 19:7 "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple". Recently I have felt an importance of bearing testimony while teaching. When we share our sure knowledge (testimony) the Holy Ghost will confirm the truth. Then people face a choice of whether or not they will plant that seed in their heart and gain that knowledge for themselves. Alma 32 has also helped me understand the importance of nourishing our testimony as well.

I love and miss you all.🫂❤️ Sorry my messenger has been broken...💔

-Elder Willden

12/25/23

Merry Christmas everyone!  We had an awesome branch activity to celebrate on Saturday. Hopefully I can get some pics and vids from it to send next week! 

This week we met someone named sister Grace by helping her chase goats out of her yard which was pretty funny. After that we talked with her and she was asking questions about what we did and why we were here. We were able to start teaching her and she asked a lot of amazing questions. She has now traveled for the holidays. I feel she will continue to keep commitments when she is back.

We had a lot of success through service this week. It was nice to serve people out of love with no expectations to share anything. People naturally were asking questions wanting to know who we are, and what we are doing here. It led to us getting return appointments to teach most of those we served, and even people around them. In our area we have a few people coming to church for the past few weeks, but they have some things that will block them from being baptized. We are praying those blocks will remove, but they may take time. We have also been able to find more people that I believe will progress towards baptism. We are also going to work with Bargainton to overcome his challenges with his mother, and I believe he will be baptized this transfer. 

Alma 31:38 helped me to understand rhat put afflictions can be swallowed up in the joy of Christ, only if we allow them. If we focus on our afflictions, we will become negative, selfish, and sometimes even angry. I think a huge part of allowing the joy of Christ to swallow our afflictions is gratutude. If we fail to see, or recognize blessings, of course we will be unhappy through hard times. 

Elder Willden

12/18/23

Transfer happened, and Elder Dube left me. I will for sure miss Elder Dube. He is a great missionary and a good friend. My new companion is Elder Gboro from Nigeria. He is a great missionary and a funny guy. He can call goats and it is the funniest thing ever.😂😂 We went to Kumasi this week for the mlc, and transfers. I love going there cause I can get whatever food I need. #Kumerica

On Tuesday this week we had planned for some finding time. We found a place and said a prayer and then went to find. We both felt to knock doors at a certain compound. As we were knocking the doors, we met a man named Morris. We could tell he has been making some poor decisions in life, and he was nervous that we were going to tell him all he is doing wrong. We were able to share with him Alma 7: 11-12. When we read that with him, he lit up, and it was like he had found hope. He then.asked us how he could come unto Christ, which led perfectly into talking about covenants. We set a return appointment, and came back and taught about covenants. 

This week was a good week. We found a couple of new places in our area with a lot of homes, and a lot of Christians. Those that we have met and contacted so far have been interested in our message. I feel like profiling, and spiritual sensitivity, can really help us here in Tamale as we begin teaching people. On Wednesday night, we stopped by the chapel, and to our surprise, Barginton had come for seminary. Our seminary teacher told us that he started coming this week. While we haven't been seeing him, the Spirit has still been working on him. When we were teaching Kadija, on of their neighbors names Georgina came and joined us, and was asking a lot of questions about baptism. She too has high potential. I am excited about this new seven week transfer with Elder Gboro.

Mosiah 24:16 was a scripture I came across this week which gave me great comfort. Our faith in the Lord and our patience will help us to draw closer to God, and it will invite the powers of Heaven into our life. God will deliver us in His own due time if we press forward. 

-Elder Willden

12/11/23

This week when we went to go and teach our friend Kadija, her mother came to join us, and actually asked us if we can help her to get baptized. It gave us and opportunity to teach her mother as well. Her name is sister Sarah. She too wants to learn with us, and visit church. She just gave birth and cannot go out of the house with the baby until mid Jaunary. We were able to talk with her about supporting Kadija in making this covenant as well as teaching her to progress towards baptism. We are really praying sister Sarah will follow her daughter. We were also able to put Kadija on baptismal date that day.

Kadija was the only friend we had come to church this week. We also had success working with members and teaching recent converts. Teaching one recent convert a day has helped us to also find new friends to teach. We have also been able to locate and contact a couple of inactive priesthood holders in our branch this week and one of them came to church and actually expressed desires to start coming to church weekly again. We will continue to minister to them. 

In the JST of Matthew 16:25-29 we learn that for man to "take up his cross" means "to deny himself all ungodliness, and every worldly lust, and keep my commandments." When we are willing to give everything we have to God, even our favorite sins, that is when we will find eternal life, joy and happiness. As soon as we turn from God, and do not take up our cross, we will lose our life, whether it be now, or later. Do not trade eternal joy and happiness, for a short term thrill or excitement. It takes discipline and love to take up your cross.

-Elder Willden

12/02/23     Light the World in Ghana 

Light the World was amazing. They did the kickoff for it inn Ghana here in Tamale for the first time... in our area. It was legit. Over 800 bags of food for two weeks were given to non-members in need. It was a special thing to be apart of!!❤️‍🔥

With light the world this week, we were able to pick five of our non member friend's to recieve a food bag. We chose a single mother, named Charity, whose kids are all members. She was very grateful and it softened her heart to learn more with us. She has actually come to church before a long time ago, but doesn't like to come because of her health conditions. She has the means to come to church though if she really desired to. It would bless her and her family a lot if she were to progress towards baptism. There are also a lot of members that stay nearby that would strengthen her.

We had our friend Kadija at church this Sunday. She came with one of our members who stays nearby her house. We were also able to have two of our friends Natasha and Ata at church. The light the world event softened their hearts, and they told us they have desires to make and keep covenants after we taught them yesterday. I'm grateful for the members and their efforts to also strengthen the branch and help with the missionary work.

Recently I studied in Mosiah 2. King Benjamin invites his people to serve others and be thankful in all things, as well as to humble themselves before God, and serve others. There was power in his invitation because he is a perfect example of someone who condescends below others, and is thankful in all things, and by doing that, he found joy and happiness, and it brought peace to his people.

-Elder Willden

11/27/23

This week we had someone who believed in the Book of Mormon, but was trying to use it to bash us and prove the trinity, it was nonsense. It was obvious that he would not understand, and we spent as little time with him as we could. It felt good to leave him with my testimony. After someone bashes us I always feel like I just waste that time, but something good came out of it. We went to see our friend Manfred later that day. He was asking questions about why the Bible is hard for him to understand. Elder Dube used a scripture I had qouted to the basher, Jacob 4:14, to answer his question perfectly. We then were able to testify of the Book of Mormon. It felt a lot better when we bore testimony and the person was listening.

This week was another rough week. We are hitting the reset button. None of our people are really progressing. Even Barginton came to a halt this week. He didn't attend church for two weeks, and them we spent a lot of time on teaching him to keep the sabbath day holy and attending church weekly last weekend. He committed to attending church weekly. He didn't show up to church the next day, and then we got a text saying he won't be baptized. Me and Elder Dube have decided to really focus on the 9 points of finding, and profiling people deeply. We feel that will help the work move forward here. We feel like we have been working hard, but not as smart as we can be. 

As I studied 1 Corinthians 2, combined with Mosiah 3:19 and the Gospel Principles book, I found a wonderful insight that helped me to understand the gift of the Holy Ghost better. The Holy Ghost can bring understanding to us, that the spirit of man would never be able to comprehend. If we soften our heart, seek, and desire the Holy Ghost, it teaches our spirit how to understand and do the things of God. This is sanctification. The words "recieve the Holy Ghost" have a deeper meaning. We have to continuelly "recieve" the Holy Ghost throughout life to be sanctified.

-Elder Willden

11/20/23

On Thursday I was on exchange with Elder Udombenge. While knocking doors we met a young father named Christopher. It is obvious he loves his family. We taught him about covenants, but his interests started to fade at the end of the lesson. Me and Elder Dube came back on Saturday and taught him about eternal families, and temples. He was very interested in being sealed to his family and was excited to learn more. 

This week was somehow rough, but good! A lot of the people we found don't seem to be very serious. A lot of the people we are teaching have committed to coming to church, but the past two weeks no one has come. We have decided to really try and find serious people this week, especially families. Time for the find grind. We hope that our prayer of faith will be answered. We have also decided to give Barginton and his aunt Elizabeth a little space. He knows what we are teaching is true, and he knows he needs to be baptized, but for him there is no urgency. He has even committed to come to church weekly, but is putting priority on other things. I pray the Spirit will work on him. His little brother Elton is counting on him. I'm excited for what this week has in store. Me and Elder Dube have been discussing what we can do or change in order to get our friends excited about coming to church and spark a desire.

Doctrine and Covenants 123:16 Even small things can make a huge difference when the storms of life come. We need to build good habits so when they do come, we stay strong. Tighten the loose screws.

-Elder Willden