Thursday, December 14, 2017

Repentance is Postive

11/27/17

Hello everyone! Zimbabwe is good. I like rainy season because the landscaping changes from brown to green and the flowers bloom but the rain also means lots of nasty bugs, frogs and snakes. It's OK, it is fun to dance in the rain anyway.

Here is a little bit about a few of the amazing people we are teaching right now:

Blessing:
Blessing is a sweet 14 year old girl. She is a relative to members and she moved from her home to stay with them for school. She has come to church every Sunday since she has been here in Gweru (about 6 weeks.) She is getting baptized this Saturday.

Max:
Max is a relative to the stake patriarch! He has been coming to church since August (I can't believe it) but we have been teaching him although he is busy with work and we can't see him a lot. Max understands everything we teach perfectly. He understood that Joseph Smith is not the founder of our church but "rebuilt Jesus Christ's original church." A lot of people don't get that at first.... We are going to teach him about The Book of Mormon this week and hopefully he can be baptized soon although he does not have a date yet.

Br. Milton:
The Lord is preparing the hearts of these people. Milton, one of our dear investigators first contacted the elders at the chapel. He came inside the gate and said, "Can anyone come to this church?" And they said, "it says visitors welcome!" So he came to church that Sunday and he was so excited. He even bought himself a set of scriptures. We finally were able to meet with him this past week and he told us how he felt like the truth was missing from all of these other churches. He said that these churches just accept sin and don't tell members they need to improve anything. Milton said he felt peaceful the second after we said the prayer and started a lesson with him. He knows that he needs to take this life seriously and be baptized is what he said. His baptism is on the 10th of December. Another cool thing about Milton is that he was in the military for 22 years so all the time we listen to his crazy war stories. 

Touching Moment:
We were getting to know this new investigator and we told him that our purpose as missionaries is "to invite others unto Christ by helping them to have Faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, Repenting, Being Baptized, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the End." He then asked, "How do I repent?" This young man could not even look us into the eyes but only looked down at the ground almost the entire lesson. Feeling much compassion and empathy for him, I also felt so much love for our Savior, Jesus Christ as we told him the steps of repentance and that if he does these things, his sins would be wiped away and they would be remembered no more-even the serious ones. There is hope and peace in repentance. It is always positive.

I love you all! #Stayblessed

Pictures:
1) The Book of Mormon
2) I am going to miss them fighting over who gets to plait my hair.
3) @ the hair salon- the aftermath
4) Kudakwashe- getting baptized this Saturday
5) Baby Helaman.

























-- 
Love,
Sister Beckstead

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