Hoi familie!!
Sorry for the lateness of the email.. I guess it's still
monday, but since I do it so early usually, it feels late!! Interesting
to think that you all are up and about right now! But wow, I have been
busy, preparing for tomorrow, which like stefi I'll be able to go to the
temple! As a zone leader we have added responsibility and what not that
we have to do, but it's all good! Everything is done! And i'm really
looking forward to going to the temple tomorrow, just excited to be able to
relax, to be able to think, and to be able to pray for my investigators in that
holy place. Pretty much when I start emailing you all, I have a lot of
different things I would like to share, and tell you about, but when I start
typing the only things that come too mind, are the updates and expiriences with
investigators! So sorry that all my emails are all kind of the same
style, but hey, it's what's on my mind and it seems like you all don't mind =)
I'll start with Sonia and Martinez. I really had some
sacred expiriences with them this past week.. really some neat stuff has
happened. I don't even know if I could put into words the expiriences and
I wonder and ask myself if I should even try! But needless to say, the
committment has been extended for them to marry this week. To go to the
city center, either tuesday or wednesday, and seal the deal.. I'm planning for,
hoping for, PRAYING for the 29th of April for this family to be baptized.. and
I have the faith that it will.. so keep them in your prayers, I know pray
works, and I know that when many people pray for the same thing it adds power,
so all who read this, please pray for sonia and Martinez! This past week
we had a couple of appointments with them, and for one of them, earlier on in
the week, we were late, so it was just sonia home.. so we talk, we talk about
martinez how's he doing and what not, and Sonia has been very active in giving
him in her words "an earful" (but in dutch =P) in going to the city
center and signing the papers so they can be legally married. But she
bore her testimony to me, relating events that have happened over the past
couple of months starting with our first appointment clear back in december,
and she closed by saying, "I can honestly testify, that this is the true
church, I can honestly testify..." Wow, just imagine how I was
feeling, the missionary, the friend that has expirienced literally everything
with her, I haven't missed a single appointment, seeing how far she has come..
just an amazing feeling came over me, just joy and happiness for her.. I
immediatley thought about the scripture in D&C 18: 15-16.. I can truly
testify that this text is true! When I look back on my mission, when I
think of all the people that I've met and helped come closer to Christ, I just
feel such joy and happiness! So that was a pretty cool appointment,
pretty neat especially since we were on exchanges and I was showing an elder on
his first transfer around for the day, and our schedule for the day was Sonia,
Isaac, Jen, monique, Charles and Nana.. all the people who have been baptized
or preparing themselves to be baptized soon, really neat, because every
appointment just went really really well, and after, driving to the next
appointment I had the opportunity to share with this elder the stories of these
people.. just a neat moment of being in leadership.
Also this past saturday, we had our "Surinamse"
party with Sonia, Martinez, there children, monique came, simon came, Jen was
there, the antwerpen sisters were there, and another member.. we started our
day at 12:00, met Sonia and Martinez at Antwerpen Centraal, then went shopping
with them, went to all these african stores, (never would have gone in them
before) then we went to the church, and I learned how to make some surinamse
food! It took about 3 hours to cook and all, but it was super legit, then
we listened to Jeffrey R. Hollands talk from this past conference, and that's
when I committed them to get married this week! Spent a total of 6 hours
with them on saturday! A little unorthodox, but a really great day, and
all 4 of them were at church yesterday.
Charles, has been a little shaky with appointments, because
of his situation, but he really wants to be baptized, he has his testimony, and
he also was in church yesterday, were wanting to move his date up to the 28th
of April, which we think and know he can make. And Nana, wow, he has been
reading and praying, and really growing with every lessen, were excited for
him, and he should be baptized in May, along with Isaac Boakye's friend, Isaac,
we set a baptismal date with him, after watching the restoration dvd, Isaac is
a pro joint teach now, so solid, and explains things so clearly now, really is
wonderful to see..
Those are the updates with the most positive investigators
here in my city, other than with investigators, I'm doing just great, my
companion and I, even though we see very little of each other, always on
exchanges it seems like! We have really figured things out teaching wise
really fast, and he's a great guy, really enjoy Elder Van Overbeek, were still
trying to find the good balance of having fun and being serious! Fun is
winning out ha ha but were doing great, love this place, love my mission, and
thanks so much for all your prayers and support! love you all so much!
Elder Mohrman
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