September 19th 2011

Another week… its not fare how fast things are going haha (but we all know life is not fare don’t we dad? Haha) but I got some interesting news yesterday morning, so elder Towne and I are staying together for at least another 6 weeks (he will be only my second companion that I have had for 2 transfers) but the interesting part is that we are getting 2 more elders in Rocky Mount for 6 weeks. This is both there last transfer out here on their mission and they are coming to help the work to really get going. So the ward and us are excited about that. Another great thing is that we are going to share a car with them! Just in time eh? Now that summer is done haha.

But on too how the last week went, and the biggest news is still William and Nate, there both doing great and in one week we were able to teach them: the restoration, the plan of salvation, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the word of wisdom, obedience and a few commandments like keeping the Sabbath day holy, reading the scriptures everyday and praying often, and they are loving it. They have both received answers to there prayers about if the book of Mormon was true or not.

First I will talk about Nate’s experiences and how he got his answer, so he was praying to know if it was true and after his prayer a song came on the radio that he took as his answer (I still have to ask what song it was) then he was going to work and he works at a coffee shop, so before he started work he was looking at what he could have from the menu and as he is looking he says “well I can't have coffee or tea so what can I have?” the lady next to him asks why he can't he tells her that he is becoming a member of the LDS church. After he tells her this the lady just burst into tears…. But not in a good way she starts telling him that this is not a good path to go down and stuff like that, so he takes her off to the side and she just goes into why he shouldn’t become a member. He said that he couldn’t stop smiling the entire time because every thing she was telling him he already knew wasn’t true, like the big one was that we weren’t Christians. He thought it was the funniest thing because the way he put it was “it was like she was telling me that, that wall (he points at a wall) is not a wall, I know it’s a wall no matter what she says” so that was great and he is just so happy.

Then we have William, he was introduced to the church by his girlfriend and went to church with her. Then she moved to Salt Lake and he moved here to play college baseball. The way he came to know these things are true is because a few days before he came to church for the first time he was having a really hard time and then he made it to church and everything got better and he says he is so much more happy and has a lot more peace. So he knows its true as well and has read most of the Book of Mormon all ready and just really wants to become a member. Then we asked him how is family feels about all of this and he tells us there not big fans of it but he knows its true and he really wants it so he is going to keep on with it. He and Nate have both been progressing wonderfully. One reason they both love it is because they both come from Baptist backgrounds and they both really didn’t like the fear they use. They love the feeling they get in the true church and are both really looking forward to their baptismal date.

The work is going great and the Lord is really helping us out. It's just amazing to me.

Thank you all so much for all your prayers they really help!

I hope you all have a great week and are staying safe!

Elder MAUGHAN   [-_-] _|,,| I love you