Email #31
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi
Hey Everyone,
Another good week and this week went by faster than last week!! Transfers are next week and we have a zone conference this Saturday is my greeny first one on mission, so he is really excited for that!! Wow I remember my first one, haha not too long ago actually! Time really is going and it isn't waiting for me and just keeps going like that!!! It really does feel like yesterday that I was in the airport and meeting all the other Elders and traveling on the plane for miles and miles. Finally getting the MTC and just really enjoying the time that I have!! For those that wish that they were just all grown up and just on their own you better think twice about that, because becoming an adult with responsibilities and stress and all these crazy things is just something that makes you wish that you could go back and do it all over again!!!! Take time to appreciate how young you are and don't jump to the end. Enjoy the journey that takes you there!!!
We didn't get to do the service this week because the branch president canceled for some reasons, but hopefully that we will be able to do it in the near future!! We did get to clean that members car and she really appreciated it haha! It was a BMW so I enjoyed cleaning it haha!!! She came out saying that it looked brand new, so we did our job on cleaning the car!!! We have some more promising investigators and they continue to progress and make more return appointments with us so that makes us really happy!!!! Baptisms are this week so that is something that we are looking forward to and we should have 4 so that will be a great turn out if all of them make it!!!
Elder Bryner
Monday, June 2, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Investigators progressing, finding others and doing the Lord's work through service
Email #30
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi
Hey Everyone,
Another week came and gone. It goes fast until Thursday and then it feels like an entire month the rest of the week. But now it is finally a new week. We had a good week. We did a ton of finding because a lot of our progressing investigators are being baptized and we need more new and better people!! We had stake conference yesterday and it was a huge hit. There were so many people there and we had some investigators come as well. There are two that are on date and three that are not. So that experience was definitely needed for both of them!! We had a good lesson with Amanda and her family, the lady that owns the crush. She said to us that they read the Book of Mormon together and that every time that they open the book and just read a chapter, it speaks about baptism and repentance. So they said that it may be a sign that God is answering their prayers about whether or not to be baptized. So that was something that we have been waiting for. It has been some time now that we have been teaching them and it just keeps getting better and better each time that we go and visit with them!!!
We have been finding this past week and the members are also working and will soon have some referrals for us hopefully!! It goes so much easier when we get referrals, because they actually progress and want to hear the truth. We are teaching that one guy that I talked about last week now and is on date for the 8th of June. That will be 5 being baptized on that day, so the work is going well!!!!
We painted a less actives home this past week and we are going this week to finish up! We are also painting her sisters home as well this week. We have more service to do at the crush where we did last time and that will definitely help Amanda and her family!!!! We are also washing a members car this week as well, so we are loaded and busy with service. No complaints, because it helps the time just go like that!!! My companion and I are really getting along and just laugh with each other about the dumbest things. Other than that not much else this week so have a good one and know that the Lord loves you!!
Elder Bryner
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi
Hey Everyone,
Another week came and gone. It goes fast until Thursday and then it feels like an entire month the rest of the week. But now it is finally a new week. We had a good week. We did a ton of finding because a lot of our progressing investigators are being baptized and we need more new and better people!! We had stake conference yesterday and it was a huge hit. There were so many people there and we had some investigators come as well. There are two that are on date and three that are not. So that experience was definitely needed for both of them!! We had a good lesson with Amanda and her family, the lady that owns the crush. She said to us that they read the Book of Mormon together and that every time that they open the book and just read a chapter, it speaks about baptism and repentance. So they said that it may be a sign that God is answering their prayers about whether or not to be baptized. So that was something that we have been waiting for. It has been some time now that we have been teaching them and it just keeps getting better and better each time that we go and visit with them!!!
We have been finding this past week and the members are also working and will soon have some referrals for us hopefully!! It goes so much easier when we get referrals, because they actually progress and want to hear the truth. We are teaching that one guy that I talked about last week now and is on date for the 8th of June. That will be 5 being baptized on that day, so the work is going well!!!!
We painted a less actives home this past week and we are going this week to finish up! We are also painting her sisters home as well this week. We have more service to do at the crush where we did last time and that will definitely help Amanda and her family!!!! We are also washing a members car this week as well, so we are loaded and busy with service. No complaints, because it helps the time just go like that!!! My companion and I are really getting along and just laugh with each other about the dumbest things. Other than that not much else this week so have a good one and know that the Lord loves you!!
Elder Bryner
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Monday, May 19, 2014
Baptisms... and seeing the fruits of our labors
Email #29
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi
Hey Everyone,
Great week, but kinda slow! no worries because we had a baptism!!! Yeah the first one in a while. I sent some pics home so hope you enjoy!! Brother Mfano and Lucille Mbonambi were the two that were baptized and they are married and have 2 children. One is 4 and the other one is 14 and attends another church, but now that his parents have found the true church and have made covenants it is just a matter of time. The son will find the truth and join his family!!! There was another man baptized and he was a white guy. You will never find a white guy in a township, but the one that was in Cosmo City we found him. The other Elders were the ones who taught him, but it was amazing to witness such a thing. They each have such powerful testimonies and now they are part of the kingdom!! We have more baptisms coming on June 8th. We might have 6 and the other elders might have 2. So now we are going to have to go and do more finding and many more referrals from members. We have found that the best way to find the best investigators is thought the members and that way they have someone to fellowship them as well!! The work is really starting to progress now and we are finally seeing the fruits of our labors!!! The church is true and there is no doubt in my mind about that. We went to a lady that has Thyroid cancer and we gave her a blessing. She will just have to have faith that the meds that she takes and the hand and power of God she may be healed from such a terrible trial. We also gave a priesthood blessing to the daughter of the people who were baptized. She was developing tonsillitis or however you spell it, but she wasn't able to talk when we went to give her the blessing. When we came back 2 days later, it was like that she was never even sick in the first place. I see the hand of God in every aspect of my life and I pray that he never ceases to put His hand in all of our lives!!!! Training is going so well and I am definitely enjoying it so much. It does take patience, because of the things that he asks are just common sense, but hey who am I to compare I asked the same questions to my trainer as well!!!!
Another random person showed to church and said that they want to be baptized. The day of the baptism on this past Sunday, he was there and he said "Is there any way that I could be baptized with those people?" So God is just placing people in our lap and it just makes the work so much easier. One of the guys that was baptized Peter, the white guy is just giving us referral after referral which is so so nice!!!! The food is great and I don't mind just eating rice and chicken now hhahahah!!!!
Love,
Elder Bryner
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi
Hey Everyone,
Great week, but kinda slow! no worries because we had a baptism!!! Yeah the first one in a while. I sent some pics home so hope you enjoy!! Brother Mfano and Lucille Mbonambi were the two that were baptized and they are married and have 2 children. One is 4 and the other one is 14 and attends another church, but now that his parents have found the true church and have made covenants it is just a matter of time. The son will find the truth and join his family!!! There was another man baptized and he was a white guy. You will never find a white guy in a township, but the one that was in Cosmo City we found him. The other Elders were the ones who taught him, but it was amazing to witness such a thing. They each have such powerful testimonies and now they are part of the kingdom!! We have more baptisms coming on June 8th. We might have 6 and the other elders might have 2. So now we are going to have to go and do more finding and many more referrals from members. We have found that the best way to find the best investigators is thought the members and that way they have someone to fellowship them as well!! The work is really starting to progress now and we are finally seeing the fruits of our labors!!! The church is true and there is no doubt in my mind about that. We went to a lady that has Thyroid cancer and we gave her a blessing. She will just have to have faith that the meds that she takes and the hand and power of God she may be healed from such a terrible trial. We also gave a priesthood blessing to the daughter of the people who were baptized. She was developing tonsillitis or however you spell it, but she wasn't able to talk when we went to give her the blessing. When we came back 2 days later, it was like that she was never even sick in the first place. I see the hand of God in every aspect of my life and I pray that he never ceases to put His hand in all of our lives!!!! Training is going so well and I am definitely enjoying it so much. It does take patience, because of the things that he asks are just common sense, but hey who am I to compare I asked the same questions to my trainer as well!!!!
Another random person showed to church and said that they want to be baptized. The day of the baptism on this past Sunday, he was there and he said "Is there any way that I could be baptized with those people?" So God is just placing people in our lap and it just makes the work so much easier. One of the guys that was baptized Peter, the white guy is just giving us referral after referral which is so so nice!!!! The food is great and I don't mind just eating rice and chicken now hhahahah!!!!
Love,
Elder Bryner
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| Elder Compton & Elder Ajei with the new members |
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| Elder Bryner dancing with the kids at the preschool (crush) |
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