Everything is going really well here in the Congo! It's a little hot as usual but I'm loving it all the same! It sounds like you all got quite a bit of rain. I have not lived through the rainy season yet, but hopefully I will get to experience one quite soon! I would like to say thank you to all of the people who emailed me; I can't tell you how much it means to me when I open up my email and I get to see all the people who emailed me!
But as far as this week it went really well! We have a
lot of solid amis who are doing very very well! Alex was just baptized this
last week and it was a really good service that we were able to have! She was
really excited and her Mom and Grandma were even able to come to the baptismal
service! Also, we were able to talk with Jean and his wife and we had a really
good rendez-vous. Here in Pointe Noire the church is really badly understood
and many think that people are sacrificed and were are a church of magicians; as we all know none of that is true! But Jean had a friend from a former
church come and talk to him and say all of these bad things about the church
and Jean told us how he told his friend that this church does not do those things and
that this is the true church. He told us how when he talks with us and when he
comes to church, he feels like he is at home and that he is really on the path
that God wants him to be upon.
All of our other amis are doing really well also! Our
amis are kinda going down because we have been baptizing so we are on the
search for people that God has prepared for us!
But I thought I would share a little story today. It is a
story that Beri Mon Ami shared in his talk. He talked about a young boy and how
he used to pray with his parents every night. But when the boy was five years
old, both of his parents died. But he still knew that he needed to pray
everyday. As he went to school every day, he kneeled down in the same spot and he
prayed to God, but when he spoke he said the alphabet. He started with a b c d
and said it all until z and then he got up and went to school. When he would
come back from school, he would kneel down in the same spot and he would say the
alphabet again. A man noticed this and one day he walked to the boy and asked
him why he said the alphabet. The boy replied that his parents had died and
they hadn't had the chance to teach him how to pray, so he kneeled down and said
the alphabet. But he said that God will take these letters and he will make
words and he will put these words into sentences because I know that He knows
the will of my heart and what I feel and what I want to say to Him. I really like this because it shows how we need to just
pray with our heart and God will always understand
Lately it's been a little tough for me. Sometimes
the mission is a little tough and you gotta grind it out, but I found that as I took
my time in personal prayer morning and night, that my days started to get better
and I started to be happier. As I focused on my feelings and the people that I
love, I find that I spend a long time on my knees. But I'm not praying, I'm just
talking with my Father who is in heaven.
But that's all for this week folks! I hope you all have a
wonderful week and I look forward to seeing you all next week! We will be
getting out transfer letters this week so we will see how that goes, if I will
go or if I will stay! I know I will be getting a new companion though!
Someone go eat a grilled chicken burrito from Taco Johns
for me!
Love,
Elder Legerski
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