Pastor Joe

Hey Everyone!!

I had another great and busy week with the work out here in the bush! We had a good exchange with the Mogbwemo Elders and had some good experiences!

On Wednesday I had an exchange with Elder Luyindula from the DR Congo! He has about 3 months until he returns home and so it was such a great opportunity to learn from him! He has served as a Zone Leader and a District Leader a few times, so it was nice to hear about his opinion on a few things I have been thinking about. 

We had some awesome lessons but my favorite was with a Pastor named Joe Lavai. (Back story... We met Joe a few weeks ago and asked Him if he would like us to come and teach him, he agreed and we have come almost everyday since then. At first it was a little bumpy because he was just trying to argue with us. Because of this we prayed and felt like we should give him a Book of Mormon, we gave him one and once he began to read it, he is all ears! The Book of Mormon has power to change even the hardest of hearts!) In this lesson we talked about faith. As we began to talk about how we should put our faith in our Savior Jesus Christ, a fellow Pastor in the area came and began to argue a little bit. We calmed the talk down and just bore powerful testimony testifying of the truthfulness of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Restoration is something that President Harper has asked us to study and prepare to teach about. The idea came from President Nelson's invitation last conference. He has asked us to read and study the first vision to help us prepare. 

I am grateful for the Restoration and I think about it often. I find myself trying to put myself in Joseph Smith's shoes. It is so wonderful to know the truth! The truth of the Restoration! The truth of the Gospel! I wish I could just share it with everyone! I am grateful to be a missionary and serving where I am at this time, I have learned things that I could not have learned if I had not come to the bush! It is a humbling experience!

Thanks everyone, see you next week!

-Elder Morgan

A Sierra Leone Barbershop

A company here called Vimetco has a pair of Topi's. We named this one Abu Bakar.

This is Desmond and Abdul. They are like two peas in a pod and love to play with my companion and I!