The Power of the Book of Mormon

This week we had some cool experiences. The first amazing experience was on Tuesday evening. We had a lesson with Ibrahim scheduled after our Training. It was really cool. He is such a great member missionary. As we came in the door we were introduced to a lady from Nigeria who is a friend of Ibrahim's. We got to introduce the BoM to her and as we taught Ibrahim about the workings of the Spirit she was an active, contributing partaker in the lesson. It was great! She agreed to be taught and took the BoM. I'm really happy that Ibrahim has gained such a love of the gospel to share it with his friends. As you might remember Ahmed is a friend of Ibrahim's too and he referred him to us. Great missionary.

Me and Elder and Sister Coleman, the best CES couple evar!!!!

On Friday we saw the Lord's hand in the life of our investigator. His name is Blessing and he's from Ghana. We met with him and his friends all together and also with Karim there. We taught them about baptism and the Holy Ghost and we also explained the doctrine of enduring to the end. The Spirit was very strong in the lesson and I know that all there felt it. Especially as Karim shared his conversion story. That was a very powerful testimony. However, the highlight and the evidence of the Lord's hand in Blessing's life was when he shared with us his testimony of the BoM without realizing. He spoke how since we'd come and taught him and given him that book he's begun to understand more. He said he had more light in his life and he was starting to understand the teachings of the Savior. He closed by sharing his love of the Book of Mormon and the Bible. I was thoroughly astounded. His life has really been touched by the Book of Mormon. This was one of the strongest testimonies I've ever heard of the Book or Mormon!

We also had a wonderful surprise with one of our investigators we hadn't really been able to teach coming to church in the morning. We hadn't planned on it because he'd told us that he wasn't too well (he's just returned from the hospital after an operation). But Sunday morning he told us that he'd come to church. Then we had to hurry to get there! What we didn't know was that the metro was striking. So we had to quickly change plans and use the buses to get to church. I was praying that we'd make it in time. The Lord answered my prayers readily. Just as we turned to corner to a connecting bus stop in Omonia the next bus was pulling up and we were able to hop on and we got to church with ten minutes to spare. What a miracle!

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