Rocklands 2 Area - Week 53

Celebrating 1 year with Elders Mnisi and Nielsen!

P-Day got moved to Saturday, this week because Elder Kevin Hamilton, President of the Africa Southeast Area, will be presiding at our zone conference this Monday. 

This week Elder Mnisi and I have been working very hard to try and find new investigators. We knocked quite a few doors this week. We are still looking, but I'm sure we'll find some promising ones soon. Yesterday we committed a man to be baptized and he accepted, so that was our bright spot for the week. Hopefully he'll be able to come to church this Sunday so that he can feel the spirit of it.

Not much else to report on there, things are slow right now. Instead I'll share a scripture from the Book of Mormon that I read this week.

Alma 48: 11-13,17:

"And Moroni was a strong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect understanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed; a man whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery; 

Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.

Yea, and he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ, and he had sworn with an oath to defend his people, his rights, and his country, and his religion, even to the loss of his blood.

Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men."

I love the example that Captain Mormon set for his army. He was strong, but completely relied on God for strength. He was "firm in the faith of Christ", gave much thanks to God, and labored much for his people. If we were all like Moroni, then we would be able to overcome any challenge thrown at us! Which we can now, as long as we try to emulate the example of Jesus Christ like Moroni did.

Elders Mnisi, Nielsen, and I all turned a year this week. To celebrate we went to a fast food placed called Stadium and ate ice cream! Later that night we burned a pillow. The celebration was short lived though, because the work we have isn't finished.

Take care and with love,

Elder James Austin LaHue

@ Stadium Fast Foods

"We burned some pillows" ft. Elder Blamoh