A Season Change

Hi Everyone,

 It has ceased raining here pretty much over night... We have now entered into the season of Harmatten which is when the sky gets filled with the sand blown from the Sahara by the wind. It really gets super hot in the day time but gets somehow cold at night. 

I too have been pondering small about mercy. More specifically about Alma chapter 7 verses 11 through 13 I believe. They speak of the Atonement and of the reasons Christ did it. I think its verse 13 that starts out " Now behold the Spirit knoweth all things. However the Son of Man taketh upon him our afflictions and infirmities to know how to succor his people". Roughly that's what it says. What this means to me is that the Savior could have just felt through the Spirit what the pains of the world would be. If it wasn't true, then why did Alma put it in there? The Savior chose to take upon our sins and feel the physical pain during the Atonement so that He could know exactly how it would feel to go through every single pain this world holds for us.

Yippee for everyone I am so glad that they are doing well. This week went by fast: Monday I pounded Fufu. Tuesday night there was a fire in our apartment complex. All is well don't worry. Wednesday was good. Thursday was good. Friday was also rocking haha. Saturday we had baptisms for the sisters which was poorly organized on their part and we were at the church forever.

Our main progressing investigators are: Joseph, Abednego Antwi, Frank, and Job. Please pray for them. I had the flu last week but have since recovered. I am sleeping like a log. 

We were contacting one day and passed a house where people were cooking dinner. They looked busy and annoyed so we continued on. We were almost out of view when we hear "Hey Dji" Which means hey stop. We looked around and the man of the house we just passed, Bro. Antwi, invited us to discuss. We taught Lesson 1 and then left. The Spirit was strong. We came back and taught Lesson2, Plan of Salvation, and had with us a translator. He said in Twi that he would like to tell us something. We three teachers sat back and listened. He bore his testimony in Twi telling us that the moment he saw us he had a feeling like we were correct. He couldn't explain the feelings he had when we taught Joseph Smith but he knew it was true.

Little things like this make all the hiking, all the pains and aches worth it. Seeing what the Gospel can do to the lives of others is amazing. 

I love you all.

Love,

Elder Walch