Elder Wilson and I were stuck inside to start off the week. He had been feeling sick since the week before, then it all seemed to get worse as last week started. Luckily, by Wednesday evening the Lord had blessed Elder Wilson with sufficient strength to proselyte.
We had a stellar, Spirit-filled lesson with Bro. Anderson this past week. Something Elder Wilson and I were working on that day was allowing our investigators to finish speaking before we jump in. Jamaicans love talking. Often times they'll just talk and talk and seem to go nowhere; but often times, if we just let them talk, we can learn a lot from them and they seem to learn a lot as well. Bro. Anderson is a quiet, slow-speaking man who tends to stretch out simple points into long statements. As we practiced just letting him finish his point we were able to learn a big concern of his. His whole life he's felt some guilt for past sins and doesn't know if he can be forgiven. We asked Bro. Anderson - an 80/something year old man - to kneel down and ask for forgiveness and assurance. We knelt down and gave a heart-felt sincere prayer and asked for forgiveness. The whole time I had been praying he'd feel the Spirit. As he got up he said, "Some prayers don't seem to 'make it' to the Almighty...... (we waited)..... but this one did. He heard this one." The Spirit was so strong. He went in to Conference with the question of if he should be baptized. He attended 3 sessions and we're seeing him soon to follow up.
Veron is also doing great. She really enjoyed Conference and is ready for baptism this weekend.
I'm so grateful for a living prophet and the strength the Lord has provided him to do His work. I'm grateful for his counselors, Apostles, Seventies, etc. whose inspired words uplifted us this past weekend. I'm thankful for the Savior and his lead in the Church. I know that it is Him who leads the Church. And I sustain Him and His servants.
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Elder Ritchie
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