Elder VanBuskirk: Derek: Captain’s Log Week 53: Elder Christofferson

So this week was pretty good. First things first; on Saturday we had the opportunity to hear and meet Elder D. Todd Christofferson. So that was super cool. We got to ask him questions and we learned more about the Plan of Salvation and our part in that, as well as the role of our Savior in helping us in every part of our path towards salvation.

So on Friday we had a really cool experience with two of our investigators. They were two brothers who decided, a few weeks ago, to come to church one day with out being invited or anything. So we meet them there and planned a lesson with them. They are really good investigators but they are nearly impossible to get in contact with. Anyways, in our lesson with them we found out that one day they had a random impression that they should go into the church and just happed to sit down right next the missionaries. Coincidence? I think not. Anyways he said that as he was sitting there that some girl was talking and he doesn't remember what she said, but he turned to his brother and told him that he felt a burning in his chest. He came to the conclusion that that is what the Bible meant when it says that the Holy Ghost feels like a burning in his bosom. He told me that right then was when he and his brother knew that the Church was true. So he didn't know much about baptism, but when we brought it up he told us that he wanted to be baptized as soon as possible. So we wrote down a few dates such as this Saturday and the next to Saturdays and he and his brother said that the would like to be baptized this Saturday. And that was only there second lesson so we have to teach all four of the commandments and have an interview before this Saturday. Which is possible, but as I said they are very hard to contact.

Man I hope I explained that correctly.

We also have an investigator with a baptism date for this Saturday. His name is Jimmy. He is Haitian and we have been teaching him in English because he doesn't know much Spanish. But what he does know is that the Book of Mormon is true and that this is the true church. So with that in mind he is willing to go to church every Sunday and not understand much if, it means that he can receive the blessings that his Father has in store for him. And because of racism in this country it will be impossible in the near future to have any kind of Creole speaking ward. But it's ok, because I too learned Spanish by sitting in the back of the Church really confused on Sundays.

We also had the opportunity to do exchanges with the MTC kids as well.