Transfers (Week 21)

 Welllll this week was an absolute blur! It was awesome though, haha. 

First off, I would just like to share that The Book of Mormon is insanely cool! It prophesies of so many things! In Ether 8 it talks about secret combinations and prophesies how they'll be built up in the latter days which are today. Moroni says in Ether 8:25 "For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning." The Book of Mormon is bottomless and is truly meant for our day. Read it, it's TRUE!

This week was good. We went to a Samoan family's home for dinner and it looked like a Utah home inside so that was a little weird but I liked it. We had another miracle with the Pohnpein/Kosraen family on Saturday. Elder Becker and I showed up and at first they rescheduled for 2 hours later. When it was time to go back we got caught up in other lessons so we showed up an hour late, and June (the husband) opened the door and we asked if we were still good to meet and at first it didn't seem like he was but then he let us in. We got in and it was only him at first but then his wife and sister-in-law came back from doing laundry right before we said the Opening prayer. We taught the Restoration and it went amazing! We extended a soft Baptismal invitation (which is asking "If you knew everything we taught today was true, would you be baptized?") and they said they would so we invited them to be baptized and at first they were a little overwhelmed but we told them that there were still things to be taught and church to go to and that helped a lot. But the Spirit definitely worked on them the whole time and the timing should not have worked out how it did but it did and it was truly amazing! This family is so golden and they're ready! The Lord's hand was very evident in all of it!! Miracles have definitely not ceased!

Also we met a guy who is super good friends with Kalani Sitake and they worked with each other and did football training camps so that was cool, and we decorated gingerbread cookies at his house and had dinner with him and his family haha.

We got transfer news and Elder Becker and I are staying together in the Honomu Ward and we're white washing another ward! So times will definitely be exciting with all the work to do! 

Love, 

Elder Alec Shockley