We saw that aboriginal family on tuesday and taught the kids the restoration. And man i was powerless against them all haha. I thought my family was wild but these kids are crazy! i love them though, they are so funny. We finally got them to sit down though by agreeing to do the lesson out on the trampoline. So we started off and asked them if they knew who God was and one was like- ya he is the man that sits on top of the building and has binoculars. And another was like- noooo he flys in the sky and makes people fall asleep. And the youngest one thought he was santa clause So we had a long way to go haha. But we started telling them about God and how he is their dad in heaven, and they really liked that cause they don't live with their parents. So they were really excited that they had a dad to talk to in heaven. They are really keen to learn and take it in pretty well, we've just gotta take it slow with them.
We went to see bills son again this week but he was super sick so we couldnt meet with him. He is still doing good though and reading the book of mormon.
We did a lot of service for the members this week- cause most of them are pretty old.
On Sunday night we got a call from a member out in Kempsey Way and they said that they were in the hospital and needed a blessing so we drove down there and gave her a blessing. I think that is one of my fovorite parts of being a missionary. Especially out in a branch. You get to give many blessings and service and just so many things. I love it!
We had a cool experience with an athiest this week. We knocked his door and he said ohh.. you guys. come in. And we sat down and he said "Look I'm athiest and have been for years and I have had missionarys here before and none of them could tell me how they knew that God lives. I remembered reading something by Elder Packer when he was met with an atheist and could only say he knew by the Spirit that it was true and the atheist said "but how do you know?" and he was helpless to explain. Then he got an idea and that's what i used. So I said to the atheist "Do you know what salt taste like?" and he was like ya, And I said "so you could tell the difference between salt and sugar? and he was like ya. And so i said "ok then, pretend i have never tasted anything with salt, could you tell me what it tastes like?" and he said he could but then when he tried he couldn't put into words. I said "I thought you knew what it tastes like!" and he just couldn't explain it in words and so I said "Just like you know what salt tastes like, I know just as well that God does live". And we went on to teach him and he listened the whole time and thanked us as we left.
Sometimes its hard to use worldly words to describe spiritual things, but good old Elder Packer saved me there!
So we got a call last night from our branch president and he wont be at church and he said neither of his counslers will be and the branch clerk is sick. So im conducting the sacrament meeting and the elders quorum president will be presiding haha.
We lost some weight this week too hahaha. We ran out of funds like 5 days ago and have been living on rice. We get more funds on wednesday though and one of the members dropped off some food for us last night so we should be all good.
Even though there are fast and slow weeks I love bieng out on a mission. There is honestly nowhere i would rather be. I love spending every hour helping other people come to know Jesus Christ more. Its so hard and discouraging sometimes and other times it feels so easy and everything just works out. But when the hard times come you can feel the angels there helping.
I know this church is true and that Joseph Smith really did see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I know it.
I love you all!
Elder White
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