The
number of tender mercies that we have seen here, especially in this last week,
has been amazing. Everywhere that we look we see small miracles. We had one man
who was really struggling to accept the gospel. When we showed him the Book of
Mormon, he told us that his father had one growing up, and since his father was
a man of God, what we are sharing must be true. How his father got a Book of
Mormon, we have no idea! Super neat though. He's scheduled to be baptized in two
weeks. We've also been teaching a few separate groups of Muslims, all around
the age of 17. The only thing that was keeping them from baptism were their
parents. After much prayer and fasting, all their parents softened their hearts
and are allowing them to be baptized. It was a miracle. We've also been looking
for opportunities to use our priesthood to bless our investigators. We blessed
a baby who was super sick on Tuesday and on Wednesday she was healed. All kinds
of great things going on here. The work is exploding, truly love being here.
It rained a ton. We were out of water and power all week and we used rainwater
for showering. Kind of an adventure, I guess. I am almost done reading
Jesus The Christ. I think you've read that. I'd love to hear what you think
about it and stuff. We did a service project on Saturday and cleaned up garbage
around town. That was a good day, we were all so tired after though. We
also finally got water to do baptisms this week, so we were able to get a
couple people baptized. Sam and Fahima. Fahima is a Muslim and had to deal with
a bit of local persecution over being baptized, but it only made her want to be
baptized more. Her parents were okay with it and she had permission so
hopefully all goes well. We did get some threatening texts over it but nothing
serious. It was a cool experience. She was afraid of water though and I
had to baptize her 3 times because she kept reaching out of the water to pull
herself up. It was probably traumatizing for her.
We have so many investigators who are ready to be
baptized they just need to show up now. Because of where our area is we have
investigators who just take off back to their local villages and then we don't
see them forever and that's what we're dealing with right now. They will come
back eventually. I decided to start eating the beef here...
The other missionaries all thought it would make me sick, but I only buy on
days when they fresh cut and I have been totally fine. I had beef liver for
lunch today and it wasn't too bad. I am having a really hard
time maintaining weight, hopefully the beef helps. I gave myself a
haircut this week and a bald spot to go with it! I want you to send me
another list of your favorite scriptures, so far Luke 1:37 is still my favorite
but I loved the ones you sent me. I sure miss you Mom. I'm so
excited for Mother’s Day and to finally be able to talk with you and the
family. Love Elder Payne
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