The Beginning of Something Big

Another week just disappeared. I'm pretty sure I say something like that every week, but I always have that feeling at about this time. We've been really working harder to talk to more people and give more people a chance to hear our message. There are lots of people who are not ready yet. I can tell you that for sure. I'm pretty used to being rejected. I can do that all day. The trick is to have the faith that some people will eventually be interested. I have faith that they're out there. I'm really trying now to learn to follow the Spirit better, so we can just be lead to those who are ready. I know that the Church is going to grow here more that we can imagine today. I don't know how it's going to get going, but we're doing what we can to build more of a foundation.

One cool thing that happened this week was a service project. On Saturday morning we got to ride a boat to a little island and pick up garbage. There's a lot of garbage here. Most of it is alcohol bottles or cigarette packages really. If people would just keep the word of wisdom, I bet almost all the litter would be eliminated. It was neat though, the newspaper and TV were there and came out to the island too, so they didn't have anything to do, but take pictures of us. Haha. There were a few others on the island too, but mostly just our branch.

That afternoon we had a missionary day. We talked with the branch for a little bit beforehand, then we split up in groups and went out to share the gospel. It was great to be out with the members and preach. Again, nobody was really interested, but it was good. I love the members here and they are true pioneer. We had 11 at Sacrament Meeting again, including the 4 missionaries. This is just the beginning of a big thing. I know that this is Christ Church and it's awesome! I love being a missionary. God is good. Thanks for the support. I love you all.

- Elder Mahoney

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