We Searching for Them

Time's going pretty quickly, but it kinda seems like forever since I wrote the last email. It was a good week. We found 6 new investigators. I've only done that one other week on my mission many months ago. One of the coolest stories was from contacting people near the metro station by our apartment. A man came out who we initially thought might have been drunk. Elder Cross started to talk to him, he accepted a Book of Mormon and we met with him 2 days later. His name is Sergei. He brought his wife Larissa to the first sit down meeting. They are awesome! Said the morning of the day we met him he was thinking that he needs to change his life. He walked out of the metro and was going to turn and go buy some beer, but he felt like he should go straight and then we talked to him. Elder Cross met with them again on exchanges the next day and they set baptismal dates for the end of the month. They came to Church yesterday and both of the members they already met on the lessons gave them hugs. In Elders Quorum when Sergei introduced himself he said that right after our first sit-down meeting he threw out his cigarettes and he hasn't smoked of drank since then. They're glowing. I feel so blessed to know that. They're about 50 years old I'd say and truly good people. It's clear that Larissa is an angel and they both love each other so much. This makes everything worth it.

I've been able to meet many more of our ward members here and went to Church for the first time in our ward and it's awesome! They're all great! My emotions were close to the surface yesterday at Church. The Gospel is Jesus Christ is so powerful. It's amazing to see strong families in the Church and so many great children too. We had 6 investigators at Church. There was a baptism on Saturday of one of the sisters' investigators from another ward. We took one of our investigators too it. There was also a baptism last week of Tuesday in another ward. There should be another on Saturday and then on Sunday an 8 year old will be baptized from our ward. It's so great to see this work bounding forward. It's beautiful. The gospel changes lives. I love it.

My companion is a good guy and we've been having a good times just pressing forward. There are definitely tons of people who aren't ready here, but my testimony is being strengthened that there are people here search for true, that's why we're searching for them.

I know that it's all true. God lives. He loves us and He still speaks to us directly and through living prophets. It's a privilege to serve here. I love this work. Thanks to all for everything. Please lift where you stand.

Love,
Elder J. Mahoney

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