The Adventures of Elder Watts: The Work Continues

Despite the great missionary reduction, my companion and I have continued to work with all our heart, might, mind and strength this past week, so that the work of the Lord may continue to come forth. We spent last week covering 5 wards, what was once 8 areas, but now that things have settled down and the missionaries here have all been assigned and transferred, our assignment includes 3 wards, what was once the area of 5 companionships. However, most of our effort has been concentrated in our old area and with the investigators that we personally had been teaching. We have, however, begun making plans to work with the members in the other wards. Last night we met with, and trained 20 members, who will be sustained ward missionaries this Sunday in the Linda Vista ward. Our Bishop has promised to call more ward missionaries to support us as well, and tomorrow, we will meet with the bishop and ward mission leader in Monte Fresco to create a plan of action in their ward. We will be rotating days of the week, to split our time between the three wards. For now, we will still keep more of a focus on the people that we've been teaching in our area, but we will probably work toward an even three-way split of our time and efforts.

Last Saturday, Jaquelin was baptized. She is probably one of my best converts. She courageously shared her experience with discovering the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon with her family and all of the young women. In fact, her experience inspired many of the young women to dedicate more time to reading and praying about the Book of Mormon so that they, too, could have a testimony as strong as Jaquelin's that the book is true, and that Joseph Smith was the prophet of the restoration. I know that all of God's children can and will receive a testimony from the Holy Ghost regarding the truthfulness of the restoration of the gospel if they diligently and faithfully seek it.

With love,
Elder Stephen Watts