| What an "AMAZING" day from beginning to end. Last fall when we arrived here and were assigned to Mitchell's Plain we met Sean, and like many others here in South Africa and around the world, was suffering with a drug problem. I only sharing this with you because Sean has been very vocal and openly shared it with many. We could see his desire to be clean and how he desired to be baptized, however, time after time, the crowd would suck him back in. Then Sean would feel not worthy enough to come to church. About March Sean and I were talking and he told me that his desire was so strong to stop using but he just didn't have the strength. It was then I told him that if he really wanted to quit to say his prayers every day and read his scriptures and Heaven Father would give him the strength to abstain. Because there are many living in his house he walked to the library each day and would spend three hours reading his scriptures. The first Sunday in April he stood and bore his testimony for the first time. This has happened each and every month since that day. Slowly the transformation took place. It has been a literal miracle. After church this Sunday we were invited to Sean's mothers home where he lives. He has seven brother and sisters with many children, they were all there. We were fed like royalty and treated the same. His brother-in-law told us that all of them had given up on Sean. "They knew that any day they would find Sean laying dead somewhere of a drug overdose, but the church never gave up on him." He and his wife have an appointment to talk to the missionaries next week and are so excited. The whole family will be attending church next Sunday as be there to support Sean when Elder Henderson confirms him a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints. Thank you Heaven Father for letting us be part of your work, to bring bring to pass the immortality of mankind. |
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