So my companion was transferred on Thursday. I have been here half a
transfer, and now I have to lead the area. My new companion is Elder
Sjon Johnson (Sounds like Shawn). He is from Houston Texas. This is
his last transfer, so I will be "killing him" as the missionaries
here say. That means I'll be here for the transfer after that. I'm not
gonna lie, I was really scarred after transfers. This area has no
solid investigators, and now I have to lead it. I prayed sooooooooo
hard thursday night, asking for help. Friday night, when we were
playing basketball at the church with some kids that we met at the
streetball court, one of them started asking questions about what we
do as missionaries. He then told us his life story, and explained that
he was worried about what he would do after high school. We talked to
him about the plan of salvation, and gave him a book of mormon. He
told us that he doesn't read well. Luckily, I had a book of mormon
that had a speed-read in it (I got a paper that told me to mark
certain verses in the Book of Mormon, and then tell the reader to go
to a specific page. It should take him an hour to read, and they get
the gist of it.). He was really excited, and told me about 5 times
that he was going to read it. That lifted my spirits. Then, 2 guys
randomly showed up at church on sunday, stayed all 3 hours, then asked
us to come to their house this week and teach them. They also said
they would come to church next week. I know the Lord answered my
prayers. It has relieved me of so much stress.

We also went through our area book, calling former investigators.
There were SO MANY former investigators. It took quite a while to call
them all. Most of them haven't called back, but one of them did! His
name is Adam. Apperently, he was on date for baptism last september,
but it didn't go through, and the missionaries stopped visiting him.
We set up an appointment with him Satureday night, but he didn't
answer his door when we went there. So we decided to go Sunday night.
He was outside his house, smoking a cigarrette. He is from Kenya, and
has lived here for 9 years. We talked to him for a second, because he
was just leaving to go somewhere, but he said he would like to have us
over again and to teach him again. I don't know what the missionaries
did back in September, but he didn't know very much about the Gospel,
so we will be starting from scratch with him.

The lord does answer prayers! I have just given 3 examples of that!
Just like it says ALL OVER the Bood of Mormon "If ye keep my
commmandments, ye shall prosper in the land." How great a promise is
that?! I know it's true too and it gives me such joy knowing that!

I also have been studying the Book of 2 Nephi, and I came across a
scripture that I really like! It's 2 Nephi 9:40. I especially love
that last few sentences of that as well. Read it and think about what
it means!

Yours trully,

Elder Michael Litchfield