Mesquite Nevada Stakes
Elder Drake Wakefield
I be mosquin'
Ayo, another crazy week, hope everyone is doing swell like I am. I can see the work moving here in Jakarta and it's so so amazing🙏 I can also see improvement in my language, I feel a little more comfortable every day, the Lord is truly blessing me to forward His work and the gathering of Israel! Like President Nelson said, the work is hastening, and I am a witness of it!
OK but first before the cool stuff, yk what we gotta do first
Food of da week baby. K this week was pretty fire not gonna lie. So at the old import store they're doing a little renovation, and they put probably the best deal I've ever seen out on the discount table.
Another cool experience is we got invited to teach in the biggest mosque in Indonesia, it was super cool. There is like college programs there too, idk how it really works but it was sweet. They were learning about other religions and they asked us to come speak about Christianity. So we came in and answered their questions, it was actually so sweet and they were fun. We got to speak in English too as they were learning, so I was able to bear some solid testimony to them. We told them about the Book of Mormon, and I had the thought to bring a bunch right before we left, which was good because most of them wanted one‼️ We gave out every Kitab Mormon but one, it was awesome. They were nice and really intrigued by our religion, especially by the ease of access we have to both prayer and scripture study. With prayer, they have the set times when they pray, so telling them we pray whenever we desire and it being a reverent prayer rather than being blasted on speakers was cool. And then they asked when we read scriptures, do we have to do a purification process before, as before they read the Quran, they have to purify their hands and do some other things too. So we told them no and they thought that was interesting. Definitely cool, they said they'd invite us again, so hopefully they actually do🙏
(i got clipped lowkey, but its ight)
One of the mosque dudes
Friend Update🤘🤘
Steven:
He is doing really good, he reads the Book of Mormon every day, which is awesome, you should do that too🙏he is almost ready for baptism just one or two things need to happen before he can enter a covenant with God🙏🙏We're planning on end of November or early December for his baptism, and he is excited😁
Joel:
Joel is so cool, he is busy with work and can't yet drive, he's like 24ish but that's normal here, so it's hard to meet places with him. So we've been doing video chats to talk to him. They're really good and productive and he enjoys meeting with us. He is following our invitations so that is what makes the difference with our friends, is if the follow our invitations we extended, as that is when they gain their own testimony. So they can have their own experiences with God and Jesus Christ and they aren't reliant on us missionaries to feel the spirit.
Atika:
So she is a member, but her family isn't. So we enjoy going over every Sunday and teaching her kids, it's so fun and I enjoy it a bunch.
We have a bunch of new possible friends we have to meet with in the near future, like this one guy we met on the bus.
OK so me and Elder Seppings were on the bus going to the office cause we gotta do peoples reimbursements. We stand up as our stop is almost here and this older guy comes up to us. He is frantic asking if we're Elders. We say yes, and at this point the bus stops at our stop. He says, in hurried and broken english if he can get our numbers and we say yes but we need to get off here, so he literally follows us. This was not his stop. So he gets off with us, we give him our number, and that was it. But idk how to explain it, but the way he was talking, he had an urgency in his voice, like he had been waiting for this moment for awhile. We learned he had met some missionaries before, but we don't know anything else. But this got me thinking, why was he so desperate, desirous, and wanting to find missionaries? I hope to find out when we meet him on Wednesday, I will hope to tell you his story🙏
But I had another thought while thinking about this man. We need to be urgent in our search for Jesus Christ, like he was. When he saw his opportunity to find Jesus Christ through us missionaries, who he may have been looking for for years, he was willing to confront us and get off the bus, just so he could get our number. He is urgent and truly wanting in his search for Jesus Christ. We need to be like this man, urgent in our pursuit for Jesus Christ. Isaiah 5:19- Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
We need to hasten our work, our want, and how urgently we pursue Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We need them now, like this gentleman on the bus desired. Be urgent in your pursuit of them. President Nelson from his most recent talk also said:
"The best is yet to come, my dear brothers and sisters, because the Savior is coming again! The best is yet to come because the Lord is hastening His work."
The work of the Lord is moving at greater speeds, and the veil o'er the earth is beginning to burst. The ship is setting sail, our actions and decisions we make right now determine if we are on the boat, or still standing on the shore. Please hastily, with urgency, come closer to your Savior Jesus Christ this week. Best way is to read scriptures! Especially the Book of Mormon. That is where I gained my testimony of Jesus Christ and I know you can too! Make time to read it, even 5 minutes, but it needs to be every day. You will see a difference in your days if you choose to give time back to Jesus Christ! I testify this to be true, and hope yall have a great week!