Makes Perfect Sense, Actually

 Hello everyone!! Sorry I didn't get an email out last week, but its been a pretty good two weeks. 

   With Melvyn, our recent convert, we had an awesome lesson preparing him to receive the Priesthood and to go through the temple. It was centered on The Savior and his role in The Plan of Salvation. Melvyn bore testimony of Jesus Christ multiple times throughout the lesson and it was so awesome. It's my favorite thing to see his testimony grow. He is also wanting to have his parents and his late wife get baptized in the temple. It's so exciting!

   We've been working with a guy named Joe Hernandez, and he's met with missionary for like 7 years now. He knows the church is true, and he knows it's what he needs to do, he just simply lacks the motivation to change. So we've been working on slow and simple ways to grow his faith in Christ. He hasn't been praying so we've started by calling him daily and having him pray. He's actually been doing it so so far so good!

   We knocked on someone's door the other day and this guy named Eric answered. He had met with missionaries once before and he said that he loved talking to us but he would never convert because he disagrees with certain things. We sat down and went through a few things with him. He didn't feel that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and didn't believe that one religion made by a man could lead us to God, and that that religion couldn't "do God justice." We had such an incredible discussion about the holy ghost, about personal and continuing revelation, about why God calls prophets and why he still does, and how The Book of Mormon is the keystone to all of this. He said "well, again I just don't think a religion made by man could teach about God's true nature or his eternal truths." I answered and said that a man made religion couldn't, but one that is God's church with Christ at the head of it, could do those things. We then explained that all he needs to do is read and pray about the Book of mormon, and he stopped and goes "ya know, that makes perfect sense actually. Give me that book and call me in a few days, I'll tell you how this goes." It was so cool. Everyone pray that Eric receives an answer!

   I don't have much more time so that was just some of the things that have happened! We're still trying out best to find more people but it's been difficult. But I've completely and totally seen God's hand even in difficult times. I love yall! Talk to ya next week!

Love, Elder Ryan