God Knows Who We Are

The time is running and we have bad internet connection.  I did see Elder Jones this last week at a mission conference.  It was a great reunion!  We had a good talk and it was really good to see a familiar face from back home.  

Elder Jones and Elder Zaugg are from the same ward in the U.S.A.  When Elder Zaugg was reassigned from Liberia to Ghana Accra, it was the same mission as Elder Jones. Today, they got to see each other for the first time.  What a small world it really is!

This was a great email I got from President Kirkham this week: 
" I received an email from Brother Sayon today.  He said, he has been released as 1st counselor in the Bushrod Island District presidency and called as second counselor/special assistant to President David L Heid, president of the Ghana Accra mission, who is now also having oversight responsibilities for Liberia Monrovia Mission.  Brother Sayon also said they had baptism and confirmation in Harbel just last weekend with four members of one family becoming recent members of the church.  The Area Presidency is putting in place some welfare assistance for members mostly in need and many who can’t afford basic items in these troubling times. West Point and Dolo’s town was in quarantine for ten days and the quarantine was lifted just this Saturday."

These people in Harbel was J's mother and her two kids along with another part member
family.  One of the happiest emails I could have received!  I've been worried about what was going to happen to them, but now I know!  So grateful!

sorry for the quick email....  here's some miracles that happened to us this week.

We were at a members place teaching him more about his duties as an Aaronic priesthood holder, and what he would be doing on Sunday. After the lesson, he offered to drop off one of the members who was working with us, at our next appointment because we were on bikes and
she didn’t have one.  So, we waited for them on the road.  They were headed our direction when we noticed they stopped.  She got off the bike and he went back to the house.  She came running over and said that he went for a helmet.   Well, we waited for about 5 minutes and
he still wasn’t coming.  We gave him 3 more minutes than we were going to leave.  Right after we had made that decision, a man came from behind and stood in front of our bikes.  He asked probing questions like, “how long have you been here? Where are you located? Where are
you living?”  We were puzzled and asked if he was a member.  He replied, “Yes.” Sweet!  We asked if he was a Melchizedek priesthood holder and he again said, “Yes.” Then, we asked if he was endowed and that’s when he proceeded to lift up his shirt small.  :) We told him it was okay, we understand.  It was a miracle that our one member who was trying to help us out that never came, because we would never have found this endowed member walking the street at night.  The Lord is truly helping us out!

Now to the story I was telling you about up there -^. J. is the man’s name that I’ll talk about. We were awaiting the arrival of members and investigators, when we noticed an old man who walked in. Neither of us knew him so we were excited!  It Means word is spreading
that the truth is in town! (;  He came in, sat down, and was welcomed by our loving members.  He was very interested throughout investigator class while we were speaking on baptism and the importance of Gods authority when being baptized.  What we decided to do, was to sit with
him after church.  We pulled him to the side after and asked if we could have a small lesson with him and he was more than willing. D.O. helped us out.  By the way, he bore an amazing testimony in this lesson!  D.O. is a great member!  Anyway, as we were talking with him, he expressed his sincere desire on wanting to know the truth.  He’s currently attending SDA, and his main concern was, “I want to know that if I worship on Sunday, it won’t be detrimental to
my salvation.” We helped him resolve it and even answered a few more questions.  As the discussion went on, we ask how he came to know about the church.  His response, “I knew about it from Accra, but I didn’t know it was here in HoHoe until I received a phone call this
last week.  The person on the phone invited me to the church, and gave specific direction on how to get here.”  (he was thinking it was us who called him.  But we never did.)  He said that he can’t find the number that called him to see if we could call it back.   None of the members knew him either….  We still don’t know who it was, but as we talked with him, I could see that God had prepared a way for this man to come in contact with us.  He is everything the Lord needs.  Humble, willing to follow The Lord, and wanting to be in the correct church. My testimony has been strengthened that God knows who we are, and will eventually lead us back on the correct path.

Hopefully I have more time next week!  Love you all!

Elder Zaugg