Blessings on Blessings

Hello!

What a week! Wow. Serve your mission in Liberia and time will fly I tell you.

So basically the work is moving and it is moving fast. Let me just tell you a little something about the week and missionary work in Liberia.

So I know it doesn't matter, but I really just wanted to share some numbers from this incredible week. We had 12 lessons where a member was present which was a pretty good week, but we also had 15 people given to us to teach this week which was nuts but so great! Then, the craziest thing, we had EIGHTEEN people come to church. Count 'em. You need 4 hands to count that high. We really want them to be prepared before they are baptized, but trust me baptisms will come soon.

This week there was a man that came to the church one day and said that he wanted to come to the church and know about it. Since it was during the middle of the week, we were not there but another woman who is always there took his name and number and gave it to me. I called him, but since he lives far away and we had already gone to that place this week so we said that we wouldn't be going there again and just invited him to church and said we would meet with him next week. Come to find out, him and his friend show up to church on Sunday and are super interested. Really seems like he wants to know more about the church and he said he's come again next week. They are both from Ghana and seem really nice (I love Ghanian people). I can't wait to teach them on Tuesday.

We really saw some progression for some other people that we are preparing for baptism on the 6th of August. There is a younger boy who used to always say hi to us that we started teaching and is really progressing now. He's probably like.. 17 years old? I love teaching people here because even the young adults are humble enough to desire to have religion in their life. Talking to them when they are with their friends is not embarrassing... It's just normal because everyone has such a firm belief in the Bible and in God.

I love these people so much. I don't know if there has ever been a missionary that cares for those he encounters and comes in contact with as much as I do. My heart truly aches to see the condition that some of them are living in. As we were walking down the road the other day I saw a small boy sleeping on the dirt floor next to some other small children. It caused me to recall the scene in The Blind Side where Big Mike, or Michael Oher, is given a room and bed to himself by the family that took him in. I remember that when she showed him the room he said, "I've never had one before." She asked, "A room to yourself?" He responded essentially by saying that he had never had a bed. I often wonder how many children and even adults here could say the same thing. Sometimes I wonder why Heavenly Father blessed me so much in my life. I feel as if I hold some responsibility in His eyes to help them in some way or provide something to them. I don't know what it is, but I know that I will never look at life the same way as I did before my mission. How truly blessed I am to serve in this country.

The worth of every soul is great in the sight of God.

Remember to be grateful for everything that you have been blessed with, because some have been blessed with nothing and are grateful for everything.

Hope you all have the best week! Sorry if I got a little depressing there, but it is just so important that we are thankful for everything that we have!

Love you all!

Elder Bush