We met with B. Benson's parents today and got permission without any issue. Though, there is something I take issue with: they don't really care about the differences from one church to another since "we all worship the same God."
It really annoys me that people don't see something wrong with this. I had one guy in my last area say, "When I'm at home I attend AIC (African Inland Church) and when I'm here I attend PEFA (Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa)." Those churches teach VERY different doctrine, yet you believe in them both? How can you see nothing wrong with that?
*sigh*
After we saw Benson's parents we went to see that new family from Tuesday. The husband wasn't around, but the wife's sister was there so we still taught, but we'll have to review with the husband there next time. We'll see how this family does.
We got bounced and finished the day after that.
11/24
10 Months on mission.
I had to give a talk in church today. I was supposed to give it on missionary work, but I decided that doing the "army recruiter" speech is boring, so I talked about "WHY" we do missionary work.
"Missionary work is to desire that your fellow man partake in the joy and the blessings that the Lord has to offer us."
I spent 10 minutes rambling using different examples from the Bible and the Book of Mormon and the bishop thanked me for talking that long when I sat down because he didn't have to speak as long for the talk he was writing while I and the other speakers were talking.
After church we hung around waiting and eventually E. McGee and E. Ilanda showed up (their chapel is far from ours). Benson passed is interview! He'll be baptized next week! Dec. 1!
Nothing else for the rest of the day, but plans are being made for next Sunday...fun ones.
11/25
Called home, cybered.
11/26
We had Zone Conference today, it was a bit of a let down, but better than the last one.
Elder Sitati of the seventy came by to speak to us, his thought started good, but then everyone got confused as he did an exercise that made no sense to anyone but himself. Even the zone leaders who experienced this twice were still confused. If it had made sense it might have been a good thought, but made absolutely no sense to me, so I got nothing out of it.
President Mdletshe had a really interesting thought about Soloman that lead to an interesting discussion. I had quite a bit of fun during this because I got to define a concubine for everyone.
I actually ended up answering a lot of questions during Zone Conference, “What does it mean to deny the Holy Ghost?” is one example. Fun one, I did a lot of research on the Sons of Perdition early in my mission, so it was easy to answer.
It was definitely better than the previous zone conference, but I still want them to improve so that I can get more invested in them. I love a really good zone conference – it relights the fire in me for missionary work.
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