This week the Lord has truly blessed us again.
We have been busy all week and had a great church function this Monday for
family day. We had nearly 80 people in attendance where we had wiener roasts,
sleigh rides, games for the kids, and street hockey. Was a really good experience
for the community and much fun for all, we had many investigators in attendance
and many
less-active members and nonmembers as well!
Tuesday we were busy with visiting some of our
less-actives and were able to increase our knowledge of the culture out here in
CTK as we attended some sessions of their culture days and were able to meet
some of the Elders of the community and meet more people
Wednesday we had exchanges and were able to
teach quite a few lessons, went to a sweat and had some good visits with some
of the people we have been working with out here
Thursday we had a very good district meeting and
were blessed to contact many people and had a good turnout at our youth night
Friday we had a good planning session and have
continually been able to meet more and more people out here, going door to door
for a bit. (less than 300 houses out here I think we can contact all of them)
And we were able to spend a lot of time with C and B, brothers
who who are Less Active members but both are definitely kingdom builders.
Things have been going well with them for sure!
Saturday we had success in finding some new
investigators through less-active members and had the opportunity to teach and
visit with other members and non-members out here
Sunday was good, even despite the weather and
the fact that there was a fundraiser at the Band-hall, where most people were
in attendance, we still had 17 people at church. This year alone we have had 64
different people attend church. Every week we have been blessed to see
different people attend church every Sunday. For example today a man named D came to church, he used to be a councilor in the Branch Presidency and
was great to hear his testimony and desire to help the church out here to grow!
If we were able to get all of these people to church at once, the chapel
wouldn't have enough room or chairs for everyone to sit! Many times I have
heard people express how they have noticed a change in the atmosphere and the
spirit of the reserve as the work has continued to move along. Every week we
have been able to familiarize ourselves with more and more people and our
trust, respect, and overall acceptance in the community has been progressing
very well! The Lord truly has blessed us here in CTK and we will continue to do
all that we can to Find Teach and Baptize and bring the lost sheep back into
the fold
But I love you too! You take care and have
a great week!
-Elder Dola
