Jonathan's Mozambique Mission 2017-2019: Follow the Profet

This week I don't have a lot to say. it was a tough week with a lot of disappointment but that's part of life. The thing that I wanted to talk about is the invite that our Profet Russel M. Nelson nos deu (gives us). He asked us to start and finish the book of Mormon before the new year. We were sitting in a lesson with a member who was talking about the difficulties that she was having in her life and I felt strongly that I should challenge her to follow the profet and read the book of Mormon. She was going to institute, studying the bible but I felt like she needed the invite. When the words left my mouth, Elder Draney also had an impression, that we should all take the challenge and also challenge the people that we are teaching to do the same.

Back story, I started the book of mormon in June and I was reading at a steady pace, I got to Alma when the Profet gave us the challenge and I decided start over. I read to alma again in about two weeks and then Elder Draney challenged me to start again. welp... i started again and has been an incredible blessing in my life. I have never felt so strongly the spirit as I have reading the same scriptures, for the third time. It's the weirdest thing. Same stuff, but completely different experience.

Anyways we also started inviting a lot of people to join us, and this 17 year old kid named Nando that hopefully will be baptized this week, accepted. This week he is finishing 2nd Nefi and progressing like never before.

I know that we are being led by a living profet. One of the fundamental foundations of the only true and living church of Jesus Christ is a Profet that leads us and guides us. If we aren't willing to follow the profet sera que podemos declarar que sabemos que esta e a de Jesus Cristo? Amo voces e estou animado para seguir O nosso vidente (Can we declare that we know this and that of Jesus Christ? I love you and I'm excited to follow Our seer)

-Elder Thornton

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