"We are in the last days now, the 'Saturday Evening of Time'. Things will only continue to spiral downward as we get nearer to the 2nd Coming of the Savior..... That realization makes me want to be stronger; I want to be a light to those around me."

Dear Family and Friends,

     This week was interesting. We were preparing an investigator for baptism, and we went to see her on Tuesday. When we got there, she was gone and didn't answer the phone. That was strange because she had never missed an appointment. She lives with her auntie, so she came out and told us that she packed her things and left yesterday. She got a job and just up and disappeared. That happens a lot here. People just disappear. I can't say I'm surprised though because she really didn't like staying with her aunt. Her aunt would dump her kids on her and leave for days on end. So we were a little deterred from that, but that evening things switched around.
     We have another investigator who was a referral from a member family, who lives with the family. She has pretty much since birth. She is what we missionaries sometimes call a 'dry member'. So we've been seeing her, and we've taught all the lessons, but we felt that she wasn't ready for baptism. Last week we told her we wanted to post-pone, because we felt she didn't have the desire for herself, and because she was moving to Accra for school the next weekend. The next day she called us up and asked, "So the baptism is not happening next weekend? Why?" So we decided to sit down with her again and have a serious talk about baptism. She told us she really did have that desire, and that she has been paying tithing for some time now, and going to church and institute at school. We were surprised, but pleased, and we just switched her name with the previous investigator's name for the date of August 10th.
     Yesterday our recent convert C. blessed the sacrament. He nailed it on the first try; I was impressed, haha. I winked at him from the congregation and he winked back all chill-like, haha. "Yeah, no sweat. I'm awesome." He was strait business up on that stand.
      That's very interesting about the girl who was talking to her JW friend and needed scriptures. I recently wrote a journal entry about the JWs and all they're efforts to confuse and corrupt our investigators. Another example of changing scripture: In Ezekiel 37, where the prophecy about the Book of Mormon lies, in their Bible they change the 'stick of Joseph, and for Israel his companions", to "stick of Israel". They completely omit "Joseph and Ephraim". Which we now know that is key information, as Nephi tells us in 1 Ne. 6:2 that they are descendants of Joseph. So, I'm glad I could help someone out by venting in my emails :)
      Recently I was reading in the Book Of Moses--- I'd never read it before. It was very insightful and clarified some of the events in Genesis. IN Ch. 7, Enoch is talking with God, and God himself begins to weep over the Earth. Enoch asks Him why he is weeping , saying, "Were it possible that man could number the... millions of Earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations..." (Moses 7:30) God answers Enoch saying, "Among all the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren." (Moses 7:36) I put two and two together and realized what that means. This world in which I live is the most wicked of ALL of God's creations EVER. That's seriously heavy.
("Gee, this is heavy Doc." "Weight has nothing to do with it!" ha,ha [One of Clint’s Back to the Future quotes]) Although after this conversation God flooded and cleansed the earth, Jesus Christ said in Matthew 24:36, "but as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be." We are in the last days now, the 'Saturday Evening of Time'. Things will only continue to spiral downward as we get nearer to the 2nd Coming of the Savior. This world is a terrible place. That realization makes me want to be stronger; I want to be a light to those around me.
     Anyways, have a nice week!
Love,
Elder Doggett

Zone meeting from July 2013

Dear Family and Friends,
     This week I finished reading the New Testament. Overall it was very interesting and insightful. Mostly though, I was impressed by how many latter-day teachings are hinted at, but not fully expressed. Through modern revelation, we now know much about the organization of the church, eternal marriage, and our own personal potential. The former day apostles knew these things too, but since they were writing to people who were already members of Christ's church, they only addressed their needs. But they DO mention some deep doctrine. Romans 8: 15-17 speaks of our potential to become like Heavenly Father. 1 Corinthians 15:29 mentions baptisms for the dead. 1 Peter 3: 1-7 explains how an eternal marriage relationship should be. The Acts alludes to how the true church of Jesus Christ must run: baptism and the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands, setting apart people for certain callings (Acts 13: 2-3), ordination, power in the Priesthood (8: 14-22), and direct revelation (10: 9-16). The church is true. There needed to be a Restoration, and the apostles knew that. (Acts 3: 19-21, 2 Thes. 2: 1-3, Eph. 1: 10)
     G. is doing very well. I was impressed at his faith this week.  He has been moving to disconnect himself from [his church], because he knows our message is true. He is a chairperson, who helped to build up some programs there. Last weekend, G. had to confront the elders of his church and explain to them why he wanted to leave--- again. He had already left when he was preparing to be baptized previously, and had to explain to them that he wanted back after he lost contact with the missionaries. They said everything they could to dissuade him, "We're all worshipping one God, what makes them different? They don't even use the Bible, they have their own book." But G. stood strong and bore his testimony about the Book of Mormon and our message. That night some other members of his church, fellow chairs, came to his home and tried further to change his mind, saying, "These small boys are trying to lead you away, you helped  build up these programs, you can't leave now!" G. replied, "That will not stop me from following the truth." He told us that they just didn't understand. But he has recently been pondering where he will go after this life and what he will receive. I was really impressed. I can see that there is something stirring deep within him, compelling him to act, to change, to follow the truth. He is acting alone, while almost everyone around him gives their disapproval. He says he is praying for strength and guidance, and that he knows the Lord will provide a way.
     C. is doing well also. Recently we've been sharing prophecies about the Book of Mormon that are found in the Bible. He LOVES it. We've shown him the prophecy of two sticks in Ezekiel 37, with the scripture in 1 Nephi 6:1, to show that the Nephites are descendants of Joseph. We showed him the "marvelous work and a wonder" prophecy in Isaiah 29:13-14, referencing the restoration. We buttressed it with Isa 29:4 and corresponding Moroni 10:27, saying, "thy speech shall whisper out of the dust". He told us he is now convinced of the divinity of the BOM.
     We also shared with him 1 Nephi 13: 13-17, where Nephi is shown that "many plain and precious parts of the gospel" are taken out of the Bible. We then proceeded to show where, in his Bible, Matthew 18:11 is missing [Jehovah Witnesses Bibles have many verses taken out]. C. was super taken aback. "For the son of man is come to save that which is lost." We asked him, "Why did they take that out? Is it important?" He said, "Oh, this is serious! I didn't know!"
     While we were waiting to have PEC the other night, the Family History specialist came into church, and invited us to look up our own history online, so we did. (Mom, it's interesting that you just mentioned family history to me), I looked back to Ephraim Hanks, then decided to see how far back my line goes. Going back I found King Henry III of England! That's intense. So, I'm a descendant of him; no big deal, right? I continued to trace his royal line, going back through the Kings of the Franks, finally ending at a name with the birth date 157 AD. That's about 57 years after John the Beloved wrote the Revelation! Family history work is sweet. I don't know who did all of that, but they did well.
     Right after our meetings at the church we were walking through town and we passed by a store blasting Kiss. Ha ha! we stopped and 'talked' there for about 10 minutes. It's been too long since I've heard the sweet melodies of 80s hair metal. :)

Love,

Elder Doggett III

" I testify that our Heavenly Father loves all his children equally. With Him, there is no respect of persons."

This is a coal pot I found on internet, probably similar to what Elder Doggett cooked on.  They use charcoal.

One of the monkeys that hangs out in the trees there

Dear Family and Friends,

     Last Monday, we made tacos for one of the families in our branch! They bought all the stuff and we came and played master chefs. It was really fun. I've never made tacos before, but we did very well; everyone enjoyed them. We started from scratch, making the tortillas and we had to cook them on a coal pot. Never used a coal pot before, either. It was an experience.

     This Wednesday was also our branch mission leader's birthday. He's a sweet guy and he works super hard, so we decided to get him something nice. So we bought some FanIce and cookies, surprised him at his house, and showed him how to make some sweet milkshakes. He was very surprised. He enjoyed himself thoroughly, as did we, because it was super hot that day.

     As we were teaching a lesson this week, discussing 3 Nephi 11, our investigator asked about the 'other sheep'. We looked at John 10:16 and the corresponding scripture in 3 Nephi 15: "Ye are they of whom I said: other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd." We explained that these people Jesus mentioned were the Nephites in the Book of Mormon. She then she asked, "So, Jesus went to visit America, huh? Why didn't He visit Africa?" We then went to 3 Nephi 16:1, where Christ tells the Nephites that he even has OTHER sheep that he needs to visit. We told her it was very possible that he may have visited Africa, or China, or Russia. It was right about then when it really hit me how much God loves his children. Why would He send his son to Jerusalem only? Why would He send his son to the Americas only? Would he really send him to Jerusalem and America only? In 2 Nephi 29 the Lord says something along the lines of, "Know ye not that I am the God of all nations?" I testify that our Heavenly Father loves all his children equally. With Him, there is no respect of persons.

     On a different note, this Saturday we stopped by a member's home just to say hello. He asked us to 'dedicate my new car'.  We said sure. He is the kind of guy that you just have to go with his flow, and don't question it. He bought a taxi some months ago, it passed through some hands that didn't take care of it. So it's been in the shop and he's lost a lot of money on it. He started the prayer this way: "Our Heavenly Father, by the authority of the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood which we hold, we commit this vehicle into thy care..." I opened one eye to look at Elder Hansen, who had slapped his hand silently to his forehead and was shaking his head. Hahaha. Our member continued, "...please bless the driver that his eyes and faculties may be sharper... bless the owner that he may be able to pay a full tithing... please bless the driver that he may be more than willing to return items that are left in the car (it's a taxi, remember)... protect this vehicle from theft, burglary, fire, accidents, and most of all--- evil spirits... please help to restore the money that has been put into this car..." But. The BEST line was his closing, as follows, "...and may it be soaked in the blood of JESUS! Amen." Oh my goodness, we about died holding in our laughter. I said to myself, "Yes. You are definitely a convert." Haha he was converted about 7 years ago. All the older members in the church here are converts and have their own little quirks. They all have colorful personalities. I know God appreciates and loves them, though.

     About the taxi fare, we cannot give [C.] money. We actually asked for President's advice last night on what to do. He doesn't know. But in this country, handing out cash, especially as a white guy, gives the wrong impression, and can instill ulterior motives into people. It's something we really have to avoid. We might just have to wheel C. down the street to church! 

Taco time!

Elder Hansen, Elder Doggett

Elder Hansen's surprise birthday party

Dear Family and Friends,

     Mom, I got your letter with Elder Murray's stories and the pictures. I can see Dad is getting gray hair on his temples... you're getting up there Dad. :) So this week we still had a lot of cake leftover from Elder Hansen's birthday, so we cut it up and took it to District Meeting on Tuesday. Every snatched it up so fast.  Needless to say, our Zone loves us now.

     Yesterday at church we didn't have an investigators class because the branch mission leader was too busy to prepare over the week. But it was a missionary Sunday, so Elder Hansen gave a talk. Then we joined Primary to help them learn how to sing 'A Child's Prayer'. Ha ha! they made us sing it alone, then we helped them patch it together. That was fun. For our little branch, we have a surprisingly large primary. The youth program is suffering right now, but in the future it will be huge.

     Our investigator, G., is having a little bit of trouble. Since he was contacted by missionaries over a year ago, he was preparing for baptism, but he traveled and lost contact with the missionaries. In his preparations he had to move out of his church; he had a chairperson position. When he lost contact, he went back, talked a lot with the men high up in the church, and they gave him back his position. Now that we have re-established contact, he's having trouble doing that again. He's just in an awkward situation. He's also trying to switch over his line of work from supplying alcohol to something else. But he has a powerful testimony already. He knows what he needs to do. He's been praying for strength and courage to change his life around. Every morning he gathers his kids together for a morning prayer to help him find another line of work and so forth. He would be a powerful member of the church. He loves his family and he knows how to take care of them--- which is kind of rare down in these parts. So he needs some prayers.

     So here's an update on C., the man in the wheelchair. So far we have taught him the Restoration, Plan of Salvation, and Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is surprisingly intelligent and literate; he's recovered very well from his stroke. Recently we've been pushing him hard to read and understand the Book of Mormon. And he has been. He always asks very good questions. The other day we sat down to discuss with him what he read, but he told us he hadn't read, so we returned a few days later. He had been reading in Jacob, and he asked a lot of good things, I can tell he's really trying to understand. Then he said, "I have to confess, I lied the other day when I told you I didn't read. I was reading; way ahead. I wanted to continue to observe how you taught, and I was also looking for something in the Book of Mormon that contradicted the Bible. If I had found something, I would have said, 'thank you very much', and I would have waved you off. But I didn't find anything. Everything in this book is good-o!" Ha ha! I laughed and told him that I had tried to do the same thing once, yielding the same results: the things in the Book of Mormon are testaments of Jesus Christ. GOOD THINGS. I admire C. for his clever investigation method, though. He reads a lot; he has nothing else to do. He normally sits up on the hill overlooking Petrol Roundabout in his wheelchair, under his umbrella, people-watching. We have seen the Jehovah's Witnesses visiting him every once in a while as we pass. They have started coming since we've been seeing him. I'm not worried though, C. is a smart man.  Oh yeah, C. (our recent convert) passed the sacrament on Sunday! He had no problem with it. He also met with a member of the Stake Presidency to prepare him to be ordained an Elder this coming Stake Conference... whenever that is.

Love,

Elder Doggett

P.S.  Thanks for the letters and continuing pictures. I want you to know that I really do appreciate them. There ARE more people to teach here because of the English. I noticed that pretty soon after I got here; people are much more educated. 

A young man's Duty to God notebook in the branch! :-)

July 8, 2013 email

Birthdays and Baptisms

 "...when we taught him the First Vision, he immediately understood the implications. He said, 'Whoa. You guys really DO have a huge message.'"

Dear Family and Friends,
    This week was super packed.  On Wednesday, we had an appointment with an investigator who is a cousin to a family in the branch, and she lives with them. We always meet her with Sis T., one of the C. family daughters. Sis. T. is... troublesome, haha. She's very energetic and sarcastic and loves to mess with missionaries. She's the one who caught me sleeping in church. Recently she's been picking on Elder Hansen, making fun of him for not having a girlfriend. Last week she found out that his birthday was on Wednesday, and said, "Oh fabulous! You can bring us cookies and candy and tacos; we'll have such a great party!" She was hanging it over our heads for days.
     So Elder Hansen made no-bake cookies to give them and we showed up for our teaching appointment. Sis. T. came out with a grin, took the cookies, and shooed us into a room off to the side of the porch. She said she'd send out our investigator, then she disappeared back into the main room off the porch (the curtains were pulled over the windows). We were thinking, "Well this is sketchy, what are they planning in there?" We usually teach J. in the main room, in the A/C :)
     We had a short lesson with J., (she was all dressed up and wouldn't tell us why) then she told us to wait and went inside. Then, our branch mission leader, Bro. N., showed up. He had on a wily, nervous smile and before we could ask him what he was doing, he disappeared inside too. Now we KNEW something was up. J. finally returned and invited us in. The lights were off; as we entered, they flicked on--- the room was full of our branch members screaming,“Happy Birthday!”  The room was full of balloons and decoration, with a giant cake at the head of the room accompanied by champagne (or as we call it in the states, 'sparkling cider)'. Not to mention the table of food: fried rice, chicken, salad, pizza, and bon bons. The place was seriously decked out.
     They sat us down and J. started conducting. So we started with a hymn and prayer, then the custom in Ghana is to go around the room and individually give birthday wishes to the one being celebrated. J. wished Elder Hansen to grow old and be a 'toothless grandpa'. I wished him to be like Captain Moroni. Then my comp gave a little birthday speech and we played charades! We ate food and cut the cake. When they lit the candles, we found out they weren't candles at all, but giant fireworks! Haha!  We popped some cider--- One guy popped his into the chandelier and broke some pieces off. Bro C. yelled, "That will be 5 cedis!"
     Finally, Sis. T. brought us soft serve ice cream, strawberry and butterscotch flavored, because Elder Hansen hates vanilla. So we just seriously enjoyed. There were 3 people behind this escapade: Sis. T., J., and V. (another cousin). I think this birthday proves that they love us, haha. They sent us home with cake, more cider, and the kontumbrie stew we payed Sis. T. to make for us. Best. Birthday. Ever. And it wasn't even mine!
     For 4th of July on Thursday, we made good old American burgers! And we had some Arizonas. It was expensive, but quite enjoyable. I've gotten a lot more of a sense of patriotism since I've been out here. Proud to be an AMERICAN!
     Now, on a more not-so-crazy note, we had a baptism this weekend. C.A., 23, was baptized on Saturday by our branch mission leader. We had quite a few people from the branch show up, despite some communication problems we had regarding the baptism earlier in the week. C. was a referral from a powerful convert of just a year ago. I remember when we taught him the First Vision, he immediately understood the implications. He said, "Whoa. You guys really DO have a huge message." It was really nice to teach and prepare a guy for baptism. I loved explaining the priesthood and how awesome it is. On Sunday, I had the chance for the first time to confer the Aaronic Priesthood and ordain someone. It felt very normal and natural. It was very sweet.
     On a side note, President Uchtdorf mentioned an experience in a West African meetinghouse last conference. That was in Ghana, by the way. It was in the Takoradi Stake Center!

Love,
Elder Doggett

E. Hansen's birthday party

Baptism of C.

Square 4th of July hamburger

July 2, 2013

GHANAIAN VIGILANTE JUSTICE

Dear Family and Friends,
     There was a lot that happened this week. We watched the full Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration film with one of our investigators.  She is the cousin of one of the member families in the branch, and we teach her at their house. Towards the end of the movie, the members brought us juice and homemade candy bread. Their main room has A/C too, and a full HD 60 inch TV. It was a goooood lesson, haha. Talking with that investigator yesterday actually, I found out that her parents own the building they rented out for Ntranoa meetinghouse. She used to live there. So it's still a small world out here in Ghana.
     So on our way to Mission Conference this week, we saw a whole crowd of people in the street and it stopped all traffic. We asked the driver what was up, and he said there was a thief. Pretty soon we saw who was in the middle of the crowd; a short, young, Ghanaian man in a white shirt, getting railed on by the crowd. He broke free and started to run from everyone, and lots of guys followed him as he dashed into a half-constructed building. They all started to pick up rocks and boards and went after him. That's about when our taxi drove away. It was pretty chaotic, they will KILL YOU here if you get caught stealing. It's the mother of all crimes here.
     But the mission conference was really good! The focus was on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and how we can help our investigators better understand it. President Shulz gave a very good talk about the actual sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He went through the 'consequences of sin'--- what happens when you sin. The eventual consequence is death, both spiritual and physical. He explained how Christ felt every single effect and sorrow of our sins. Because one of the consequences is removal from God and loss of the Spirit, Jesus felt that too. When you lose the Spirit, you feel confused, uncertain, and alone. President explained that Christ probably didn't understand why or what he was doing. Hence, "Nevertheless not my will, but Thine be done." But he just knew he was doing something he had to. He thought he was sacrificing EVERYTHING. He thought he was sacrificing his own personal salvation and exaltation. And he did that for us. We know now that he didn't sacrifice salvation and exaltation, but at the time, he did not. It makes sense when you liken the story of Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac. Abraham knew what he was going to do as he went up into the mountain with his son, But Isaac didn't know the whole picture. Until it was all said and done, they didn't realized a sacrifice would be provided for them, in the form of a ram caught in the nearby brambles. This really helped me to understand the scale of the Atonement, and what Jesus Christ gave up---what he thought he was giving up. But he loved us and his Father enough to do it anyway. It really helped me put it in perspective. (Mom, I met Elder Larsen at the conference, he seems like a great guy.)
     On Saturday, we went up into Green Hill to meet a member referral at their house. When we got there, the referral had gone out. But the A. family has two 8-year old twins. The Fante words for twins are Paein and Kakra. Paein is the elder, and Kakra the younger. Elder Hansen loves these girls because he's a twin, too. He is Kakra. So Kakra came out to see us, and to go call on the referral for us, but when he was gone, she ran into the house and grabbed a Book of Mormon Stories manual and brought it out to show it off to us. She brought it over to me, so I decided to tell her a BOM story! Haha the pictures in that book are great; they're from like the 1950's. I was gonna tell her the story of Coriantumr and Shiz, but I decided that was too violent. So I settled for the story of Ammon. (Not much better, right? Haha) She thoroughly enjoyed it,
though. She was so thrilled and enraptured in the story. Especially when Ammon cuts off the Lamanites' arms. :) Then Elder Hansen shared his favorite story with her, when Nephi prophesies of the murder of the chief-judge. It was fun.
     We've started teaching a newly-wed couple that lives right in front of us. They were invited to the branch conference by President Davies, who is their landlord and ours. They're not Fante, they are from upper eastern region, so they speak a language called Frafra. They're both very intelligent, and have a somehow American sense of humor. It kinda throws me off when we teach them, because they feel so first-world, haha. I might be kinda rusty when I come home. :) Both of them are very interested in the gospel, the husband came first and noticed just how happy everyone is. He said there has to be something different with the church. His wife is a little less excited. They're both Catholic, so as we teach, we can see some of those beliefs coming through. I have a lot of respect for people who know what they believe though, because most people here have NO IDEA. Going to church is just a social event here. We're a little worried though, because they've been reading anti-Mormon stuff on the net. But we're trying to focus on the family aspect of the gospel, since they are starting their own family now. It's hard to get them to church though, because they don’t speak FANTE. But the Relief Society president caught me sleeping yesterday in church, so she told everyone to throw more English into the meetings. Haha she will never let me hear the end of that though, she is very troublesome.

Love,
Elder Doggett

SURVIVING SATAN'S STEW

Dear Family and Friends,

     Coming from church yesterday was pretty awesome. One of the less-active members we've been working with is a driver for some college. Somehow he got his hands on one of the buses, and he took lots of people to church, and almost everyone home.  It would be really convenient if he could do it every day. Once, he gave us a ride home from town in a giant semi-truck when he ran into us.

     Also, yesterday we didn't have anything for lunch because our stew ran out. Haha so we used this stew that Elder Kirumira made over a transfer ago; it's been just chillin’ in the fridge. Elder Hansen thought we were going to die! We boiled it for a long time, though. We called it the Satan Stew.

     Elder Hansen and I also held a sting operation this week. Our apartment needs a lot of supplies; and it has since I've been here. Elder Hansen just came from Takoradi, and has hookups with the senior couple there, the Bybees. He called and told them we needed haircuts, so the next time they're in town, they should come over. Sister Bybee cuts a lot of missionaries' hair. The Bybees hate to see missionaries suffer, so they help out every time. When they came, Elder Bybee asked how our apartment was. We said, "Oh, we are missing a few things..." The biggest thing we needed was a mirror and a new ironing board. Elder Bybee said, "Well, I just HAPPEN to have some ironing boards in the truck." When we went out to get it, he opened the camper shell and said, "Oh, I also HAPPEN to have some mirrors. Take one." It was ridiculously 

convenient, haha. Also our kitchen sink broke last week and our bathroom sink is leaking. They said they would call the apartment manager and take care of it. So, we scored big time. We really did need the haircuts though. Sting-op success. :)

     The referrals we got last week are keeping us pretty busy. This week we had the most lessons I've had so far on mission. 25. It was awesome. The more work you have, the faster everything goes. It seems that the members really are getting more excited about missionary work, especially since they've seen us bringing people on our own. Even one of the less-active members came to church for the first time in 5 years last week. He was there again this week. Re-activation is very easy here, if you just try, compared to back home. You just need to show people that you care about them, and that Heavenly Father still loves them and wants them to 

have the blessings of the gospel fully in their lives.

     So two weeks ago, as we were talking to people on a street corner, a kid approached us and told us that his father had sent him, and he wanted to sit down with us. So he led us up to the building outside where his dad was sitting in a wheelchair under an umbrella. His name is C., and he had a stroke 3 years ago, but has slowly been recovering. He decided 6 months ago to accept Christianity and he wants to learn everything. He decided to call on us because he had seen us passing almost every day. He just sits up on this hill overlooking a main roundabout, and watches people all day. And reads his Bible. But we recently gave him a Book of Mormon, and he has been reading it non-stop. Haha he is very interested in the gospel; he had heard about the prophet Joseph Smith many years ago, but he was never interested in religion. The sad thing is, he asked us yesterday where the church was, and when we told him, and told him that it was a storied building, he said, "Oh, well, I guess that means I can't come then." The building we meet in is very strangely situated. It's hiding behind this enormous bank in the middle of Cape Coast, on a hill, and it's two stories. They had to build it that way because of the small land size. The chapel is on the top floor... So we're not sure what to do yet. We brought up the concern to PEC, and they said, "Uh... keep teaching him, and see where he goes." C. is very excited about the gospel, though. One of the first things he told us he knew about the gospel of Christ was that it was lost over time. He already knew about the Apostasy, so when we got to the Restoration, he was extremely intrigued.

     So we are getting more and more people to teach every week. Now all we need is our own building to meet in... it seems to be a motif in my mission, haha. It would help a lot. 

Love,

Elder Doggett