Week 41

I got transferred.  We call them changes here.  I am now in an area in the interior, and its awesome. It's still hot, but not as much, and the people are much nicer and there are a lot more trees, and the houses are pretty cool. I live with my comp and two other elders, they are all cool.  Its a branch, of 55 people, but we have a lot of people that we are working on. Its awesome. The place does not have hills, so that is really cool and there are roads that are not clogged by people parking cars all on one side, so that is actually pretty cool. And we are working hard.

My new comp is awesome. He is 6 10, gonna play at BYU after his mission.  He had offers from Ohio state, Michigan State, Florida, UCLA and others. I told him I am happy he is not in the Pac 12. He is super awesome.  He is absolutely hilarious.

And we were walking, and started to talk to an atheist, who plays ball with my comp on Mondays. Well, he asked us if we could talk, and we talked for an hour and a half. He said that he had investigated a ton of religions, but that none were for him. And he asked us some questions that he did not have resolved, such as the two deaths, spiritual and physical. And also about if the people who die without a knowledge of Jesus would be saved, and if we, after this life, remember what happened in this life. And stuff like that. And so we have an appointment with him on Wednesday, and he said that if we can answer his questions and resolve his doubts, he will get baptized. His questions are good, they are questions of a person who has been looking for answers, hasn’t found them anywhere, and is now looking for help. He said that he did a bible study with some orthodox Catholics, and asked about the people who did not get a chance to hear the gospel, and they told him basically tough luck for them, oh well. And he didn’t like that, so he left, as what kind of God would be like that? So we explained the spiritual world. And he also asked about Abraham almost sacrificing his son, and why, so we taught him that it is a similitude of Jesus. He seemed really surprised we could answer, and he said he wants to discuss with us all these questions he has, so we gotta study our butts off. It will be fun. 

Well, have a great week! 

Elder Berg