Transfer 5:1 The Transfer of Miracles

Hello friends and family! 

I would like to apologize for the lack of email last week. Our schedule on Monday was a bit rushed. As for this week the email will be short since we got back from the Genocide Memorial late today. 

Before I talk about the highlights of the week, I want to truly thank all of you for your love, support, and prayers. I feel them every day when the going gets tough and even when it doesn't. Each of you are dear friends to me and I am truly grateful for all that you do. 

Now, as for the this week. It was the first in the Transfer of Miracles for our Mission. We have a goal for the entire mission to reach 260 baptisms in 6 weeks time. So far we have had around 28 across the mission! Meeting this goal means that we are having to exercise a lot of faith to see these miracles truly take place, and that we are doing all we can to allow the miracles to happen! So, I'd like to share two experiences with you all that happened this week. The reasoning for the change in background color is that this is taken from my weekly letter to President Collings.

I'd like to start with our Book of Mormon class on Friday. As Elder Mdletshe and I prepared for people to arrive a rainstorm came, resulting in not many people coming to the class. With this we, with the Sisters decided to go stand out in the rain with a copy of the Book of Mormon and started to invite people to come into the class. Many were interested and gave us their phone numbers, but only two came in to learn more in that moment. We had a great discussion and we now have plans to meet them at their homes to teach them more about the Savior from The Book of Mormon!

The second instance came when we were in an area called Batsinda, where a few of our appointments had fallen through. Looking for somewhere to go, we thought of a less active member who lived in the area. As I tried to remember where he stayed, we went into the wrong compound. Feeling a bit foolish for making the easy mistake, I turned around to go to the next gate. A thought then came back to my mind saying "Go back". Because of how I felt going to the wrong gate in the first place I didn't want to go back. After the though came two more times, we turned back and went into the first compound. Within, we found a sister that had concerns about life after death that found our concept of life before and after this one very interesting and wants to learn more. After talking with her we asked if there was anyone else in the compound who would want to learn these things. She told us that there were a few and we went next door. There we found a young family with a newborn daughter. We got to know them and we also told them about how our message and The Book of Mormon can truly bring their family closer to each other and strengthen them against the world. They agreed to let us return and we greatly look forward to that opportunity that the Lord put in our path. 

I know now more than I have before that we must truly being desirous to search for and heed to the whisperings of the Holy Ghost, and that we can only do so when we are doing all we can do to receive that divine support as we support the Divine in His will.  

I know that this work is truly the work of the Lord, and that it is true. No matter how tiring it may be or how high the odds are against us, there is always a way to see the love of the Savior in our lives and to pour that love into the lives of others. Know that I love each and every one of you, and that all things are possible through the Lord and Faith in Him. I know without a doubt that this is true, and shall remain true forever. 

1- Ephrem and Saverin were baptized and confirmed this Sunday! With the lack of a church building with a font, we did the baptisms at a public pool. So that was interesting!

2- One of our amazing Church Guards Alex and our Recent Convert and friend David! 

You are loved!!

-Elder O'Hagan