To Build A Ship

Hey Everyone,

This week has been really good. Things are moving right along.

A few days ago I was reading in First Nephi 18. and I ready vs. 1-2 saying how when they were building the ship they were commanded to build they "did not work the timbers after the manner which was learned by men, neither did they build the ship after the manner of men, but after the manner which the Lord had shown unto them."  For some reason this verse really stuck out to me. As we go through life there are 2 ways that we can live (build our ships): after the manner of the world (men) or after the manner which the Lord will show unto us. We don't know what would have happened had Nephi and his brothers built the ship after the manner they had known as men. I can guess they never would have made it to the Promised Land.  They would have been destroyed by the waves that over took them on their journey. Either way we can choose to take the path the Lord reveals to us or we can take the path the world says is right. We all want to make it to the promised land (eternal life in God's kingdom as families) it is up to us if you will build a ship strong enough to withstand the waves that Satan will send our way as we journey there. Food for thought.

I got an email from Elder Morley (my comp from transfer 4) today. This was a little bit that he put in just to keep me informed. 

Ojok is a stud! Nice work with him man.  He is the Elders Quorum instructor and he is powerful! Bruno is also the 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum and the new night guard at the church ha.  You did wonderful things in the area and branch and I, the Lord, and the people here will forever be grateful.

The gospel WILL change people’s lives. They will be blessed with peace, love, joy, knowledge, opportunities to learn, anything and everything they can imagine. As it is learned the spirit comes into our lives and we will be led my God. (Mormon 5:17-18) As we follow him we are led by him. If not then we have no promise (D&C somewhere). "The study of true doctrine can change behavior (life) more than the study of behavior will change behavior." 

The Church is true, the Gospel is pure, and God lives and loves us. This I know.

Love you all, Have a good week.

Elder E.E. Buyers

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Something I forgot (told you) Happy birthday Miss. Emma Brown. Love you guys.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Happy Easter!

Hey Everyone,

This was a really good week. I don't really have much to say about it but it was just really good. For Easter we went to the senior couple's house for dinner. They take good care of us. the food was awesome. We also dyed eggs. It was kind of interesting dying brown eggs but we made do. We also watched more of conference. We were able to see most of priesthood session. WOW! that's all I'm going to say about it. It was really powerful. 

As for the pictures. One is of Kivagutu. basically it is rotten milk. the stage between milk and yogurt. It's not too bad but they love it here. There is an investigator that gives it to us every time we teach him. haha.

The other is of me cooking. I figured nobody would believe it. I actually amaze myself on how good of food I can make. haha. not really but it’s still edible. Love you all and I hope things are going well.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Elder Buyers, District Leader

Hello everyone.

It has been another good week. The whole mourning week thing that was going on didn't hurt us as bad as we thought that it might. At time it even gave us a better opportunity. Everyone was so focused on their lost loved ones and we were able to came and tell them how they can see them and even live with them again. 

Saturday we had a zone conference. I learned a lot and now we are just trying to put it to action. We talked about teaching a lesson in a minute. We were given a topic we had to introduce to someone and we only had a minute to introduce ourselves, introduce the topic, give a power statement, and extend a commitment. It was actually kind of hard. We also did this really interesting role play. We had four Elders that were teaching one person in a lesson. We could each only say one sentence at a time. It was really cool to see the unity that formed so fast and also how simple the doctrine was taught because we only had one sentence. It was cool.

Transfer news changed twice after emailing. I am still training but I was also called as district leader. 

Other than that not much happened. Just the usual work. Love you all and hope you have a great week.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Week of Mourning

I'm out of time so this is quick. 

Wednesday we gave out glasses to hundreds of people. Thursday my son (new comp) came. Sunday we went to the Palmer's (the senior couple's) and had dinner and watched the saturday morning session of conference. This week is mourning week for Rwanda. Mourning the genocide from 1994. 

Thanks Have a good week everyone. Love ya.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Another One Bites the Dust

Hey everyone,

How is it going? Things are going just dandy here. There isn't much to talk about but that''s ok. It is starting to rain a little bit more but not too much yet. The rainy season is supposed to start but now it's mostly just hot.

Another transfer down. Time is just moving. It's not really going fast or slow, it is just going. We got transfer news this morning. I am staying. Elder Ndlovu is going to K1B (the other area in our district. Same house). I am training a new missionary. He will be here on Thursday probably. His name is Elder Mugwadisha from South Africa.  It should be interesting. 

Well I hope you all have a great week. Love ya.

Elder E.E. Buyers