hello i cut all my hair off. it was annoying. https://www.dropbox.
Our AC broke. Good thing we have a trillion fans. https://www.dropbox.com/
We met a cool old guy who really didnt want to learn about Jesus at all but he really wanted to give us some coconuts. Of course we accepted. Who turns down a coconut? https://youtu.be/
There is a rebellion happening. https://www.
Just Kidding. It just Angelina Jolie shooting a movie about the Khmer Rouge.
This week we got to watch a big training video by some Apostles and people on the missionary committee. It was awesome. My favorite part of it was when Elder Bednar taught a lesson about the Holy Ghost to a classroom of 20 missionaries. He talked about our role in teaching people vs. the role of the Holy Ghost. As a missionary and as a teacher our role is to bring the message of the gospel "unto" the heart of the learner. We cannot force our message into anyone or force them to follow Christ. All we can do is teach them to bring it "unto" their heart and them invite them to "act" in order for them to allow the Holy Ghost to bring the gospel "into" their hearts. Pretty complicated huh.
We cannot force anyone to follow us. Gods gift of moral agency cannot be taken away. We can only teach and then invite people to test out our message. If they test it out with an honest heart then the Holy Ghost will confirm to them that the gospel is true.
I want to tell all of you that the Book of Mormon is true. It testifies of Christ and shows us the way to follow Him. Every time I read the Book of Mormon I feel the Holy Ghost testify to me that it is true. I know it is true. I want to invite all of you to test out this teaching. Try reading the Book of Mormon and see if it is not true.
How many Bishops does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one, but the light bulb really has to want to change.
We have been teaching some people and inviting them to act recently. One cool new investigators that we have right now is a guy named Chai. He and his son started learning 2 weeks ago. Teaching them is super weird because they live in a hotel on the 4th floor so its suuuuper quiet every time we go over. A nice change to the usual hectic lessons on the side of road next to a busy market. Chai was shy to pray the first time we met him but then the second time we went over he gave the coolest most sincere prayer ever asking to know if what we taught him was actually true. We just gave him a Book of Mormon this week so hopefully he will get his answer soon and commit to repent and be baptized.
Life is good. We are all just trying to be perfect. But we're not. But we're trying so its all good. One day we'll get there. Keep trying.
Love,
Elder Osborne
P.S. Shout out to Grandma Juanita for emailing me! Keep it fresh Grams!