This week has been amazing. Such a great week here in the Newark area.
One of our investigators is Ferriana. She is from Panama and has really accepted our message. We were able to teach her this week with a member of our ward who served his mission in Panama. It was great to see the connection that they had and it really helped her to feel the spirit. In the end she prayed and asked about the message we had shared and she told us she felt good and felt it was true. Such a great spirit was in her home as we taught her.
Another investigator we have is Dan. He is a great man, he has some Word of Wisdom struggles but he knows he needs to change. Ever since we have meet him he has wanted to know how he can forgive himself. We have been giving him things to read in the Book of Mormon and he has read them! Its been great. He is really open to learning and I hope that as we help him with the Word of Wisdom that he will be able to feel the spirit even more in his life.
We have been meeting with a investigator, Brother Manchester since I first got here. Not as often as we meet now, but we still met with him. He has met with missionaries for many years now and has never really made a whole lot of spiritual progress. He has read all of the standard works many times and knows all the church history. He is always reading about the church or things from the church. But he has never really found God. Several weeks ago he told us that he didn't believe in God. We asked him, committed him, to pray every morning and every night to Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ. He told us he would, and that he would try to listen for an answer. Well just this last week he told us he believes that God is his Heavenly Father! There was an amazing spirit in his home as we have seen him change and grow in front of us and find his Heavenly Father. Its such a blessing to be able to see such great changes in him. All through the power of prayer and scripture study. His progression is slow, but it is accelerating as he continues to seek the spirit in between our lessons.
I love Newark, and I am so grateful I am able to be serving here with Elder Zolman. He is really helping me to grow as a missionary and is helping me to become a better teacher.
Love, Elder Parker
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