Elder Jimmy Henderson: IT'S MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY!!!!

September 4, 2017

Today is a very special day friends and family because today my mom turns... not a day over 25.

If you have not had a chance to wish her happy birthday, the day is still young! Therefore I officially dedicate this email to my wonderful mother. And her birthday gift... LOTS OF PICTURES!!! #YAAAYYYYY

This week has been interesting. My companion has a twisted ankle so that is the only real explanation for the pictures below. We've been seeing this mystery nurse woman who apparently has the remedy. What you will see below is my companion in lots and lots of pain. #wedontseeheranymore

We had District Conference this week and it was awesome! All the missionaries #exceptelderguevara in the Sunyani zone participated in the District Choir. It was pretty special #tonedeaf but special. The good thing about it was it really invited the spirit into the meeting.

Mine and Elder Effiong's plan to get 6 investigators at District conference did not go well. We fell victims to the classic case of investigators telling us they were on their way to the district center just to get us off their back. But we did have two investigators show up. Kelvin and Gloria. Both are youth age. Are youth represented this week and honestly our adults kinda failed us. It may be time to clean house. #youthpower

Kelvin remains super powerful and will be getting baptized on this coming Sunday.

Gloria is a neat story. Gloria was a fresh investigator when I got to Sunyani and she had never come to church before. When we met were her last week she confessed to us that she initially didn't believe what we were teaching her at all and hadn't been keeping any commitments. We boldly invited her to just try keeping commitments and reading the Book of Mormon on her own and praying about it, promising that she would feel good about it if she did. We asked her to read King Benjamin's sermon and kinda left it at that.

The next time we met with her she told us that she had been reading and that as she was reading the things in the Book of Mormon were starting to make perfect sense. She said that after she prayed she felt like the book was true. We explained that that was the Spirit and she should remember that feeling because it will continue to teach her.

After District Conference she was really anxious to be baptized. The only problem is that she leaves for boarding school next week, and probably won't be back until Christmas. But she is taking the Book of Mormon with her and has promised to read it every day.

That's all for this week kids! Remember to wish my Mom a Happy Birthday!

Elder Henderson