Busy Week

So this week was actually pretty good. We were busy with lessons which
was really nice, except for I feel like we are teaching so many people
now that I am mixing everyone's lessons up in my head
so I don't know what was taught to who. Thankfully we have records!

This week we had a very interesting lesson with Mr. M. He asked a
question about Adam and Eves kids, particularly about Abel and Cain.
He asked why God accepted Abel's sacrifice and not Cains. In Genesis
chapter 4 it says this.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was
very wroth, and his countenance fell.

It was a very interesting question because I don't think I have really
thought about it too much other than the fact that Cain eventually
kills his brother. We did some research and discovered that God
had required of them to sacrifice a firstling of their flocks. And
Cain felt that it wasn't fair because Abel's job was to be a shepherd so
he could get a sacrifice easily. So Cain got the idea (from Satan)
that he could sacrifice something from his job (He was a tiller of the
field) So he gave of his fruits and veggies. And God didn't accept it.
But God in Verse 7 said this,
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest
not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire,
and thou shalt rule over him.
God told him/ gave him another chance. But instead he chose to follow
the adversary and he killed his brother.
That was pretty much our lesson with M.

Then we had another lesson with a new investigator who is way cool. But we taught him about God and Prophets and it was really good.

The next day we had district meeting. And I gave a training on being
more converted and consecrated. I think it went pretty well. I shared
a video called staying within the lines by Elder Jeffery R. Holland.
Its been great to have an Ipad and be able to use technology to
improve lessons and trainings.

Also we met with the young man who asked if we were the Jesus people.
He brought a friend along to the lesson and we had a joint with
the branch president. It was really good. The young man actually was like a
member teaching his friend. It was really awesome.  The Branch President was
really happy and pleased to see that our investigators are understanding well the things we are teaching. It
was great to have that Joint because it helped the progression of our
investigators and build trust with the Branch President. He talked
about the lesson the whole ride up to our Stake (District) Conference,
which was that same day. We were able to teach about the plan of
salvation and his friend thought it was way cool. We were able to set
an appointment up with his friend to teach later too!

We also taught a Less actives son who is 14. He read Alma 40 and said
that he doesn't want to go to hell and he wants us to teach him how to
go to paradise. He is quite Shy but way cool. We are thinking we are
going to get a baptismal date set for him this week! So we will see
how it goes. I am going to call his father, (who is a returned
missionary) and get his input on it as well. It is great when you
teach someone who has a member in their family who can help them when
they read the Book of Mormon and explain things when the missionaries
are not around to do it.

We also had a District Conference, and an area of the seventy came.
His name is Elder Otohara. After the Conference I shook his hand and
he looked at me and he said I can tell you are a good elder just by
your face and I said no no no. But he said he can't lie. It made me
pretty happy.

That is pretty much my week up to this point!


Love Ya,


Elder Nebeker