His Charity is Perfect

I got peed on by a turtle. 

Bonjour et mboté à tout le monde! Hope each of you is happy, safe and that you feel and search for God's presence in your everyday life! 

Elder Konan and I worked really well together once again. We saw many of our old friends and recent converts! It was really fun this past week! We had plenty of Rendez-vous which canceled but that didn't stop us! We saw many miracles this week as the Lord led us by His Hand to run into, contact, and find many wonderful people! Also, Fr. Mardoché, Davido, Adolphin, et Fr. Jeancy passed their interviews for their baptism so whoop whoop! 

God is good, He loves you and He answers prayers. He forgives us and He blesses us. That we may listen to Him every day and to His Spirit. They will lead us to do everything that we must do to have joy (2 Néphi 32:5). They will point us to Christ who loves us with a love that surpasses all possible comprehension. Voilà an example from the Book of Mormon: another testament of Christ.

Alma 26: 32-33 (in the lense of Christ)

"32 Car voici, il a préféré sacrifier sa vie plutôt que d’ôter la vie à son ennemi (nous voir Mosiah 3:19, John 15:13) ; et il a enterré sa volonté profondément dans celle-ci du Père (Mosiah 15:7) à cause de son amour pour ses frères.

33 Or, voici, je vous le dis, y a-t-il eu un aussi grand amour?..."

Alma 26:32-33 (in the lens of Christ)

"32 For behold, he would rather sacrifice his life than take the life of his enemy (we see Mosiah 3:19, John 15:13); and he buried his will deep in the Father's will ( Mosiah 15:7) because of his love for his brothers.

33 Now, behold, I say unto you, has there been such great love?..."

No. His charity is perfect. He loves you!

I love each of you too! Have a great week! 

Love, Elder Habel

Not Coincidences but Manifestations of God's love!

Hello! 

Let's get this thing started!

This week was good! We were able to progress really well with lots of friends and we were also able to find a couple new people to teach by meeting with our members! We were able to celebrate the birthday of Elder Kombo (Fr. Yanick) who is in our zone! It was a really good week but not unexposed to difficulties!

We received transfer news and found out that Elder Sindika was getting transferred to Nkombo! We have really enjoyed working together and didn't want to split up because of how well things have been going in our area! However so so sad this was it was followed by some good news! I am going to receive Elder Konan again as my companion! He is going to be a zone leader with me! We are very excited to heat things up again in our zone! Miracles are on their way!

 

 

 

We also got to see a wedding at the church on Saturday! Lots of dancing, loud music, and food! Nothing fancy but it sure was fun and even more so as I saw many wonderful people I've been missing like Sr. Soungi, Fr. Guichel, Sœur Junelcia, and Fr. Cléo! People that I love have been just happening to bump into me in the streets and random places. Definitely not coincidences but manifestations of God's love!

I hope you each enjoy the pictures we took this week and I sincerely do hope that each of you is safe, happy, and well-taken care of in all senses physically and spiritually!

Love, Elder Habel

 

 

 

  

 

                                                                                   

  

The Book of Mormon

 

This past we had zone conference, interviews, and I went on a split with Elder Huff! We had a lot of cool experiences!

1) "Wow I like this Néphi guy!"

We were on our exchange when we taught one of the friends of Elder Huff the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We were led to use a couple of scriptures from the Book of Mormon to explain some principles. After much head nodding and "aha" moments she was astounded once again by the scriptures and she exclaimed excitedly "Wow I really like these! I really like this Nephi guy!"

She then told us she had been thinking earlier she was only going to read the scriptures every now and again but during our lesson, she declared she's going to read them every day of her life! The change of heart. We saw Heavenly Father do it in a matter of minutes! 

2) "Can I take a picture of that?"

We then went to go teach the brother of a recent convert Frère Carmen. Sadly he wasn't there. We ended up talking to his other brother and we taught once again using the Book of Mormon and the Bible together! His brother was astonished by passages such as Alma 11:40, Mosiah 3:5-10, and Mosiah 8:17-18. He kept saying how these scriptures clarify scriptures in the Bible! He asked us in all sincerity if he could take a picture of the scriptures and send them to his friends! All in all, my testimony of Christ got strengthened once again by the Book of Mormon: another testament of Jesus Christ. 

3) "It's all true!"

This one was with our friend Mardoché! Once again it is tied to the Book of Mormon! We had invited him to read Moroni 10:3-5 by himself. He read it. He understood it. Then he prayed with a real intention to receive an answer from God! He received an answer. 

At church, he explained to us that he felt the greatest joy, happiness, and peace he has ever felt in his life. He knows it's true! All of it! God truly is our loving Heavenly Father, Jésus is the Christ, and Their Love will never give up on us and will always want to play an intimate part in our lives!

Thus you can see the Book of Mormon has played a big part in my life, the lives of others, and the plan of our loving Heavenly Father. I testify it truly testifies of Jésus the Christ and of His love! Jetez-y un coup d'œueil et je vous promets que vous ne serez pas déçu (Check it out and I promise you won't be disappointed)!

Well, that's all for this week! Hope you each have great moments every day of your lives! 

Avec amour jusqu'a la prochain fois (With love until next time), Elder Habel