New letter address

May 13, 2009

My new address for letters is:

Avenida Itabuna 2557
Vitoria da Conquista-Bahia
CEP 45-025-090
BRASIL

Well, I think I told just about everything on Sunday, though of recent note (being yesterday) two of our investigators who were planning on being baptized here soon met some opposition from the world and one from her family as well, and as we talked with them about their various concerns, my comp. (Elder N.) was inspired to open up the Bible to John chapter 10, and while reading there, a part was brought to my attention, as the people who are listening to Christ speak about the parable of the sheep and the good shepherd, turn around and call Him as a demon or at least being possessed by one, and Christ says, "These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?" In the same way, here in our days, people say a lot of things about the church, about the book of Mormon, but those who take the time to read even a small part of it, and then pray and ask God if it is true, or if the church is true, they feel good about it, they receive those feelings of peace and happiness described as the fruits of the spirit in Gal. 5:22, and we can apply the same statement (granted changing it to speak of the feelings we receive as we read and pray) when people say it is incorrect or of the devil, "these are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a thing of the devil bring good feelings as those that come as we read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it is true?" People just have to have a desire to know the truth, and act on that desire, exercising their faith that God really will answer their prayers, and that He won’t lie, but those who are for one reason or the other, closed to such an answer as to even try to seek it will never know, you can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.

I know this is God's work, that He lives, that the Book of Mormon and the Bible contain the words of the ancient prophets of God, that we have a living prophet today that can and does speak face to face with Jesus Christ, our loving Savior.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amém.

Love,
Elder Pettit