Roostam

So no i wasn't able to watch Conference this weekend, however i believe we will be able to watch it this next week in Russian. So i guess we will find out how much i understand or if my head just wants to explode. If you have any favorite talks let me know and then i can't print them off and read some of them, just in case i don't understand everything being said.

So this last little bit has started to get back to normal. The elder who has been feeling pains in his chest is still in Dnepropetrovsk, however his companion returned with a different compaion so now they are serving here and things are a little more normal.

We had an awesome meeting yesterday. We met this guy through English and he asked me a bit ago if we had meetings at our building. I asked if he meant like a church service and he said, "yeah!"

So the next sunday he came,but he forgot to change his clock for daylight savings time, but he was able to be there for the last little bit and he really enjoyed it. After this we tried really hard to meet with him, however it never worked out, then yesterday we were able to meet with him.

So before out meeting he said that he has been reading parts of the Book of Mormon and he talked about the Isaiah passages! Sweet! So we met with Roostam and talked to him about our heavenly father, prophets etc. He Told us how we wasn't always a believer but that when he was in prison, and then he showed us his tatoo on his arm, that he become a believer and changed his life around. I guess he even lead some of the Church meetings at the Prison. Anyways, this guy is awesome! He loves the savior and was so excited to hear our message. At first he said that the apostasy where there were a lot of churches was just part of God's plan for everyone to have a path to God, and then i felt like i should share the analogy of the clay pot that Dad taught me a while ago. And i showed how the apostasy is like a broken pot and each church got certain pieces and some pieces were lost, however no church received the Fullness of the Gospel. This made sense to him and so we carried on and talked about Joseph smith and it was awesome because earlier in our meeting he talked about how he has been trying to find the True Church and that each one he has gone to so far has this flaw or this flaw and is all about "business" and not people. And he said that so far he hasn't found any flaw and that he feels great when he comes to our building!

After we talked about joseph smith and bore our testimonies to him he told us that he would pray about the Book of Mormon and then he asked why all of the other Churches don't know about this(meaning the restoration)?

At the end of the meeting we found out where he lives and so we get to pass another investigator to the other Elders. I guess the Lord doesn't care who teaches his elect just as long as they are taught. So i am grateful for another wonderful opportunity to meet and bring another soul to the knowledge of the Restoration. Infact we have a meeting with him today because we wants to meet with us, and then the other Elders will be meeting with him.

Isn't that such a cool story? it kind of reminds me of Jean Val Jean from Les Mis. He is just trying to turn his life around and do what is right. Well hope all is well, love ya all.

Love, Elder Ostler
"I testify that our teacher, our shepherd is Christ, our best friend, who clears up all our doubts. He heals our wounds and turns our pain into sweet experiences."
- Elder Horacio A.