Week #80

a principle of  obedience

we read in 64th section of the Doctrine and Covenants in verse 23, "Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the son of man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day for tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming."

this week i saw such a great example of faith in the principle of tithes. we have an investigator named brother Edmond, now edmond lives in my old area in breanu akyim but because of the person he stays with he comes all the way to tamso branch to worship, its a tough deal cause we dont have the time to goo alll the way out there to see him, so we are working it out with him.

edmond has wanted to attend the church his whole life, back when he lived with his parents in takoradi he went to the church as often as he could but his parents wouldnt allow him, or give him money for transportion there, so eventually edmond moved out and came to tarkwa. ever since hes been coming to church.

the moment sacrament meeting ended edmond pulls my companion and i into a room and asked us to help him pay his tithe and fill out the envelope, in his hands was 100 cedis..... now to some that is nothing but to a young adult who makes MAYBE 5-10 cedis a day working at a washing bay, the amount was too much, we quickly taught him the commandment of tithing but he insisted!! he said that he feels he needs to pay the amount to make up for all the times he hadnt payed his tithing, the more we said he needs only pay 10 percent of what he makes the more he insisted.

i loved the amount of faith edmond has, even before he understands the commandment hes willing to give more then he should offer, people like this are those that are prepared by god, sooo grateful for edmonds example to me to always pay my tithe, the money is not for us, its for the lord, its for the kingdom of god to grow upon the earth.

let us all remember that when the lord comes we will have to account for everything, including the money that we were givin in this life, i know we can do it and follow such a humble young mans example, so grateful for these life lessons im seeing in action!! like always, mission is too sweet!

God bless!

elder jeppson

1. went on exchange with elder singer! love that guy!
2. elder king and i waiting for the keys to the chapple
3.view from the house
4-5. this stuborn slash cute girl "eye roll" hahah
6. had the hole zone stay in our appartement friday night............. HAHAHH so we went and had a nice dinner, elder ball and i slpit a pizza and a burger
7. after king and i gave our instruction, such a dope companion!
8-10. tarkwa zone!!