This week we have had the opportunity to teach a family.  The family has a son serving a mission for the Church in New Zealand.  We taught them their 1st discussion on Monday evening.  It was a special time for us and think for them also.  Ayoni, the mom, doesn't speak English but she understands what we are saying to her.  The Spirit was very strong as Elder Meyers told the Joseph Smith story. I invited them to read the Book of Mormon and they all agreed.  We gave Andrew, the dad, and Ann, the daughter, an English copy of the Book of Mormon.  Then we handed Ayoni her copy, it was in Sinhala.  She gave us a big smile as we said you can read it in your own language.  We have another appointment with them this week.  Pray that the Spirit witnesses to them the truth of what they are being taught.
Wednesday after English we met with Kumar.  He has had three discussions but is at a stand still.  We read 3 Nephi chapter 18 with him and discussed it.  Then we shared two of the commandments with him.  We talked about keeping the sabbath day holy and the word of wisdom.  We had been told that he drinks by his friend that introduced him to us.  Kumar was concerned with no being able to drink tea.  Tea is really big with almost everyone around here.  He did come to church today.  We were happy to see him and he stayed for all the meetings.
Friday was Inservice for the seminary/institute teachers.  Sister  Nimeshi from Kandy came at 9:45 but Sister Sharon didn't show up until 11:30.  The meeting was suppose to start at 10:00.  This was the first time that we had met with Sister Nimeshi so it gave us time to train her in record keeping and we also got to know her better.  When Sharon came Elder Meyers gave the lesson and then we had lunch.  Sister Nimeshi left and Sister Sharon and her baby, Whitney Rochelle (I call her Charlie), stayed another two hours until her dad came for them.
Today we set up the Distribution Display one more time.  The members that were unable to attend earlier were happy that we gave them another chance to order church items.  Elder Meyers has been working all afternoon to organize the order and prepare it to send to India.

In 3 Nephi 18:15 it tells us to: "Watch and pray always lest ye be tempted by the devil." Prayer is a protection to keep Satan from us. Prayer will also bring us all closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ!

Andrew, Ayoni, and Ann Seneviratne

Sis Nimeshi and Sis Sheron