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Week 40 - Book of Mormon

Here it's just been very cold. Our walk to church was -11 degrees Celsius. It is also humid. At least it is not hot. 

 

So I am pretty glad to be in Germany right now. I have heard there have been riots and stuff. Crazy. Maybe we should move to Germany. I have a few places in mind. 

 

This week there wasn't too much new. We did a lot of finding. It was pretty good. We found some cool people that we will meet with next week, so it should be good. 

 

This month, as a mission, we have been studying the Book of Mormon. It is pretty cool. 

 

So it turns out, that the guy we met with last week has a lot of antimormon material. It was all invalid though. He made a list of stuff that was "wrong" with the Book of Mormon. We asked him if he ever read the Book of Mormon, and he said no. We got on him after that. It was pretty funny actually. Some of the things people come up with. My favorite was when he brought up polygamy. He told us that it isn't right, and then that it contradicts our own book. In Jacob 2 it says, 

 

22 And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this pride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.

 

23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

 

24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.

 

25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.

 

26 Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old.

 

27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

 

Then he stopped. It was so funny. I then told him to read just 3 verses further. In verse 30 it says 

 

30 For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.

 

He just said "oh." 

 

We got to Book of Mormon Geography, and just blew up his theories. It was pretty good. 

Other than that, not too much happened this week. 

 

Love you! 

 

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