11/10/12 - 11/12/12 giving a friend a book of mormon and signing for people at the PCC

I'm combining two days into one post to tell you what happened yesterday and this past saturday.

 Saturday- So I've been talking to our contractor Daniel about the church for about two months now and I told him that if he had any questions he could ask me. He has had LOTS of questions and seems really open and interested.  Then we had a thing on Sunday called "bring a friend to church day" where we could invite someone to church to let them see/hear what we believe.  So, I invited him to church and gave him an English and Spanish Book of Mormon (because he speaks both English and Spanish) and told him that if he had any more questions, I'd try to answer them the best I could. I wrote my testimony inside and he read it out loud to me.  He would stop and say, "I believe that too."  He has a little boy named Lucca that he loves a lot and wants him to have a good and religious upbringing, so he is interested in the programs for kids at the church house. It felt so GOOD to open my mouth and bear my testimony to him.  He is a really good honest man and I pray that some day he can join the church and find all the happiness there. He would be a great member..

Yesterday- As most of you know, I know ASL and part of my mission is to sign for the Deaf people that come into the center. So far I've only used it one other time but yesterday I was at the Lu'au and a tour guide came in and said "Hey Ben how much ASL do you know?" I told him I knew a lot and he said "Do you think you know enough to do a tour?" I said "I'll do my best. when do you need me?" he said in about half an hour. I asked someone at the luau if that would be OK and she said "Why don't you just go with him right now so you have time to wait for them."  So I went to the front of the center and waited for them. I wasn't sure if I could do the whole tour in ASL so I asked if a tour guide could come with me and do the talking and I could translate it into sign language. So, I got to go around the center with this lady and her daughter. The mom was Deaf  and her daughter was hearing but knew fluent ASL.  Her daughter  really helped too because if the mom was behind me or something, she would sign for her if I didn't know certain signs. It made me feel really good that I was able to communicate with the mom so she could enjoy the center.