It is always great to see this guy! My CCM companion Elder Thorne.
Tortillas: 3
Well, the rainy season has started again! This was another marvelous week, always amazing in the service of the Lord! He loves us so much, and he is so merciful with the blessings that he showers down upon our heads. Each and every day my testimony grows of his marvelous power and love for us, and I cannot thank him enough. All I can do his give him my life, be even after that I have not given enough.
Mejor Milagro:
So, we had a night that was not the most exciting. We had a lesson with an investigator that was very interested and had a lot of potential, who just is not ready to receive the gospel. Everything was very wet, and we found ourselves that our visits for the rest of the night had fallen, it being 7:00 pm. But, when this happens, it just means that our plans were not the plans of the Lord, so we began to search for what the Lord needed done. As we searched, the people that we talked to were not interested, and some even began to insult us. It was not easy, but we knew that the Lord had prepared a chosen family, because of the prayer of faith that we offered as we left our house. As we were walking to our next plan, I felt a confirmation that as we held faith, we would be able to find those that were waiting. We went to visit a less active, and to our luck his mother was there who is not a member. We taught a short lesson, but she was not willing to do the things required of the Lord to know the truthfulness of the gospel. As we left, we asked who they knew that we could get to know, and they said that maybe their neighbor would accept up, giving us his name. We knocked the door, but no answer. So, we knocked the next door, and a woman answered. We began to speak with her and found out that the man we were looking for lived their. An instant relationship was formed, and she was willing to listen to us, but there was no one else home. But, at the moment we were about to leave, her sister and husband arrived. This allowed us to enter, to have a powerful lesson lead by the spirit, and to find this family that had been prepared and was ready to learn more about the gospel. Not just that, but in that same house lives 4 different families, all of which will be present when we return next week. The prepared family was not found until 8:30, but I know that as we work to keep our faith in the promises of the Lord, he will always come through, even when it feel like it is the last minuete.
Testimony Time:
This week I was able to finish the Book of Mormon again! I learned many things through Christ, but one of my favorites is found in Moroni 10:32;
Only as we come unto Christ, can we be perfected and one day become like our Heavenly Father. As I meditate this scripture, I realize that thanks to the Restoration of the Gospel, we have the knowledge of how to come unto Christ. We know what is needed to follow his steps, repent, and become clean. We know exactly what the Lord requires of us become he communicates through his chosen servants. We know how to partake of his amazing grace, and sing the song of redeeming joy that comes as we serve him with all of our might, mind, and stength. This sacred book, The Book of Mormon, helps us learn and have the desire to become perfect. It shows us what is needed. It is a divine book, through which we learn more not by what is written on the page, but by what the spirit teaches to us. Each day we can receive council from the Lord and his spirit as we feast upon these sacred words. This book has helped me to come to know my Saviour and my Heavenly Father in a way undescribable, and it is what gives me the want to give lose my life to him. I testify to all ends of the earth that the Book of Mormon is true, and like Moroni exhort all to feast up its words and receive a testimony by the spirit of its truthfullness. I invite all to ask of God, and know for your self the truth of this book as you read, meditade, and pray about its truths. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
-- Another fun picture with Elder McVey who was also in the CCM with me! One of the great things about where I am serving right now I get to see so many different missionaries all the time!
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