This past week has been pretty
dang good! We had a great turn out on Sunday of 39, where people are coming
more consistently and for those that are returning, they are doing the things
they need to do and as a result it has been a great blessing to see the
light in their eyes grow brighter and brighter! Repentance truly is a
beautiful, remarkable thing! Especially to see people come and taste of it's
fruits and come to know what true joy, peace and happiness is like.
I had
a pretty interesting experience. We were over at Ramona's house and
I got attacked furiously by a little 6 year old girl... She jumped out of no
where and.... well... needless to say, I had received 3 big kisses on my face by
her before I knew what in the world happened lol! They are an amazing family
whom I have come to love and care about so much. I cannot wait to see them
enter the waters of baptism when they are ready and make that amazing step
preparatory to receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, one of the greatest blessings
and gifts we have in this life. A gift where we have the wonderful
companionship of a member of the Godhead always with us, to guide us in our
lives, provide comfort when we stand in need of comfort and to help us increase
in knowledge and truth of all things. It truly is amazing and a gift that I am
very grateful for in my life.
On Tuesday we got red-dotted.. again. We were
doing service and the Chester rolled in and dumped a descent amount of snow on
the ground making it a bit difficult to head out and work.
During studies this
last week I learned a lot which I am grateful for and I wish I could share
it all with you. During my studies I felt impressed on how we can go about
inviting Ramona to be baptized and as well as some other things to help her
have more Spiritual experiences confirming the truth to her so we can point out
the Spirit to her. I am looking forward to meeting with them this week.
Oh how lucky we are to have a loving Father in Heaven who
has given us wonderful families on this earth! Even more so as members of the
Church to not only know that death has no victory over us - meaning death is
not the end. Also that we can live for ALL TIME AND ETERNITY with those we
love and cherish the most, our families. What a wonderful plan and example of
the love that our Heavenly Father has for us! We will experience times of
sorrow, loneliness, heartache and many other not so fun emotions and events in
life, but we have the enabling power of our Savior Jesus Christ to carry us
through, allowing us to do those things that we ourselves are not able to
do without him. We do not need to wait to feel his warm, loving arms engulf us, but
rather if we turn to him and pour out our heats to him and express our
innermost feelings, doubts, fears, thoughts, He WILL be there for us. I Know
this to be true, as I have felt him literally lift me up and wrap me in his
arms and I have seen that happen in the lives of others. Trials will come, but
only for a short season leaving us stronger, more compassionate and loving
towards others as a result. In essence, these trials are what shapes us to
become more like our Heavenly Father.
I leave you all with my love, my support and my testimony. That I know Jesus
Christ is the literal Son of God, that He lives, and that through him we can
have peace, joy and the strength to continue on and be shaped into who it is
our Heavenly Father wants us to be. I say these things in his name, the name of
Jesus Christ, amen.
