Dear home,
Happy Mother's Day first off! Hope
that went well for everyone! I had a good time talking with my family,
even though it went by pretty quick.
This week we had zone meeting and
MLC, where we got to hear from president Becerra for a good amount
of time. He talked about how we can help people understand what we
teach better so we can help them realize the importance of the
restoration.
The 4 pillars of truth that we help people understand is
1)
Belief in Jesus Christ and that He is our savior. 2) The reality of
Joseph Smith's First Vision
3) that the Book of Mormon is Another Testament
of Jesus Christ
4) and that the same priesthood authority that was
on the earth during Jesus Christ's earthly ministry has been restored.
I thought about it a bit and it's pretty cool to think how it goes
hand in hand. Because of Joseph Smith's belief in the Savior, he
prayed and really had the First Vision, which caused him to first
bring light to the Book of Mormon and then restore the authority of
God on earth.
Which I thought was pretty cool how simply he put the
differences between us and everyone else. We only have 1 MLC left with
president Becerra, I'm definitely
going to miss hearing him!
The next day after MLC we went on
exchanges with Tujunga. I stayed in Lincoln Heights with the district
leader, elder Clark. I was pretty excited to apply what I had learned
from MLC into our lessons. Our
first lesson was with Vilma. She
was telling us that she still had to pay off her debt and still wasn't
100 percent sure about baptism. And on top of that she kind of got
anti-ed a few days earlier, but she
didn't really listen to them so it
went better than we thought. So we originally had something planned to
teach her along the lines of faith/baptism. But I felt like that
wasn't what she needed, I felt that she needed to hear the
restoration again. So we started teaching her and a bunch of doubts came up.
That's when we realized that it was more than the economic situation
holding her back. That's when we started helping her understand a
lot more, and she seemed to
understand more as well. She kept
telling us she really wants to get baptized, but she needs to find the
right place to do it. After we finished the lesson, she seemed to
have understood pretty well, but
still wasn't completely sure. So we
invited her to pray on the spot and ask God if it was true.
So
after she said an awesome prayer, we all sat in silence for about 5
minutes until the member we brought with us asked how she felt. She
responded that she felt very blessed, she was feeling great. As she went
on describing how she felt she started crying and said she wants
to get baptized as soon as her court case (her economic setback) is
over. It was amazing to feel the spirit there. We didn't even invite her at
the moment, the spirit told her what it was she needed to do. And
the awesome thing is that her court case ends this Thursday, so she is
either getting baptized this Sunday or the next since we still have to
catch her daughter up on some things as well.
So the main thing I learned this
week is to listen to impressions I may have. This is something I still
struggle with sometimes, whether it be talking to people, knocking a
certain door, teaching a certain
lesson, asking a certain question.
But I know that as we do follow these impressions, we will be
blessed and guided into the way The Lord wants us to be. And that's what
it's all about!
Love you all!!
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