"M"... she is super prepared... we share the
gospel with a lot of people, and there are some that are just so
prepared to hear it it is ridiculous. You can really feel their desire
to learn in the lesson and that ´real intent´ brings the spirit so much.
Well "M" is one of those chosen few. We go to teach her and we could
just sense that there is something different about her. She loves to
hear the word of God and recognizes that there is something currently
missing in her life. So we teach her about the Restoration of the
Gospel... how through Joseph Smith the priesthood authority was restored
to the earth. Very few people realize the importance of this concept-
but she did. I could see it in her eyes- that she truly understood and
had even more interest to learn more. As we were explaining the Book of
Mormon and how we can receive an answer through prayer she made such a
profound comment: "I think the answer we receive depends on our faith
too, if we have real desire to receive an answer then God will give us
that answer more readily"... haha I couldn´t believe that came from an
investigator's mouth and not from the mouth of a missionary.
´Exactly... actually there is a scripture just about that... Moroni
10:3-5´. She is incredible and I´m sooo excited for her! We set a
baptismal date and I truly believe that it will go through... she is
just that awesome!!!! :) Woohoo!!!
We also have this
awesome investigator named "A"!! We met him on the streets a few
weeks ago and haven´t been able to teach him again for a while.. but
this week we taught him and had an awesome lesson! :) He kind of came
into the lesson with his mind set that he wasn´t really a church-going
type of guy. So we started to read with him from the Book of Mormon and
he had kind of surface level questions-like he just really wanted to
learn but not really apply anything. So then we had a detour in the
lesson and we both bore really powerful testimonies about why we know
the church is true and what the church has done for us in our lives.
After that he was like a completely different person- he was more open
not only to learn, but to apply as well. and something stuck with him
because he came to church yesterday and loved it! :) The members were so
awesome with him and he made some pretty great friends. I´m excited for
him too!
"D"... so this is investigator "D"
number 3.... I´m fairly positive the Lord wants us to baptize a "D"...
because "Ds" just keep popping up. :) So this "D" has had a hard
life... and it shows... but the gospel is for everyone and so we were
sharing... actually we started with the Word of Wisdom... it just seemed
right in the moment. Well the next lesson we taught him he looked like
he had shaped up at least a little.... we taught about the Restoration
and were very specific about what the requirements are for baptism...
haha I started out by telling him that he had to be completely clean and
that required him to give up some of the things he is doing at the
moment. .. haha and my companion is hilarious, she took the clean
comment to the next level and told him he had to be clean physically too
and shower everyday. hahaahahahahah I guess that´s what happens when
you are sitting closer to a smelly man.:) I was trying so hard not to
laugh :)
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