Oh, how I love the mercy and grace of our Lord! This week
started as a continuation of last week. Sister Smith and I were trying hard not
to get discouraged. It seems that with each of the people we are teaching, as
soon as they come up to breathe, they get knocked in the face with a big wave!
They are truly being put through the refiners fire. Gerri is praying for a new baptismal
date but neither her nor Adam were able to make it to church because Gerri's
grandson had to go to the hospital and she was there with him all night! To top
it off the next morning their dogs ran away! Adam is getting his back surgery
so he had to work Sunday to get ahead on everything before surgery. The Rapues
had a crazy week, too. They had the important court date for their son (he has
been away for 3 months now and that has been hard enough on there family - he
is 16) right before the day Allen had to leave for an emergency. Charlotte
didn't know how she was going to get through the court thing by her self and
she didn't have gas money to go get Allen, let alone to go to the court for her
son.
Well, I am just so grateful that Sunday comes. Just as
Sunday was the day our Savior conquered death and brought light back in to the
world, Heavenly father blessed us with countless blessings on this Sunday.
In sacrament meeting we heard talks about grace. It is a
gift from God that we access when we live the gospel. It is the ONLY way we can
be saved, but we receive the power of grace as we submit to him. It
really encouraged me. I have been praying to know how to better consecrate my
self and living on the mercy of daily repentance and asking Heavenly Father how
we can help the people here in Green River ... here are
some of the miracles of our Sunday:
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Gerri's Grandson Jaxon is better and healthy;
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Right after we prayed that the Clark ’s
would find their dogs, they texted us and said they just came running back to
their car shop!
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We were able to find the Rapues a ride to the
court house and someone else helped them out with gas and everything went great
with there son!
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Allen was able to make it home and be there for
that as well.
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AND we found 4 new investigators! 3 of them are
a family and they are G-O-L-D-E-N!
The 1st new investigator is Ernest. We met him before, I
can't remember if I told you about him. he is Pentecostal, his dad is the
preacher at the local church and he knows the bible like the back of his hand. We
bore testimony the first time we saw him of the Book of Mormon and how it
completes the bible, and gave him a copy and he said he would read the introduction
and we could come back in a week. We came back to find the book on the
door step with a note and Bible verses with some doubt. We resolved his
concerns with more verses and some articles from LDS.org and this week is the
week we returned to talk about it. He really enjoyed the articles and we taught
him the restoration lesson and he is really intrigued. He wants to know more
about the priesthood and how specifically the Book of Mormon and the Bible work
together. So, we have some things prepared for him and we will return next
week! It’s a fun way to teach. We just keep exchanging information and
answering his questions. He is so nice and really loves Jesus Christ. We are
excited to learn and grow from one another.
The family is the Hamiltons
and we found them when we were trying to find a less active member the ward
council asked us to visit. They are Christian but don't belong to a church and
are very spiritual. They know a little about out church and love the family
aspect of it. Dave and Emily are the couple’s names and they have a sweet 8-year-old
daughter named Alexandria . They are
moving soon and Dave is moving first on Thursday. We wish we could have found
them sooner but God is definitely in charge on this one and we know he directed
us to them at this time. As we finished our lesson last night with them, Dave
asked if we would come back at least a few more times before he leaves Thursday.
We are so excited for this family and know they will continue to progress in
their new home.
Sunday night we couldn't wipe the smiles off of our faces! It
was such a spirit-filled day and we feel grounded back to our purpose to invite
others to come unto Christ. It is like the talk Elder Bednar gave about the
truck that got stuck in the snow: the weight of the chopped wood in the back of
his truck is how he got out. Sometimes the Lord burdens us with a load so we
can move forward. We learned how important Elder Wirthlin’s advice from his
mother to "come what may and love it". We need to remember to laugh;
we need to have an eternal perspective; we need to remember the principal of
compensation; and, we need to trust the Lord. Miracles are real. I pray we can
always recognize the hand of the Lord in our each and every day.
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