WHEW! What a week it has been. We had Chenggou LI at sacrament meeting last week. After investigating the church for 5 years, he finally said. "I Believe there is a God". We met with him on Wednesday to follow up and teach a lesson in Alma 32 concerning Faith. "But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until yebelieve in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words." Since then he has told us he no longer believes. WHAT? This threw me completely off! Talk about a lead on. Broke my heart. But we still love him, and are working with him. He's still good to visit with us. But not too big of a focus right now. Magdelena and Olivario are solid. Maggy had to go to Mexico to see her daughter get married, but when she gets back on the 6th she is entering into the waters of Baptism along with her Husband Oli. We are so excited for them!
This week we had Elder Clarke from the Seventy come and speak to us! We are getting I pads really soon, like training for using them and everything. I'm excited, the work is going to explode, I will be connecting to Facebook within a few months. Elder Clarke is a straight shooter, he tells ya how it is! The spirit was indescribable. He talked a lot about self control. He stated "If I were talking about your future I would be willing to bet that there are a few Less Active Members among us in this room today" That was a big wake up call for me, and I'm sure for everyone there. He was so right. Everyone paints this picture of the mission field changing people by simply just "Going" but it will never change you unless you let it, unless you work diligently, and strive to be an instrument in the Lords hands it will never work in you. He said there is a difference "Some Missionaries work through there mission. The RIGHT Missionaries let the Mission work through them". There is a big difference. I liken this to the scripture that talks about service. "He giveth service, but he doeth it grudgingly" The conference was supposed to train us on the use of IPADs and online proselyting, we did that for about 15 minutes, but then put them away and talked completely about cleansing, and preparing, and being a master of self control because to be honest with you, I will be using my old Facebook from back home, and we are permitted to have our family members and friends on our lists so they can see our online work. I am excited about that, but here is the kicker. The self control bar has to be raised. I love Elder Clark. I can honestly say he changed me in an instant. What a powerful messenger of the Lord. You could tell that he was there for a purpose, and he executed it, having confidence in the outcome. Some missionaries didn't like how bold he was, but that is because the truth probably stung for them. I could see the Love in this mans eyes, it was a pure love. He was humble, and diligent. I didn't know those 2 words could work together.
He challenged us to do this. "Hang a picture of the Savior on the wall, and when you take your tag off at night, you do it in front of him, and you account to him what you did in his vineyard every day, how you helped those that have not yet felt the love and compassion he has for them". I did this, and it sunk deep into my heart. I immediately understood what I needed to do.
It is my testimony that the Savior lives. His Atonement is very personal, and uplifts, and carries me through the most challenging times of my life. God knows my heart, and he knows everyone else's heart. With his divine help, I can help those with a troubled heart, to feel the love and change that comes so sweetly with the restored gospel. The men that have been called to lead and guide this church are men of God. They are wise as to the things not of this world, they receive guidance and revelation to help the work progress in these last days. I know this to be true.
I love you!
Have a safe week!
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