Holy Moses! What a week! I can't believe it's Monday already! Happy 1
week dead Cody! I appreciate the "Hard Style" in front of the garage,
just so you know I've already marked that as mine. Also, if you have
any "funeral" pics I'd like to take a gander.
We had set a goal for 6 new investigators this week, and we hit that
in 1 day. So we just kept climbing, and we found 17! Bare in mind that
our district goal was 15, and our zone goal was 30. As a zone we hit a
new record in history of 51 new investigators. This area has always
been known as the "tough area" but the Lord definitely showed us that
it's all about attitude. I feel like I grew 10x more than ever this
week.
I went on an exchange with the Assistants, they are super awesome! We
had a good time in Independence. I received a blessing while I was
there, and the spirit had never been so strong, it was a power that I
could not deny. The priesthood is a real power given from God, to
bless and sanctify his people. As it is magnified, it can pierce the
hearts of those who are prepared to receive such a blessing.
I spent about an hour talking to this X cop from Shawnee Kansas
yesterday. She just filled our minds with stories and interesting
things, we told her a few of the streets that we would Tract, and she
is surprised that we made it out alive. She was so impressed by the
protection we had while we were on the Lords Errand.
The powerful witness I had when I first the Book Of Mormon will never
cease to carry me when times get tough and my Testimony is tried.
There are many reasons why I say this, I'll just use 2 in particular.
Because I have received a witness from the Holy Ghost that it was
true, I cannot deny it further down the road, and feel justified. Why?
Because the Holy Ghost only testifies of true and correct principles.
I came across a man who at one point received this witness. He felt by
the power of the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon was true, and that
the church was restored through a prophet. I asked him about the
experience. I said: "so at one point you felt that witness" he said
"well, yes at one point I felt that it was true, but then things
changed that I didn't like. The prophet made certain policy changes
that effected me" I said simply but boldly. "you cannot deny that! The
Holy Ghost will not, and has never ever testified of one thing, and
then completely take it back further down the road. Because God is the
same yesterday, today, and forever. He does not go back on his words."
If anybody changed, it wasn't God. It was you, we are given agency for
a reason, and you can use that agency to act on the spirit when its
unpopular, or you can follow mans pressure and fall to whatever fickle
wave of doctrine that comes your way. Because someone gets that
witness, and holds to it they understand and know that Joseph Smith
was a prophet of God, and that he restored Christ's church to the
earth in these Latter Days along with the Priesthood Authority. They
know not only what God has saved them from, but what he has saved them
for, eternity, the highest degree of glory with the Father. It is
accepted, or it's not. It's for us to choose.
I witness the reality of the divine truthfulness of the Book of
Mormon. I know it's true, it has been given to us to confound false
doctrines, bring us closer to God, and to receive the kind of power we
need to overcome the problems and temptations of this world. I promise
that if we read 6 pages of the Book of Mormon each day, we will not
fall.
Love you.
Elder Greenburg
Missouri Independence Mission
Lenexa Kansas Area
Down 60 Pounds
