Hey guys! This week has been pretty good. Hot but good! We have been
working more with the members to find new people and find less actives.
There are about 200 people who are less actives in our area. Thats a
lot. And we have been having much success. Our mission focuses on
families. We have to do our normal planning and then every week we have
to make goals for families. We have 2 families we are going to baptize
and all together it is 6 baptisms, but we have to marry them first.
haha. So thats a little more of a challenge. So we have 10 baptism
dates, and 2 families. All for the month of April and the beginning of
May! Its crazy! But its cool to see how both of those families have been
prepared to be baptized. All that was needed was for us to find them.
There are a few things different about this mission than other missions.
Like, we dont have cell phones.... But we will receive them the month
of April! Finally! Next step, Ipads! I highly doubt this mission will
get anything like that. Not the best conditions for that kind of
thing.... This mission really is awesome. Something that you notice, is
how it was possible for all of the Churches to become so far away from
the doctrine of Christ during the apostasy. Then you remember just how
hard Satan works to destroy everything good. I never knew before my
mission how much of the things we know in our church (and people seem to
ridicule) are in the Bible! Our town is small. Maybe about 10 minutes
to walk from one end to the other, but there are 43 churches. And the
people dont really like us that much because their pastors fill their
heads with lies. But theres one thing we have, and thats the Book of
Mormon, and the promise given to us, that if we read it with an open
heart and contrite spirit, the spirit will manifest the truth of ALL
things unto us. And that is true. I have seen people with hard hearts
who didn't necessarily want to listen to us, just Bible bash, receive a
change of heart, and a knowledge that we know. And that is the purpose
of a missionary. To invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored Gospel through FAITH in Jesus Christ and his
Atonement, REPENTANCE, BAPTISM, RECEIVING THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST
and ENDURING TO THE END. The 5 principles of the Gospel. And sometimes
they are the simplest to do, but Satan works on the Children of God.
Satan would have it that every single person on the Earth to be as
miserable as him. Heavenly Father wants us to be happy. And the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church, that will help
us to receive eternal happiness. Only through Jesus Christ, can we
recieve that blessing. Only through Jesus Christ can we be cleansed of
our sins. He has a love for us that we cant understand, and all we need
to do is come unto him with a contrite spirit, and a sincere heart. This
Church is true, and the Book of Mormon, IS another Testament of Jesus
Christ. Always remember to do the little things, like go to church, pay
your tithing, say your prayers morning and night, read your scriptures,
and love one another. As long as we do those things it is much harder
for the adversary to make us slip. I know these things to be true, and
all of God's Children can know it. I say this in the name of Jesus
Christ, Amen.
