Week 63

10/9/18

BRIAN GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!

I am so grateful that I've been able to witness the miracles of the gospel in people's lives. I'm especially grateful the experiences I've had with Pam and Brian and their baby Conner :) I love them so much and I feel God's love for them so strongly! I hope you all are taking advantage of the opportunities around you to help bless other people with the gospel.

"While the duty to warn is felt especially keenly by prophets, it is a duty shared by others as well. In fact, 'it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor.' We who have received a knowledge of the great plan of happiness--and its implementing commandments--should feel a desire to share that knowledge since it makes all the difference here and in eternity. And if we ask, 'Who is my neighbor that I should warn?' surely the answer will be found in a parable that begins, 'A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves,' and so forth." (D. Todd Christofferson, April 2017)

So this week we lost all of our investigators...none of them were interested in meeting with us anymore. We are taking a step back from teaching Paul because we really don't feel like we should have him be baptized until he has the family support he needs. That was hard to do, especially since we no longer have anyone to teach but we are trying to trust that the Lord will bless us with those who are prepared for the gospel. It was so cool in Ward Council, Bishop Corbett, after finding out that we no longer have people to teach, asked the Ward council how they were going to help us find new investigators. They brainstormed some ideas and Bishop asked them to come next time with missionary experiences! That alone is a miracle to me because the work truly cannot be done by just the missionaries. I'm so grateful that Bishop Corbett recognizes that and has a desire to help us. Immediately following Ward Council, we got two referrals! I know that we are going to blessed because of the faith of our ward members and their willingness to reach out and share the gospel.

"Often we describe a miracle as being healed without a full explanation by medical science or as avoiding catastrophic danger by heeding a clear prompting. However, defining a miracle as 'a beneficial event brought about through divine power that mortals do not understand' gives an expanded perspective into matters more eternal in nature. This definition also allows us to contemplate the vital role of faith in the receipt of a miracle.

Moroni taught, 'Neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith.' Ammon proclaimed, 'God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles.' The Lord revealed to Joseph Smith, 'For I am God, … and I will show miracles … unto all those who believe on my name.'" (Donald L. Hallstrom, Oct. 2017)

Sorry for this one being so short, hopefully next week I'll have a little more to write about :)

Love,

Sister MacKay