Today
is my one year left mark! Crazy thinking that in one year today
I'll be with y'all! :) But I can't think about that yet cause there is
still work to be done here.
I'm glad y'all made it to Griff's talk! I was thinking about him lots
yesterday and even though I don't like speaking in church I'm glad I
got to talk the same day as him. AND Mike! How did Mike do? What did
he speak on?
I spoke on member missionary work and I said something I shouldn't
have when I first got up, but at least everyone laughed about it! haha
So I was telling the experience I had with that HUGE guy on the
airplane flying here to Texas and how he asked me why the members of
the church never share what they know they just pass him off to the
missionaries. Well I said, "So I had been praying to sit next to
someone to share the gospel with and this HUGE guy with a big
mustache comes to sit next to me.... I could tell he was a
Texan....." Haha whoops! Luckily lots of the people in the ward are
not true Texans. :/
But we got lots of compliments and I felt like it went well. The only
thing was while my companion was speaking the bishop leaned over to me
and said, can you cut your talk down to 5 minutes? I had prepared
about a 10 minute talk, and this is the ONLY time in my life I've ever
felt like 5 minutes speaking in front of people wasn't enough time to
get across what I needed to. But it's alright, it helped me to not
read my notes, I was able to just talk. One quote I want to share with
y'all from my talk is from President Eyring, "In the world to come
everyone you met in this life will know what you know now,. They will
know the only way to live forever with our families and in the
presence of our Heavenly Father is to choose to enter into the gate by
baptism. They will know that they only way families can be together
forever is to accept and keep sacred covenants offered in the temples
of God on this earth. They will know that you knew and they will
remember whether you offered them what someone had once offered you. I
don't know what the crowds in Heaven will be like but I suppose that
we will meet our friends and family members who didn't know about the
gospel. They will look into our eyes and say, "you knew, why didn't
you tell me?".
Let our Love of the Savior and of the Gospel be our motives in sharing
what we know is true. Don't let fear or doubt stand in the way of
someone we love’s salvation! Elder Ballard said, "We don't have to hold
a formal discussion to share the gospel. Our families can be our
lesson and the spirit that emanates from our home can be our message."
I have a strong testimony of member missionary work! This past week we
found a new investigator named Marlin because of a member in our ward.
Brother Romero came up to us on Sunday and told us he brought one of
his Co-workers who is less active to church. He whispered to us, "and
her son isn't baptized yet..." then he winked and walked away. haha So
we went to talk to Karen (Brother Romero's co-worker) she only speaks
Spanish so sister rozas spoke... while I listened. We set up a time to
go visit. Marlin is a 14 year old boy and he speaks English better
than Spanish so we get to teach him! As we taught him the Restoration
yesterday his whole countenance changed. We could see him getting
excited about it, and as we extended the baptismal invitation we
couldn't even finish the whole question before he said, "YES!" haha.
He told us he loved church, he loves the example his grandma (who is a
member) is to their family, and he wants the gospel in his life. He is
getting baptized in 3 weeks! :) We are so excited for him.
This past week I've seen the miracles of the Lord providing as we ask
in faith. On Saturday night we were so close to reaching our daily
goal of having 2 investigator lessons and 10 contacts.... we only
needed one more investigator lesson. 3 of our appointments fell
through so we had no one on our schedule to see. Sister Rozas and I
said a prayer at 8:30 pm and we got out of the car and started
walking. We saw this lady sitting out on her porch and so we went to
talk with her. We were able to teach her on the spot and set up
another time to go meet with her again. She is very open and we know
the Lord answered our pray, and hers too as she's searching for the
truth.
Another quick story is from last night. We had 2 girls, Claudia (21)
and Elizabeth (18) out with us. Both are thinking of serving a
mission. So before we went to get them Sister Rozas and I prayed we
could have a good experience for them. Well when we got to our
appointment he wasn't there (surprise surprise! ;)) So we saw this man
sitting out in front of his house down the street. We went and taught
him and both girls were able to bare their testimony! Heavenly Father
answers our prayers! :) It was a sweet experience!
Pray for Noo this week as she prepares for baptism on Saturday! :) We
can't wait!!!!
I love you all sooo much! The Lord is aware of everything we go
through, and HIS timing is perfect. I've learned that this week.
Erianne :)
I'll be with y'all! :) But I can't think about that yet cause there is
still work to be done here.
I'm glad y'all made it to Griff's talk! I was thinking about him lots
yesterday and even though I don't like speaking in church I'm glad I
got to talk the same day as him. AND Mike! How did Mike do? What did
he speak on?
I spoke on member missionary work and I said something I shouldn't
have when I first got up, but at least everyone laughed about it! haha
So I was telling the experience I had with that HUGE guy on the
airplane flying here to Texas and how he asked me why the members of
the church never share what they know they just pass him off to the
missionaries. Well I said, "So I had been praying to sit next to
someone to share the gospel with and this HUGE guy with a big
mustache comes to sit next to me.... I could tell he was a
Texan....." Haha whoops! Luckily lots of the people in the ward are
not true Texans. :/
But we got lots of compliments and I felt like it went well. The only
thing was while my companion was speaking the bishop leaned over to me
and said, can you cut your talk down to 5 minutes? I had prepared
about a 10 minute talk, and this is the ONLY time in my life I've ever
felt like 5 minutes speaking in front of people wasn't enough time to
get across what I needed to. But it's alright, it helped me to not
read my notes, I was able to just talk. One quote I want to share with
y'all from my talk is from President Eyring, "In the world to come
everyone you met in this life will know what you know now,. They will
know the only way to live forever with our families and in the
presence of our Heavenly Father is to choose to enter into the gate by
baptism. They will know that they only way families can be together
forever is to accept and keep sacred covenants offered in the temples
of God on this earth. They will know that you knew and they will
remember whether you offered them what someone had once offered you. I
don't know what the crowds in Heaven will be like but I suppose that
we will meet our friends and family members who didn't know about the
gospel. They will look into our eyes and say, "you knew, why didn't
you tell me?".
Let our Love of the Savior and of the Gospel be our motives in sharing
what we know is true. Don't let fear or doubt stand in the way of
someone we love’s salvation! Elder Ballard said, "We don't have to hold
a formal discussion to share the gospel. Our families can be our
lesson and the spirit that emanates from our home can be our message."
I have a strong testimony of member missionary work! This past week we
found a new investigator named Marlin because of a member in our ward.
Brother Romero came up to us on Sunday and told us he brought one of
his Co-workers who is less active to church. He whispered to us, "and
her son isn't baptized yet..." then he winked and walked away. haha So
we went to talk to Karen (Brother Romero's co-worker) she only speaks
Spanish so sister rozas spoke... while I listened. We set up a time to
go visit. Marlin is a 14 year old boy and he speaks English better
than Spanish so we get to teach him! As we taught him the Restoration
yesterday his whole countenance changed. We could see him getting
excited about it, and as we extended the baptismal invitation we
couldn't even finish the whole question before he said, "YES!" haha.
He told us he loved church, he loves the example his grandma (who is a
member) is to their family, and he wants the gospel in his life. He is
getting baptized in 3 weeks! :) We are so excited for him.
This past week I've seen the miracles of the Lord providing as we ask
in faith. On Saturday night we were so close to reaching our daily
goal of having 2 investigator lessons and 10 contacts.... we only
needed one more investigator lesson. 3 of our appointments fell
through so we had no one on our schedule to see. Sister Rozas and I
said a prayer at 8:30 pm and we got out of the car and started
walking. We saw this lady sitting out on her porch and so we went to
talk with her. We were able to teach her on the spot and set up
another time to go meet with her again. She is very open and we know
the Lord answered our pray, and hers too as she's searching for the
truth.
Another quick story is from last night. We had 2 girls, Claudia (21)
and Elizabeth (18) out with us. Both are thinking of serving a
mission. So before we went to get them Sister Rozas and I prayed we
could have a good experience for them. Well when we got to our
appointment he wasn't there (surprise surprise! ;)) So we saw this man
sitting out in front of his house down the street. We went and taught
him and both girls were able to bare their testimony! Heavenly Father
answers our prayers! :) It was a sweet experience!
Pray for Noo this week as she prepares for baptism on Saturday! :) We
can't wait!!!!
I love you all sooo much! The Lord is aware of everything we go
through, and HIS timing is perfect. I've learned that this week.
Erianne :)
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