I don't like how fast this time is going by. It flies by like crazy. Man. Tuesday we taught Hector. He is a swell guy. He didn't commit to come to church, but he did commit to keep reading and praying. We taught about baptism and confirmation and about the commandment that we have received to do those things. On paper technically he isn't progressing, but spiritually he is progressing a lot. He says that he feels closer to God by the things that we teach him. He feels inclined to do the rig thing because we are helping him to do so. He feels Godin his life due to the Gospel.
We then taught Benny. We had planned to teach him the plan of Salvation, but his questions and the Spirit guided us to talk more about the atonement. We talked about the difference between knowing
about Christ and really knowing Him. We talked about the implications about Joseph Smith being called as a prophet. There isn't middle ground. He was either a prophet or he was a deceiver inspired of the devil. That took a little convincing. He wants and needs the Gospel so bad. He needs it in his life. He has been very dedicated to God in the past, bus has slipped a little bit, but we are going to help him to do it. He knows his bible, and that makes it so much easier for us to teach! He is spiritually mature and can recognize the Spirit. He is gonna go far!
We picked up Lilian and Angel this week. We haven't seen them in forever. Lilian is super confused about all the churches. She is so afraid of asking God which is true, receiving an answer, and then not
being able to tell whether it is from God or the devil. We explained to her how to know. We have to ask in faith, not doubting at all that God won't answer us. We also have to be willing to follow whatever answer He in His wisdom decides to give us. I asked her if she would be willing to make he necessary changes in her life to join the churchif she received and answer that it was true. She kind of dodged the question, but she understands. She if kind of frustrating and gets off on random tangents, but that's when we bring it back and help her focus.... She'll get there. We met with them on Saturday and focused on revelation and how to receive it from the Book of Mormon. The lesson was super good, but we will see where it goes...
Two of our investigators, Brenda and Geraldo, are progressing nicely. We asked Geraldo about what he had read in the Book of Mormon, and he said he couldn't remember. We showed him how to mark his scriptures so he could learn more. He was so stoked about it. He loves reading now. We saw them later and watched the restoration DVD with em. It was a good time. Loving life.
We saw Luis Figueroa, one of our recently reactivared members. We talked about the temple. His wife has been to the temple as a kid to be sealed to their parents, but neither of them have received their endowment. They have an 18 month old daughter named Eva and they know they need to be sealed. Luis mentioned to us that we always say that he needs to go to the temple, and that he knows that the temple is important, but that he doesn't feel the urgency that some others feel. He doesn't want to go to the temple because everyone else wants him to, rather he wants it to come from his own desires. We told him that was good! We tried to explain the importance of the endowment and
sealing ordinances, but then the Spirit thankfully prompted us to talk about prayer. We told him that he needed to pray to learn more about temples and ask God to help him feel the importance of going to the temple to receive those blessings. His attitude changed, and he became more intrigued and interested, and committed to pray and to study about the temple. Good things are gonna happen there.
So basically Satan is tempting our branch hardcore before it becomes a ward in two weeks. Our elders quorum president basically resigned, along with our young women's president. But that's ok because we keep moving forward. The work of The Lord cannot be frustrated. I have a testimony of that. I have had some super spiritual experiences this week that have confirmed the truthfulness of this work. The Holy Ghost had told me that it is true. I know it. Love the Gospel. If you love it, live it to the max. I know this stuff is true.
Love y'all tonzzz.
Elder Mike Dial
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