Hector was great. Taught him about the Word of Wisdom. He accepted it
super well. Better than I thought he would, because he had mentioned
to us that he drinks coffee every morning. He said that the word of
wisdom is super logical and that it makes a lot of sense. He didn't
say that he would be able to quit immediately, but he said that he
would try. We said we would call him throughout the week to check up
on him. Super good. The Word of Wisdom really is evidence that the
Lord called Joseph Smith to be a prophet. How would he have known in
the 1830's about all the harm alcohol, tobacco, drugs, coffee, and tea
could do to you? He couldn't have, unless God told him.
The highlight of Tuesday was our lesson with Benny. We finished the
plan of salvation with him and it was literally an amazing lesson. He
has so much potential. He read the first 13 chapters in 1st Nephi,
including the introduction, and actually remembered all of it. So
elect. We explained the spirit world, resurrection, and the degrees of
glory. It is awesome when you quote the bible during a lesson and the
investigator begins to quote the same verse with you. It makes it
soooo much easier to teach. We resolved how God can be merciful and
just due to the preaching of the Gospel in the Spirit World. It was
super good. Complete different sentiment from the last lesson, which
was basically all resolving concerns from anti Mormon stuff that he
had found. It was fantastic. Without us having to ask him, he prayed
to know if these things are true. You can tell what is important to a
person by what they pray for. His girlfriend, Kimberly, came in for
the prayer and is going to be there for the lessons we have now. They
are gonna be married, be strong in the church, and go to the temple,
where they can experience the endowment and sealing for real, and not
on YouTube in their living room where the Spirit of The Lord will not
dwell. He is one of the most genuine guys I have met ever, and it is a
blessing to teach him!
So Zulma, a recently reactivated member, went to the temple this past
Saturday, and she told us about her experience. Basically she was
completely overcome by the Spirit. Like a whole lot. Like a ton. Like
she couldn't stop crying. The second she walked in the door (and even
before) she burst into tears. She said she could feel the presence of
people going down into the baptismal font with her. She is such an
example. Also her ex boyfriend came and offered to help her with the
rent and everything, on the condition basically that she sleeps with
him. She denied that. She said that the Lord was going to take care of
her and that she didn't need his nor anyone else's help. She bid him
farewell. She is awesome. Love her.
We had interviews with President on Thursday. It was a great
interview. Told me that he was proud of me for my work in the area and
stuff like that. Basically told us that one of us is leaving, and I
think it will be me. President had been sending Elders into a new area
a lot for their last transfer. We shall see what happens. Hope I
finish in Philly.
We helped a sister in the branch move on Saturday. Not a whole lot of
stuff. She just ordered 4 pizzas for 4 people at the end... Sufficeth
to say that I ate a tad bit too much, but that's ok. Afterwards we
went to Hermano Santana's house. Super good lesson. We are teaching
him as if he was an investigator because he has basically lost all of
his knowledge of the Gospel. We taught him the first half of the plan
of salvation. He had some questions about Adam and Eve, but we got
them straightened out. Super powerful lesson. Afterwards we went and
saw Luis and Aida. They were like depressed, so we put aside the plan
we had and we had a lesson about the good things that come to the
faithful. It was good. They didn't react too much to it, but we tried
to bring the Spirit of The Lord into their home to make them feel
better. We sang "Come, Come, Ye Saints" to prove the point. It worked
pretty well. Good times.
Good day. The Bethlehem sisters had a baptism today, and they asked if
I would help them with a musical number. It was a Christian pop/rock
song that the new member requested for her baptism. A little bit more
pop than I am used to, but it turned out ok. I played and sang, and
Sister Ipson, one of the sister missionaries from the Bethlehem ward,
played the violin. Turned out well. Super high song, like I was
hanging out on E's and F sharps and stuff like that, but it turned out
well, plus the sisters promised us cookies because the told us about
it last night, and so we went through it together last night and a
little bit today. The song is called "I Can Only Imagine." Good times.
Then there wasn't baptismal clothes for the brother who was going to
baptize, so Elder Winegardner baptized the new convert. He didn't wake
up this morning expecting to baptize someone, but the duty called and
he was ready!
Good things are happening. We are loving life and loving being
missionaries. The Lord is in the work. Marcus, stop growing. You're
gonna be way too tall. Love you all. Enjoy the pictures below
Elder Dial
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