This Friday we have the chance to go up to Philly again and
hear from Elder Shane M. Bowen of the First Quorum of the Seventy. I am so
excited. This is my third General Authority to come out to my mission! I love
hearing from them. They always give such great counsel and advice.
We fasted this week as a zone to be guided to those who are
ready to progress towards baptism. We don't quite have any progressing with a
date this week, but we did see some awesome things happen with finding and with
people that we have been working with. Only the future will be able to tell us
if stuff really happens. I have faith that it will.
We met with Pablo and Yerani. They are new investigators.
They stopped us in their car while we were walking home. They told us where
they lived, so we passed by and set up an appointment. They are SUPER
Catholic. When she said a prayer to finish, she said Amen like 12
times and did the little cross thing with her hands... We just kind of sat
there haha. But they didn't just say they were Catholic to
us so that we would go away. That's what most people do... This
lesson was mostly getting to know their religious background and where they
come from. We got around to about prophets in the first lesson. I sincerely
hope and pray that they will humble themselves enough to read and pray about
the Book of Mormon. When they do, they will know. It is that simple. That
little book packs a lot of punch. It is filled with the Spirit. It is the great
converter and retainer. When people read it, they can use it as evidence of our
message. It made me think of in Moroni 7:48 where Moroni says that all
true followers of Christ have been blessed with CHARITY!!! That isn't
exclusive to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Everyone. He also says we should PRAY ALWAYS that we might be filled with
that love.
We had 2 people at church yesterday, 2 Investigators, one
named Pedro, the other Genaro. They aren't really progressing that much, but we
will see what happens, could be a nice little turning point for them.
We are also starting to teach a member's brother that has
been here for like 3 months from Mexico. His name is Hector. He hasn't been
studying or doing much anything spiritual recently, and he misses it from before.
He used to be very spiritual. We said that we want to help him regain those
feelings of spirituality that he had before! We taught him about the
Restoration and the Book of Mormon. I can't wait to see how that works out.
Transfers are coming up this week. We will get calls to see
if anyone leaves this Friday. I think Elder Wall is gonzo. It will be a bummer,
because we have had some great times. But that's ok. We will do what the Lord
wants us to do.
Well, things are going great here. This work is very true.
Don't have any doubt about that. I love the Lord. I read today in 1 John 2:3-6
that we can't really say that we know God if we don't keep His commandments.
That is the ultimate form of showing Him that we love Him. Just like John 14:15
says. If ye love me keep my commandments. If we really do love him, we will do
our best to. We aren't perfect, and He knows that. He just asks us to do our
best. Love you all!!!
-Elder Dial
P.S. Grandpa Bevan is totally in this video
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