This week has been long and exhausting and
wonderful. Our area had just been booming with success and greatness
lately. The Lord is blessing us tons and it's wonderful! This week we
were able to set 2 baptismal dates with people we have been working with
:) Which is pretty sweet. One of them is Txxxx! Yeah! I was on splits
with Sister Pinto this week and we had a miracle lesson with him.
I don't know if I've mentioned this but something that we've been
waiting for/working with Txxxx on is him receiving his answer that the
Book of Mormon is true. He reads and prays about it daily, and last we
heard the only answer he had received so far was to "keep reading" so he
has. But when Sister Pinto and I were there, he opened up to us about
his recent experiences, thanks to some truly inspired questions. He told
us that he has recently realized that even before he even opened the
book and started reading, he knew it was true. This whole time he's just
been coming to an acceptance of it's truthfulness in his life. and that
as he's been reading, he hasn't gotten just one big "it's true!"
answer, but many small witness over time as he's been reading and felt
the Holy Ghost testify to his heart that it's true. WOW! How amazing is
this gospel and the power that it has to change people's lives!! Soon
after that we talked about baptism and invited him to be baptized at the
end of November, and he accepted :) AND he said he'd be at church this
upcoming week. What blessings!!
We also have been working with a young girl named
Cxxxxxxx for a while. She's 17 and has been taking lessons for a while before we started,
and was all set to be baptized in the past but her mom said no. So, she is waiting
until she turns 18 in December. We were able to set a solid date with
her so that she knows exactly what she is working towards. She really is
amazing. Her parents are divorced and so we teach her when she is at
her dad's house every other weekend. She reads the Book of Mormon 10
minutes everyday, and is just wonderfully strong in her testimony, even
though she isn't allowed to go to church when she's at her mom's. It was
a really special moment to set that date with her and to see her face
light up. She's been waiting for that day for 2 years - and I can't wait
to be there when she finally gets to make those covenants with Heavenly
Father.
Whelp. That's about it. I don't' know if I mentioned
this last week, but President Baker has invited all of us missionaries
in the CLAM to read The Book of Mormon from cover to cover by the end of
the year. He challenged us to focus on attributes of happy and
successful missionaries as we read. So, I invite all of you to do it with me! But
instead of successful missionaries, look for attributes that apply to
yourselves, like good parents, good students, etc. Let's work together
and finish it by the end of the year! woohoo!!
I love you all!!
Sister Hensley
PS This is Dad. For those of you who want to have a copy of the Book of Mormon to read on your portable device you can find it in the Apple APP store or Google Play. This is the complete Book of Mormon with a special reference guide to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Just search for Book of Mormon and get the app.
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