I hope you've reflected on the blessin's from 2017 and are pumped for 2018!
At Christmas conference President Grayson challenged our mission to read the Book of Mormon by Easter. 6 pages a day! We are marking the importance of repentance, the blessings we can receive from it, and how we can better apply repentance in our life. I am excited! Repentance = Happiness
On Saturday, Sister Felt and I had such an awesome day. We were out finding people to teach and we came across two boys outside on their trampoline. We asked them if their parents were home and if they would be interested in hearing a message about Jesus Christ. They said probably and told us they were inside.. so we went to the front door and we met their dad. He asked us if we are Jehovah's Witnesses, and we told him we are Latter Day Saints! He was impressed because he had met with almost every religion, but he's never studied with us. We briefly taught him the Restoration, and left him with a pamphlet because he was in the middle of something. He asked if we could come back the following day because his wife would be home too. So, we came back on Sunday and they were all outside loading up their trailer. He said he had forgotten he made an appointment with us until right when we pulled up haha! I just thought that was funny. It reminds me about how we are walking by faith on Earth, because we are being tested. We forget because we are human. We walked by sight before we came here, because we were literally with God before we came here. Why don't we remember? Well if we knew everything, we wouldn't need to be tested :)
Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of for
The gospel is just so cool. Anyways, they were on their way out because their heater broke so they were headed to fix it. They asked us to come by tomorrow before the Georgia game. So yesterday we went over and oh my goodness what a spiritual experience. When we got there he had the game on and he asked us to sit down. He turned the tv down a little, and asked about our day. We asked him if he had a chance to read the pamphlet, and he turned the tv down a little more. He was telling us about it while we waited for his wife to sit down and when she sat down we asked if we could start with a word of prayer. He turned the tv off, and after we prayed he even turned their heater off so he could hear better! The spirit was totally present and all distractions were removed. Success comes from a clear purpose and he knew we were not there to hang out. We met with three of their grandchildren and their daughter too! We talked about what faith is and the man shared an experience about his mother before she passed away. His granddaughter began to cry and I think I even saw him tear up and toward the end their daughter was getting tear eyed too. We asked them about how they can know whether or not something is from God and one of the little boys said he just knows. He has lost everyone close to him, and he prays all of the time. We shared the analogy about how God is kind of like the Wind. Can we see wind? No. So how do we know its wind? We can feel it!
Oh it was just such a beautiful experience to be in their home and to see them light up! He literally asked where he could order a Book of Mormon because he wants to read it! (We have a copy for you right here Sir, all you have to do is read it and pray!) He told us he would like for us to continue to visit them because he feels right about the things we share and he wants to learn more!
Tracking miracles! It is far more productive than thinking about what to do when plans fall through, pray and go where the Spirit directs! God is awesome!
I love y'all!
Remember as you carry out the New Year goals you've set,
How do you eat an elephant? Bite by bite. Make small goals, theyre much more achievable and realistic. We can do hard things y'all! Have a blessed week :)
1 Nephi 16:29
"And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things."
Sister Morrill
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