Hey Family,
Our investigators are doing pretty good. I feel very happy because
we had a few of them come to church yesterday. We met this girl named
Terri who is friends with one of the recent converts in Millington.
This member has taught Terri a lot about the
church and gave her a book of mormon. She has had it for less than a
week and she's almost through 1 Nephi. That's awesome! Her family is
against the church because they've heard a bunch of crazy stuff over the
years. I really think that most of the things
people hear simply are not true. Sometimes people tell us that "we
have a different Jesus". That is simply not true. Anyway, Terri said
that she really feels this is true and that it's right for her. She is
going to be baptized in February. She said that
she sees a passion in all the sisters and elders she meets..for them to
sacrifice to come share the gospel with her. It was a testament to her
that it's true. Also, Debbie was really excited to tell us last week
that she had done her reading in the Book
of Mormon- she then proceeded to tell us everything that she read. She
remembered an impressive amount of details. I think the best part was
that she was ecstatic...haha. That she had actually done her reading.
We were just about as surprised as she was
excited. haha. Okay it's not that bad. She just usually says she
doesn't have time to read on her own. She loves reading with us, but
hasn't really made it a habit yet. But Stephanie is helping her along.
Stephanie is doing soo well. I couldn't be happier
about her. I've grown really close to her. I keep telling her that
she needs to meet my whole family. And she will. She is already
planning on coming to visit me when I get married. I then have to
remind her that she can't wait for that because she might
not ever get to come. haha.
Well we had a wonderful lesson with Debbie last week. She was
really interested in the temple, and Stephanie had been given the video
"Between Heaven and Earth", so we watched that. Debbie was glued the
whole time. The sweetest spirit filled the room
as we talked about the blessings of the temple. Debbie said, "I want
to go there". I wish I could have helped her to better see that she
can! She thinks its unreachable...but it is not. At least now she has a
vision. We all felt the spirit powerfully..temple
covenants are the way we can have happy families and happy lives
because you learn the doctrines and principles of the gospel. That is
the gospel that Christ obeyed, and the one God lives. True joy is to
become like God and He has shown us the way. Something
we were taught by Elder Kepechke last week was that we need to teach
the doctrine. Elder Packer said, "True doctrine understood(which means
with your mind and your heart) changes behavior faster than a study of
behavior changes behavior". So when we struggle
with something, we can ask ourselves: What doctrine do I need to
understand that will change my attitude and behavior?
Oh. Best part of that lesson. Stephanie's 21 yr old son Jeremy
who lives with her(who doesn't seem very interested in studying with us)
was totally listening the whole time from the other room. :)
When I was in the MTC, my teacher told me a story about his
mission. He talked about once when he was in a trio. In the middle of
the night, the other two elders were straight up teaching a lesson in
their sleep! They were even switching off-bearing
testimony and backing each other up and stuff. Well, I would like to
announce that I have reached a pinnacle moment in my mission. I woke up
this morning to find a sticky note on the bathroom mirror saying,
"Congratulations Sister Wilde! You have successfully
extended a commitment in your sleep! "mmmm...be
baptized.....mmmmm..you will receive great blessings..."
Thank goodness for my insomniac companion who witnessed that or no one would have ever known.
Hey. I love you all very much. I never knew how much my family meant to me...
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