Can we all just shout for joy for like 5 minutes?! How happy are we that I get to stay in The Woodlands! SO HAPPY! I hope you are all jumping up and down at this point!
I have so many thoughts on my mind I don't really know where to begin. First off everyone needs to read "What is the blueprint of Christ's church" by Tad R. Callister. I am studying that right now and it just so insightful and amazing. You need to read it. I have just been overwhelmed this week about how knowing truth changes everything. and what a blessing it is that we can know the truth of ALL things through the power of the Holy Ghost! All we have to do is pray and ask with real intent and it will be given. My testimony of this has grown as I have sought to know more and also how I have seen others seek to know more. Really it just comes down to the simple question, it is either true or it is not. I can testify that it is true. My brain can't comprehend it but my heart just feels it. It is an indescribable feeling but when you feel it you know and that is how conversion takes place.
Man this week went by so fast it is hard to even pinpoint what happened. We weren't able to teach Candace and her family this week because they are moving and are just really busy. We did see Candace as we were sitting outside of the church offering church tours though and she came over and talked to us. Candace's testimony is already strong, there is just a light about her. She told us that her and her family weren't going to be coming to church this week but that after the move Brad agreed that he would come to church! YAHOOOO! This is huge!!! We are so excited for this whole family. Candace has earnestly done her best to come closer and closer to the Savior and we all can recognize that this is the Savior answering her prayers. It is humbling and such an honor to be the Lord's hands in answering her prayers.
We had dinner with the Parkers last Thursday again and it went great as always! We had a lesson on the Word of Wisdom and honestly it couldn't have gone better. You were right Dad, it is not about what is right or what is wrong, it is about obedience. Are we willing to be obedient to God's commandments even if we don't understand them fully. The answer should be yes. Sister Hinkley said it best when she said "First I obey, then I understand." That is how the Lord works, that is how faith works and grows. The Lord asks of us and then we respond. I have been reflecting on the Story of Abraham and Isaac which is a perfect example of this. God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his only son. How confused Abraham must have felt, I am sure that he didn't understand at all. He obeyed though. He didn't let his lack of understanding keep him from obeying. His faith was sufficient and because he first obeyed then was God able to help him understand. He will do the same in our lives, we just need to be willing first.
So I am trying to think of any other updates, there are a lot of boys from Utah here selling pest control haha We have run into them a couple times, one of them even came into our investigators house and sat in on the lesson! It was actually really cool. He was a convert to the church and he said exactly what our investigator June needed to hear! I haven't told you much about June yet. June is so sweet. She is 73 years old. Nancy, her daughter, and June are raising their grandson Dash. Dash's mom is a part of the picture but her mental state is not stable so June and Nancy raised Dash from when he was just a boy. June is wonderful, she calls us her honey girls. She is starting to have memory problems so we haven't been able to sit down and teach a full lesson yet but the time will come.
Oh one last thing and then I will have to go. We decided to combine and start giving church tours with the Elders as well. So one of the companionships will sit at the table and the other will walk the paths to find people to invite to the tours. Sister Wahlen and I had just started walking the path when all of the sudden Sister Wahlen said something like "I wonder if that girl will get a church tour" at that point I realized that I had forgotten the phone so If someone wanted a church tour the Elders wouldn't have been able to call! I quickly told her we needed to turn around and so we did. It turns out that Sister Wahlen received a spiritual prompting because she was right the lady did want a church tour and if we wouldn't have turned around she wouldn't have been able to get one.
Miracles happen like that every single day. This is the Lords work, I know because I live it and I can't deny it.
I love you all!!!!
XOXO
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