7/8/2013
To Everyone,
Sorry about not writing very much
the last 2 weeks.
This week was great! We had an all
day P-day for the 4th of July!!! We spent it with the Watson Family; our Ward
Mission Leader in the Victorian Village Ward. Sister Watson is the same lady
who went to Texas and had lunch with my family. We got to meet most of her
family and hang out with them. There was a HUGE firework show that was put to
music that played over the radio!!! We even got permission to stay out late to
see the show!!!
Austin Olsen, the son of Sister
Olson the woman who was baptized by her husband at the beginning of last month,
went out with us twice this week. He got his mission call to Kansas! He has
biked around with us and sat in on lessons and gotten to know what we do a
little better. He’s a great kid and really good at talking so that takes a
little off of me who is terrible at talking!!!
The work has been really slow. We
haven't been able to teach much of our investigators. They have all been gone
doing stuff or busy during this holiday week. We could really use prayers for
the people we have found and teaching.
The last baptism we had was Shayla
on the 15th. I set a date
with Ali Cook for the 22nd but it fell through. The people who are close to baptism are Karli
Schmitt, Sharon Hill, Ali Cook and Tajha Snook.
(ha ha wow, all girls). We are
hoping to have one soon but I’m here to help people become truly converted to
the gospel of Jesus Christ, not just make a half-way decision, get baptized and
then not be active in the Lord’s church.
So we are taking it at their pace.
This next Sunday Elder Stephens and
I will be singing "A Childs Prayer" in the Therwood Ward. I’m
super nervous and not looking forward to it. But I will do what I can to help
as much as I can.
I read President Uchtdorf’s talk on
Light and Darkness today. This talk has become such a huge strength to me in
healing from loosing Madie. Today when I read it, it was obvious to me that the
way to get out of the darkness is to look outside yourself and serve others. He
said "As you walk toward the hope of God’s light, you will discover the
compassion, love, and goodness of a loving Heavenly Father, “in [whom there] is
no darkness at all." Compassion, Love, Goodness; these are
all attributes of Charity, the pure love of Christ. As we enable Charity
to come into our lives and help us act in others’ lives we will step out of the
darkness and become the light for others. I will try and pray that I will be
able to do just that. Step out of the darkness and become a light.
Love y’all!
Elder Eldredge
To read the sermon Elder Eldredge talks about go to:
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/the-hope-of-gods-light?lang=eng
From the sermon:
"To me, the darkness and light in this painting are a metaphor for life. It is part of our condition as mortal beings to sometimes feel as though we are surrounded by darkness. We might have lost a loved one; a child might have strayed; we might have received a troubling medical diagnosis; we might have employment challenges and be burdened by doubts or fears; or we might feel alone or unloved.
But even though we may feel lost in the midst of our current circumstances, God promises the hope of His light—He promises to illuminate the way before us and show us the way out of darkness."
Entrance Into Enlightenment by Johan Benthin
Great insights!
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