This week has been has been really crazy
but in a good way!
It started on Monday when a family had
us over for dinner and they brought 4 of their non-member friends. We were able to teach them a little
lesson at the end and then open it up for discussion which was really cool
because even the non-members felt comfortable sharing some of the ways that they
have seen Christ in their own lives and we were able to relate that to how
Christ helps everyone in their lives.
The next day we were able to meet with one
of our “potentials” that we found while walking around. We had a lesson with him and he was
open to the things that we taught.
He said that he wants to come to church with us some time and then he
told us we could come back some time this week to have another lesson.
On Wednesday another one of our
“potentials” said we could stop by and share a message with him so we went to
his house but he was not there but … on the way there we met a guy who was
shooting squirrels with a pellet gun and he invited us in. We were able to teach him a lesson and
he had a lot of questions about the Godhead, we were able to talk about his
concerns and had a really good discussion about the church and we set up a time
for another lesson - so that was good.
The next day we had a member ask some
people he knew if they wanted to take the missionary discussions at his house
and they said yes! So we went over
there and taught them a really good lesson. At the end of the lesson we asked
them if they would like to get baptized and they said that they would … so they
will hopefully be baptized in a month or so.
So those four days where pretty crazy
and it was cool to see how hard work and patience pays off.
The next day was
less exciting we just did our weekly planning and some street contacting and
later that night we were able to help a member move one of his non-member
friends.
On Saturday my companion
was sick so we stayed inside the whole day. We watched all of the church videos
and just about anything else we could to pass time. I did a lot of personal
study and worked on a talk that I thought I would be giving.
Sunday is the only
day that stays fairly similar week to week so nothing too exciting happened and
they told me I did not have to give the talk that I had prepared. We also had
our first fireside in the other ward we cover. At these firesides they show a “Mormon Message” video and share some
scriptures and just talk with the people that come. It was really cool
because we had a less active member come to church for the first time in a
while and someone in the ward invited her to come to the fireside. She actually came, and we where able to
help her see that she would still be accepted in the church even if she had not
been for a while.
Another thing we had to deal with this week unrelated to
missionary work was my companion washed all of his white shirts with a blue pen
so we spent most of Monday finding shirts that he could use for the rest of his
mission. We also had interviews with the mission president this week and that
was cool. The
mission president’s main message to Ben was to keep working hard and learn all
he could from his companion.
Spiritual thought:
“and more over, I would desire that ye should consider on the
blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all
things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end
they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state
of never ending happiness. O
remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.”
In church we talked about how to be a
disciple of Christ and this scripture came to mind … because not
only can we look upon others that keep the commandments but we can also
think back on the times when we ourselves have kept the commandments and
blessings that we saw in our own lives.
Something I think needs to be remembered when talking
about this is that we get blessings for trying to follow the commandments.
We will not be perfect – the Atonement makes up for that - but as long as
we are trying to follow the commandments we will be blessed for our
effort.
Keep trying!
Love,
Elder Sugden
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