Oii tudo mundo!
This week was pretty good. A couple
of our investigators are being a little lazy... but we found a few awesome
investigators too! So they canceled each other out ha.
L. is gunna take a little more time until she’s
baptized. But we're gunna keep working with her.
R. went to church for the
third time! He is progressing really well! We marked a baptismal date for the
10th of August, but for sure, he will be baptized! I love teaching him! Every
time I feel the spirit, and I really feel like I’m being guided to say exactly
what he needs to hear.
Also, on Friday night, we taught a
lady (S.). Her family is all members and she was never baptized. So
we went by and taught her a first lesson. But before we got far into the
lesson, she started Bible bashing with us. It was really awkward because we
were sitting in front of the whole family, and it turned into like a
competition. ha She tried to talk about the scripture in Revelation that says
you can’t "add to the Bible"... so I showed her Deuteronomy 4 and
explained the significance of the scriptures and how they are talking about the
Books of Revelation and Deuteronomy specifically and not about the Bible as a
whole... and how if we take these scripture literally... nothing after Deuteronomy
in the Bible is valid. She understood, but then started saying that people [couldn’t]
actually see God. I used the scripture in Exodus that says Moses talked with God
as a man would with his friend. Then she said that stuff only happened before Christ
came and that it stopped after He left. I opened Acts 7 and we read about the
apostle Stephen, and when he saw God and Christ. But as I was proving [those points]
using the scriptures, I realized she really didn't understand still. So I stopped, and bore my testimony,
and then we invited every one of the other members of the family to bear
theirs. As they did, the Spirit touched S. and she started
crying.
It was a good reminder that no
matter how much I know about the scriptures or the gospel, teaching is
pointless without the Spirit.
She read the Book of Mormon and on Sunday
she had a dream about the tree of life.... and saw that painting the church
has, in her dream. We started talking about it (she didn’t know what it meant)
but we showed her that pic and she said, "I saw that in my dream!" She
again got emotional as she realized she had received an answer. We explained
the symbolism to her and it was awesome. She is still a little closed off to us, but we are going to keep working with her!
The training is challenging to be honest, but I know I can handle with God's help.
BUT, I’m stoked for the package!! Whatever
works with the pants, Mom. If you put money in my account I can just by them
here next time I go to the temple. But if you already bought them that’s fine
too!
Ryan, I hope your week is a little
better. Have fun on the date! And
4th of July!
Remington, I’m stoked for your business
bud! Make money! Woo!
Do you have any plans for the 4th?
Wow... I just read the email about Truman
....dang. I wish I could be there. I love that lil dog. 17 years. I really
wanted to see him when I got home. Give him a kiss for me.
Well I love you all. And I miss you
too, have an awesome week.
Elder Miller
Reece and Truman circa 1999.
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