This week was sort of slow. By that I
mean very slow. It was rough but it's okay because I'm still here and
I'm still a missionary! I'm going to cut to the chase this week due to
lack of time. I had an experience I would like to share with all you
wonderful people.
We were out knocking one afternoon and we came across a lady who
had tried attending an LDS church in her youth. She was raised Catholic
but wanted nothing to do with that and she thinks it was all junk, as
she thinks with all religion. Don't get me wrong, she was extremely
nice, she just wasn't too interested in religion. We talked for a few
minutes and we testified that our message is for everyone and that she
can know for herself that it's true if she has the desire to. She said
that she had already tried and declined. We asked if we could do
anything else for her and she said no. We left the doorstep and went on
to the next. I felt like there was something more we could have done. I
kept feeling prompted to go back. Finally after feeling this prompting
for a few houses more, I decided we'd go back and talk more to her. We
went back and I said we didn't want to bother her but I wanted to ask
her a question. I asked her if she had ever tried praying and asking God
if he's there. She responded "I did. It didn't work." I tried my best
to tell her that I know he's there and listening but it didn't change
her mind. We left again and I wondered why I had been so heavily
prompted to go back but yet it yielded nothing. I realized from this
experience that we are to do many good things of our own free
will and others will use their own free will too. I learned that as long
as I listened to the spirit the Lord will trust me with more
promptings. A lesson that unfortunately I had not learned yet through
experience. I've been trying to listen more intently to the spirit and
I've already seen so many blessings come from it.
I'm always grateful for the love and support I feel from each and
every one of you. I love you all with all my heart and I am so grateful
for my friendships with you.
I would feel weird if I didn't say "keep it real" at the end of this so....
Keep it real
Elder Sanderson
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