We've
been having a great time here. We're teaching a lot more still and been
having a great time. This ward is a lot different than when I got here
and it's been crazy to see how much it's changed. The members feed us
now and come out to lessons with us more. That's a big step up. I'm not
sure what changed about the ward but I think it was really that we put
more trust and faith in the Lord and so He was able to take over and
move his work along. If we don't leave a place in this work for God he
won't be able to help us. We need to involve Him in the work in order to
have success. God respects our agency so much that he will allow us to
stumble around for a while until we turn over our will to his. So the
faster we can stop stumbling around and turn our will over to his, the
faster we'll be able to see all those promises in the scriptures come
true. It's as easy as that!
A
cool experience we had this week was from our Recent Convert Michael,
whose niece passed away this week. He said that because of the things
he's learned from the lessons and the Book of Mormon it was a lot easier
for him to deal with everything. It warmed our hearts to hear him say
that. We knew that the Spirit truly touched his heart. It was so
cool because he took a long time to really be ready and he was willing
but things kept coming up that were holding him back. We could have just
dropped him and said "he's not ready now" and just left him alone but
we knew that his heart was where it needed to be and that if we kept on
helping him and encouraging him he would really be converted. And now he
is and we have no worries at all about him.''
Don't
give up! God provides a way. Don't look past the simple scriptures!
Nephi's example of going and doing may be the most quoted
scripture amongst Mormons but that doesn't diminish the meaning of it.
Go and do, the Lord will provide.
I
love the opportunity to serve. My missoin has been so great so far and
it's flying by way too fast! I feel like I just got here and it's so
crazy how fast time flies. Gotta make every day count!
Keep it real
Elder Sanderson
