I had the most amazing experience at the temple, the entire
mission went through in the first 5 sessions and it was packed and beautiful!
And it was different to go through the temple this time. Not only because I had
a different perspective but the presentation was new again. And we were in a new
temple. I can say that it was an incredible experience. I definitely know more
about the gospel now that I did before and a lot of things struck me and really
boosted my testimony. The spiritual high that came from it was amazing! And
really was a great way to end our time with President Anderson who leaves this
Friday. After the Temple session we had a devotional IN THE BAPTISTERY OF THE
TEMPLE! It was amazing to be in such a spiritual and beautiful place and to talk
about the importance of the Gospel, the Temple and The Mission. President and
Sister Anderson are incredible and will be sorely missed but I know that
President Richardson will be an amazing Mission President as well.
This week was a great week. We had an impression to stop
by one of the ETERNAgators that were left here in the area, who is very
sweet but has been difficult to teach for various reasons. One that she lives
VERY far north of where our other investigators live, two she speaks CUBAN not
Spanish (Same language, different way of talking) and is VERY hard for me to
understand, and three her progress has been slow. But while I was talking with
her (my companion doesn't speak Spanish) I had the impression that I needed to
remind her of why the missionaries started coming over, I asked her "What
did the first missionaries invite you to do the FIRST time they met you?"
She said, "Pray and go to church." me again, "and be baptized as
Christ was" her "they did, but what is baptism?" they had never
actually explained it to her and she comes from Cuba, where Religion is HEAVILY
frowned upon and most Cubans have little to no knowledge of who God is. So I
explained what baptism is and re-invited her, and she accepted for yesterday! It
was a miracle and totally unexpected, I couldn't believe it, to good to be
true... it was. She got MEGA-UBER-NASTY sick from her grand kid and could not go
to church. We prayed so hard, tried to rebuke the devil, but it wasn't so. She
didn't get baptized yesterday BUT she said even if she is sick Sunday that she
will go so that she can be baptized. So still a great miracle.
This week in my studies I was studying Alma 34 another
chapter that I could spend 2 or 3 weeks on but specifically verse 27
caught my eye it reads:
"27 Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, let your hearts be full,
drawn out in prayer unto him continually for your welfare, and also for
the welfare of those who are around you."
And that part drawn out in prayer unto him continually
stuck me and I realized that, right there we are given the answer, of SO MANY
QUESTIONS. How can I be happier? More focused? Dedicated? Overcome temptation?
and so on. Because the DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE result of prayer is a God focused
mind, because you are communicating with him. As you communicate with someone
you are focused on them and therefore draw closer to them. So it is with
prayer if we can change our thought process less of thinking about what
"I" have to do and more to "help me do this" we will find
choosing the correct path easier. I am not sure if this train of thought makes
sense to everybody but it truly changed the way I think and the way I feel
about so many situations. Now I am not saying that I am perfect in doing this, it's hard, but I am trying my best and I know that it is a good seed and I will
try to continue to develop it.
Well I am excited for this week! A lot of new things will be
happening and it will create a spring board for success.
Stay Strong, Push On!
Elder Park!
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