First of all, Douglas is SOOO beautiful. I don't think I
realized just how wonderful it is here until we were driving around a few
places this week. WOW. It is Gorgeous. On Sunday we went to visit a less active
family. Their backyard drops straight off into probably the cleanest water I
have seen in Georgia..when the sun hits it in the evening, it looks just like
you're standing by the ocean with palm trees on either side of you. Beautiful!
One of the highlights from this week was a lesson we had
with a young mother named Brittney. She is less active and has just started
coming back from a hard trial of leaving the gospel. It was amazing to hear her
story of being atheist, to doing everything for the Lord, then making a few
wrong decisions that led to a really sad time of life, and now she's finding
the joy the gospel brings again. Her story made me realize just how easy it is
to lose sight of everything that is most important to us if we aren't careful.
Just as easy as it is to lose, however, it is just as simple to chose to get it
back. Right now she is meeting with the sister missionaries again to learn more
about the gospel. She loves the Book of Mormon. She never really had a good
understanding of it, but now that she is reading it along with her bible, it is
changing her life. Another amazing thing is...she is sharing everything she is
learning with her boyfriend! When we receive something so amazing, we can't
help but share it with those around us. Light will gather around you, and
others will see it.
Another testimony of the Book of Mormon- We visit this less
active lady who has a hard time coming to church because of medical reasons.
She should hopefully be coming soon though. She made the goal to read the Book
of Mormon all the way through. She has fallen in love with this book! She will
read up to 7 chapters each day. While we have been here, she has read from Alma
to Ether. Well, she's probably finished by the time I'm writing this...but it's
amazing! When we make the time for the Lord He WILL bless us with the testimony
we seek.
Something funny from this week:
We stopped by the home of a family we are hoping to teach
the lessons to so their 3 children can be baptized. The mom really wants to get
the whole family back into church. She knows that is what is missing from their
life. When we knocked on the door, no one answered. We were confused though
because we thought we heard voices. If they were home, they would have
answered(this family would anyways). So we walked around to the garage to knock
on that door. A little hesitant at first, we slowly walked up..when we heard
voices yet again(I know...the sister missionaries were hearing voices). Yet
again, audible words were spoken. So we walked up to the door, still looking
for the person who could have done the talking. When we got around the front of
the cars, still nothing. What? We knew there was someone in there! Then out of
the corner of my eye, something moved. I turned, and there was their pet
parrot! ha. SO funny. I told sister Anderson. In reply, the parrot goes,
"Hello!" Then he started mimicking our laughter. Too good. I thought
about teaching him the restoration...but ended up visiting another family
instead. ;)
Love you all!
I loved this quote from President Uchtdorf:
"Obedience is the lifeblood of faith. It is by
obedience that we gather light into our souls.... Maybe obedience is not so
much the process of bending, twisting, and pounding our souls into something we
are not. Instead, it is the process by which we discover what we truly are made
of.
We are created by the Almighty God. He is our Heavenly
Father. We are literally His spirit children. We are made of supernal material
most precious and highly refined, and thus we carry within ourselves the
substance of divinity.
-Sister Brown
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