Remember a couple weeks ago when I learned patience? This week I learned humility. All these Christ-like attributes coming at me fast! I feel really inadequate a lot, but I think that's part of being human.
I don't have much time, but there's not much to report this week! I feel like I just talked to you because I emailed Wednesday haha it's awesome.
One of the people we contacted wants to take the lessons with her son so that is super exciting!
We weren't able to reach Tab a lot this week, but we did go over there for Jada's 8th birthday! They want to get baptized together! Setting a date makes Tabatha back away, and she straight up told us that that's what made her drop us the first time. It's like walking on egg shells. She's still progressing though! Church was super awesome yesterday, and hopefully really hit home for her. She thinks she has to be perfect before she's baptized, but really it's just the first step! We're all learning. Always. She will come around, and we're right there when she does. The covenants that you make at baptism are so cool! And we just want her to have those, and have the Holy Ghost with her always so that she can have that extra strength. Mat, her husband, is the only person keeping her from taking that next step. It's real hard.
Sister Gibson called like 3 people to repentance yesterday. The spirit was so strong!!! Being bold and loving is real hard sometimes, but when the spirit is there, people's hearts are softened and they are ready to change for the better. And then when they do, they are so much happier! Repentance = change. Good change.
Also, this samoan family in our ward, the Nansen's, met us at this chinese buffet for dinner and they brought like 4 nonmember friends! And they are super bold, it's hilarious. "These are nonmembers and they are coming to church on sunday for the first time. Will you tell them about the Book of Mormon?" UH YES. That was easy. Turns out they've been pretty exposed to the church and one of the girl's dad is a bishop in Utah. What the what. Anyways, they all came to church and really liked it, especially the emphasis we place on the family. Super cool. Members are KEY in this work.
One of my favorite quotes from conference:
"In 2 Nephi 31 the prophet Nephi teaches us that after we receive the same saving ordinance of baptism that Jesus Christ received and then receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, we must “press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, [and then] behold, thus saith the Father: [We] shall have eternal life.”
Therefore, in order to receive the greatest of all the blessings of our Heavenly Father, which is eternal life, we must complete the appropriate ordinance work and then continue to keep the associated covenants. In other words, we must successfully endure.
Our ability to endure to the end in righteousness will be in direct proportion to the strength of our testimony and the depth of our conversion. When our testimonies are strong and we are truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, our choices will be inspired by the Holy Ghost, they will be Christ-centered, and they will support our desire to endure in righteousness. If our testimonies are weak and our conversion superficial, the risk is much greater that we will be enticed by the false traditions of the world to make poor choices."
-Elder Richard J Maynes (The Strength to Endure - Gen Conf - Oct 2013)
Keep your covenants and you're pure gold in God's eyes! It reminds me of Character of Christ by Elder Bednar, when you are converted unto the Lord you cannot fall. And whilst keeping those covenants we are as happy as ever. We are on this earth to be tried and tested, but to also to be happy! "Life is to be enjoyed, not only to be endured." (President Gordon B Hinckley) In short, do all you can to find real happiness! The church is true! Love yall!
Love,
Sister Boren
Cute Jada on her "800th" (8th) birthday!
I almost forgot. On Saturday I was jump roping hardcore for exercise and then I hit the curb just right and rolled my ankle. It popped 3 times and hurt real real bad. Now it's all swollen and I've got this nasty limp. Cursed with clumsiness. It was pretty funny though. "How did you do that?" "Jump roping.." Yep real embarrassing.
No comments:
Post a Comment