Wow this week was unbelievable! We David A. Bednar come and visit us along with the Hamilton Mission on Tuesday.
It was unbelievable to see him in person. He is so funny, he started
cracking jokes with us and also with his wife, sister Bednar. They both
were joking around with us missionaries. There were some missionaries
who would get up and ask a question and before they would start he could
tell they were scared so this is what he would say "Elder, don't worry
I'm not going to yell at you". Just being in the presence of a apostle
of Jesus Christ just would overcome the elders and sisters. Elder Bednar
was all about understanding the Holy Ghost and how big of an impact the
Holy Ghost has in our lives. He taught by the spirit, he spoke by the
spirit of the Holy Ghost and he invited and asked questions directed by
the Holy Ghost. It was amazing to see how he taught a full chapel room
of elders and sisters just about one principle. He taught in a way were
it was more of a discussion than just him preaching to us, he got
everyone involved, showing us what the difference is when we talk by the
spirit and when we don't talk by the spirit. Something he said is that
"a conversion is something we all need", what he means by that is that
our testimonies are great to have but we need that solid foundation of
gospel principles to help our testimonies to be planted firm in rich
soil. A conversion is were we study gospel principles, the modern day
prophets teachings and learning more "line upon line, precept upon
precept". It takes time for us to be able to grown and understand all
things. It was a wonderful experience and one to never forget. My
companion and I came out of that meeting with new knowledge and
understanding. Elder Bednar taught in a simple way so that we could all
understand on our own level as well. Just after that meeting I just
couldn't get over the feeling of wanting to understand the Holy Ghost
more!
This week was great! Mostly all our miracles happened on fast Sunday.
My companion and I were able to follow the spirit and invite two of our
members out to teach some of the investigators that we are working
with. We first went out during the afternoon with our Ward Mission
Leader, Brother Paki. He stayed out with us for two hours until dinner.
It was amazing to be able to go out with brother Paki. We went over and
visited this lady who is in a wheel chair. We got this referral from the
members. It was the first time ever seeing her and we could just tell
by listening to her she has been through a long trial in her life. She
was explaining that she would never ask for help because she just felt
guilty asking. Brother Paki, my companion and I were able to extend the
Lords hand to her and express to her that we were there to serve her and
her family. She had surgery on her back that made her unable to use her
legs from the waist down. She was living all alone with her daughter,
just two of them in the house. After talking with her, she wanted us to
come by again and teach her more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. After
we got done visiting her, we had the impression to go to another house.
We decided after a time of pondering to finally go and see this home
which happened to be one of our less actives house. She explained to us
that we were supposed to come see her and talk to her about how she
could help her family get back into the routine of coming to church. She
wanted a My Family booklet so she could give it to her grandchildren to
remember where their family came from and who they were. We were
directed by the Spirit. Later that night we also went out with one of
our YSA member, his name is Clinton. We were able to visit some of our
YSA less actives with Clinton and he had a great time. We were walking
down the road in the neighborhood at night time and saw this lady that
had her car broken down. We helped her move her car while it was in
neutral into a safer place to park, the look on her face was a look of
relief that she was able to be helped by a group of LDS boys or
missionaries. We then were lead into another part of the road, ran after
this giant tree of a structure... Tongan guy walking down the road and
caught up to him. We caught up to him and were able to leave him a
pamphlet to read. We then turned around and bumped into another person
named Terry. We met Terry sometime during the week and all of us were
surprised a about running into each other again..Terry was in shock. We
caught up with him, and at the end he said that it must be a sign that
we ran into him twice in one week. He invited us back to his home to
teach him about the gospel of Jesus Christ. After he left, Elder
Fitzsimmons and I ran up and jumped up bumping into Clinton like a
sandwich, we were filled with joy!!!
Having
those experience brought to memory the time when Nephi went back into
Jerusalem and had no clue were he was going but he was lead by the
Spirit. We were lead by the Spirit and were put in the right place at
the right time. It was an amazing start to the week! The lesson was just
follow the Spirit and the impressions that we had on our hearts and
mind. The Hly Ghost works on us all the time, we may not feel it because
of how we get used to it but it works by nagging on us when we need to
do the right thing until we finally come to a decision to follow it and
also when we just go and do without thinking there are those moments
when the Holy Ghost is there to guide and protect us. It was a great
testimony build up that we were blessed with. Love doing the Lords work
and seeing the gospel in action. Listen to the Spirit and follow its
counsel!.
Have a great week, see you all again in another week! here we go March!
Elder Thorpe
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