Dear Family and Friends,
Yes i am fully aware that i hit
halfway and i don't want to believe it so we won't talk about it. haha
well this week has been full of learning experiences. we have really had
an area switch and are loosing investigators like crazy but i am working within
myself to keep going and not get down. the most important thing is to be
obedient and the lord will help us to find the people that are waiting.
we are doing some serious finding and it is not my specialty but i do
it and after our cooking demos on friday i really got some strength from
grandma and the lord that it was time to step up my game and no more half ways.
we went and explored a new area the
other day that apparently the elders really had some progression going on so i
am excited to see where it goes plus it is right by the ocean so it is just
amazing. we have some people that already have book of mormons and know
it is true they are just struggling to rekindle that fire again. one of the
investigators we found was in a different area and she has read the whole book
of mormon and was taught by the elders but the first time she came to church a
lady told her that she couldn't wear pants. members have a HUGE
responsibility to help these people feel welcome and it makes missionary
work hard when they are completely rude to these people that are trying to find
the truth.
our other investigators are alright,
the llemado family is stunting their own progression because they wont read or
wont come to church. we feel it is because linos wife doesn't want it so
she makes up excuses for lino not to come and it is just hurting them, not us.
so we really had to drill that with our investigators yesterday.
church is so important!
Well i want to tell you about one of
our investigator families the Abanes family who we have been struggling to get
to come to church. finally last night she got it. we gave her the
reading assignment of 3 nephi 18 about the sacrament and she got this
revelation that you need to right priesthood to preform that ordinance.
we said, EXACTLY!! we then reviewed with her the restoration and she got
it that we are the only church that has that authority. she feels there
is something missing in the other churches and she knows that this has it all
because she is doing the work to find out. the only thing that is really
holding her from knowing is by not coming to church. she said that she
feels really different the last two weeks and is quick to get angry and she
figured out it is because she had been to our church, felt it was true, and
then hasn't returned so satan is getting ahold of her. she said that she
finally understands why she needs to come to church because of the sacrament.
YES!! she is going to come to church this next week and i cant wait.
so one thing i want to share with
you all is about the sacrament. as i was sitting in sacrament meeting
yesterday i had a question pop into my head about why we take the bread 1st and
then the water when Christ suffered for our sins in the garden before he died
on the cross. a small thing but is has a huge significance. so from
my study in sacrament i found out that the bread is broken and like our
physical man or natural man we need to break our bad imperfections that this
mortal life gives us and become clean outwardly first. then the water or
the blood signifies the inward cleaning or the sanctifying of our spirits and
renewing our covenant to follow Christ example and grow our Christ-like
attributes. this can also signify the cleaning of the body in the baptism
and the sanctifying of the spirit with the holy ghost. see how important
the sacrament is and as we take the bread and water we need to really repent of
our sins in the human form and resolve from within to do better to perfect our
spirit. it was a great sacrament meeting let me tell you.
Well that is all i have for this
week i love you all so much and i am thankful for your support. i hope
your week goes well and i wish you all the best. love you!
love,
Sister Snow
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