it is starting to cool off here, which is nice, but it makes
me scared for winter. The people in the ward are the BEST!!! this is what a
ward should be!! One of the members in the ward council set up a meeting and
gave everyone who showed up, which was sadly only the missionaries, a list of
less actives that we needed to track down. It is fantastic!! These people
really care for others. We have an investigator that the elders have been
working with forever, and she just passed her baptismal interview yesterday! I
am sooo excited. We are going to help her set up the program for her baptism
this Sunday. It is so great to see how different the people here are. They love
having us. There is a lady in the ward who's daughter is serving in El
Salvador, and the daughter sent her mom an email telling her to help us in any
way and to feed us. So I asked that sister if she would come with me to the
Spanish gospel principles with our investigator, that way she feels welcomed.
it is great to sit in a class and not understand a word the teacher is saying,
its like my high school nightmares all over again...
So I will tell you like that daughter told her
mom, help the missionaries. GO and tell them that you are willing to help. I
will testify to you right now that when you help bring people unto Christ
everything in your lives will work out. Helping the missionaries and doing
missionary work is the best way to help yourself and your family. I have seen
this happen. The Lord takes care of those who take care of others. So go and
let them know that you are WILLING to help them, ask them what you can do, and
then do it. Trust me, they will follow up. feed them. it is hard to live off of
the budget that we are given. And for some missionaries, they are not blessed
with parents like mine who can afford to send me money when I need it. Please
make sure that they are not eating beans and rice every night for dinner,
because that does happen. Take care of them and treat them as if they were me.
Understanding
Insight
Revelation
Conversion
This is how I study my scriptures. I will read a couple of
verses, and then go through this list.
Understanding: what do I understand about what I just read.
Insight: From what I understand, what insights do i get out
of this.
Revelation: From those insights, what is it that God is
trying to tell me? What is it that He wants me to learn from this?
Conversion: If that is what God is trying to tell me, what
am I going to do about it?
You guys can do this as a family, and/or on your own. I have
gotten more out of the scriptures than I ever have. I have also come closer to
Christ. Try this for a week as a family and then tell me how it goes.