So, I`ve had an AMAZING week this week. Here`s what happened, first, I discovered that my faith was almost non existant, and after a zone conference we had with President Erickson, it`s strong and vibrant! We talked a lot about how we need to have firm, unshakable faith, and that we only recieve blessings and see miracles because of faith, and that means that if we don`t have faith, it`s possible that the Lord has to withold blessings from us, and if we want the blessings, we need to have faith. It`s just like when Peter was walking on water. He was literally walking on water, but as soon as the smallest hint of doubt entered his mind, he fell. So I`m trying really hard to not let the smallest of doubts enter my mind, and I`m working hard to keep my faith strong and steady.
My companion and I have been working with this 22 year old kid named Edson, who`s inactive in the church. We`ve been teaching him for a while to help him go back to church, but he really hadn`t totally been progressing. So we were in companionship study, and we were making a lesson plan for him that day, and instead of going with the next lesson in line on the list, we both felt impressed we needed to talk about missionary work. From deciding on the lesson, to finding the scriptures we wanted to use, every single thing was completely led by the Spirit. We turned to the same scriptures and came to the same conclusion that we needed to challenge him to prepare to serve a mission.
So when we got to the teaching appointment with a returned missionary who was with us and a girl who`s getting ready to leave on a mission, he first told us about how he prayed to know if the Book of Mormon was true, but didn`t really feel like he got a complete answer. So we talked about it some more, and he remembered a dream that he had had, that he had served a mission (the people here receive a lot of their revelations through dreams, it`s really cool) and so we excitedly told him about the theme for the lesson that day, and we talked about mission work, the two church members bore testimony, we shared the scriptures with him, and it was just beautiful and amazing. He said that he had been wondering if the Lord had forgiven him, if the Lord knew who He was and if He could ever really feel the love of Christ. He said, ¨Now I know what the Love of Christ really feels like. Now I know that God knows who I am and that I`m His son.¨ In other lessons he told us that he always felt peace when we came to visit him, but when we left the peace left with us. He told us, ¨I know that this time, the peace is going to stay here¨ We challenged him to prepare to serve a mission, and he gladly and excitedly accepted. He came to church this sunday for the second time in over a year, and met with the bishop . . . he`s a completely different person now. He has a billiant light in his eyes.
I just love being here and serving the Lord. He really does have a plan for every single one of His children, but He knows that we can`t fulfil our potential on our own. I`m so glad to be here, helping God`s children fulfil their potential. No one would have ever thought that this kid would be preparing to serve a mission, but ¨God seeth not as man seeth . . . God looketh on the heart.¨ I know that God knows each and every single one of us individually, and only He knows what we are truly capable of. WE don`t even know what we`re capable of, but if we strive to follow Him and help those around us and truly follow Christ`s example, one day we`ll look up, and find ourselves standing on the right hand of God. This is the potential that God sees in us, and I know that He is inviting ALL people to strive to partake in that happiness that He offers us.
I love you all SO much and hope that you have a wonderful week.
Take care!!
Hna. Hulse
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