Dear Family and Friends,
Everything is going really well. I would say this week
was a bit of an up and down week in regards to investigator progress, however,
it was a week of increased personal spiritual growth in addition to increased
faith. Let me tell you about some of the experiences I had this week had increased
my faith and also helped me to improve and grow as well.
First off I had some really amazing studies this week.
The first one spawned from a scripture our bishop shared in Isaiah 43:2. I
later read verses 1-3 and began to study the different names that appear there
in regards to Jehovah. It was interesting as I began to study the phrases and
words, “Thou art mine” “Holy One of Israel” “Thy Saviour”. That led me to study
many different scriptures in the Bible, Book of Mormon, and D&C and Pearl
of Great Price. I looked up scriptures in John 1:1-14, Hebrews 1:1-2, John 12:35-36,
46, John 14:6, 2 Nephi 9:10-11, 19, Mosiah 3:7, D&C 110:1-5, etc. I began
to see a lot about how Christ really was all that Isaiah said He was in his
writings and that He truly was the God of the Old Testament. But more
importantly, I began to understand better Christ’s role in my life and His love
for me. Anyways, I shared it all with Elder Deal. It was amazing, I loved it. Another
amazing study from this week was a study in Alma 43:18-21. I linked these scriptures up
with some in Ephesians 6:13-17 about the armour of God. I linked in the different things about the
armour and I saw that the “thick clothing” was something not mentioned by Paul
in the New Testament. I thought of the temple and the physical protection we
receive there. Therefore, I, throughout this study, was able to see how the
armour of God really surprises the devil and how much it protects us compared
to those who do not wear it. Pretty cool :D
We
had a great experience while trying to exercise more faith to baptize.
We taught L. 2 and the Sacrament to A. and her son J. It
was a really good lesson and we were able to focus on how the atonement
and the doctrine of the sacrament and baptism help us progress and
therefore fulfill our purpose on earth. We then invited her and her sons
to go to church and she accepted while adding, "I want to get
baptized." We were stoked!!!! Haha, now she and her two sons went to
church yesterday and we have an FHE set up for this Thursday
with them and a family in the ward. One of the kids in the primary
personally gave A. a Book of Mormon and she loved it. I think it
touched her and I saw her looking up the scriptures related to the hymns
that we were singing. She has a baptismal date for the second week of
April and we are going to be extending the same date to her son who's
14. :D It was a sweet experience. I think they are going to progress
real well.
We
visited lots of other people but there wasn't a whole lot of progress
with the W. family nor C.B's family. We visited D.
and it was great but they didn't go to church or anything. Anyways, some
people have paused in their progression, etc. However, with A.
we are seeing some good things with others. This week we are going to go
full force with D's family and C's and J. and P.
etc.
Anyways, take care guys! Love you!
Elder Bushman
Adios, Elder Nelson!
APPLEBEES!!!!!
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