Wow, what a week. It was a
really, really great week. Looking back on it I can see the ups and
downs of the week, the frustration and joy we felt, the tough and easy
things, the fun and dumb moments, but I just remember the good.
Seriously looking back I only focus on and can remember the good about
the week. I really like that. :)
So a quick summary of some of the investigators:
B.
Family: this week it was really hard to visit with them, however, this
weekend we were able to teach them some really cool, awesome things and
they are just progressing awesomely. Sometimes they cancel on us and
sometimes they aren't there but when they are and when we coordinate
well, it's incredible the spirit we feel with them. Yesterday we taught
them and it was awesome. They asked us some questions about the BofM and
everything and they really have been reading. D. has read up
until 2 Nephi 15. It's incredible and she has really marked some things
and has been able to tell us why she did so. Anyways, really awesome! We
invited them to be baptized and to a date and they agreed. Anyways,
they won't be baptized until after I leave but I don't care, I'm really
stoked for them. THEY ARE AWESOME! :D Hahaha!
J and P: we also visited with them yesterday and it was sick. We
taught the restoration and P. was just knocked off her feet. We
gave her the BofM and she was like, "I'm going to read it, I'm going to
read it every day in the subway on my way to work!" It was awesome.
J and P want to baby bless their baby and we told them
about it and they want to come to church and everything! Anyways, they
are doing great!
L: this was an old
investigator that we were visiting but we left him because he didn't
progress. However, we taught him again and he's decided to be baptized.
We invited him and his wife to set some goals as to what they thought
they needed to do in order to prepare for baptism. We came back and they
said they were going to pray every day in the morning and night, read
the BofM together, go to church when L. isn't working, and he
wants to be baptized the first week of April! :) Anyways, we visited
with him with J., our convert and it was awesome. I think it
strengthened J. and helped L. know that there is someone at
church who has made changes and who is happy!
A
little bit about my studies this week. While on divisions I had a great
study about Virtue. PMG led me to read D&C 48:33. I was meditating
on it a bit because I was trying to understand a bit more about why the
Lord would be telling the saints to be sanctified and virtuous. I read
the section heading and it all made sense. The lord was helping them to
know who he wanted the meetings of the church to be directed. So as I
kept studying, it made more and more sense why the Lord wants us to be
virtuous as we perform sacred covenants. In D&C 133:4-5 it talked
about being clean those that bear the vessels of the Lord. So I thought
for a long time about what vessels meant and 2 Timothy 2:21 helped me to
understand. I loved this study because it helped me to understand what
it is that I want to be as I represent the Lord in administering
Christ's grace and blessings through those covenants.
So
that's a bit about the week that I've had and I've really had a great
time. It's been so fun and so great to be with Elder Deal. We have lots
of fun together. He comes home a change after me and is going to BYU too
and we we are planning lots of fun stuff to do! Haha, we're good
friends! :D
Love you guys, take care!
Elder Bushman
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