Another week finished! what a great week I have had. I'm so
grateful to hear that I'm now an Uncle!!! Mom, dad, that means you are old now!
haha I'm so happy for you all especially Bradin and Sadee.
on Tuesday we met a sister named buzeka. she was nice
and interested in what we do. After talking to her for a while we found out
that she is a pastor! haha yeah... we were ready just to bear our testimony
because we did not want to bible bash with her. She invited all of her friends
to join us, so it was about 5 of them and them me and my companion. we said a
prayer with them and then started to know them a little better. Buzeka kept
telling us how much she loved Jesus and how God wanted her to tell others how
much she loves Jesus Christ. So, I talked about how much we love Jesus Christ!!
but, she brought up a very good point. that because she loves Jesus, she is
"saved by Grace". By the grace of Him she is saved no matter what. I
said, Yes, that is true. But why would heavenly Father and Jesus want us to
follow his commandments? and strive to live like Him? I remembered a talk by
Brad Wilcox titled "His Grace is Sufficient".
Jesus Christ died for all of our sins, right?
he suffered all the pains of sin in Gethsemane and on the cross. We all receive
eternal life because of His grace. However, this does not mean that we will be
happy. 2 nephi 25;23 states "for we know that it is by grace we are saved,
after all we can do". Grace saved us from the fall of Adam. because of
adams transgression we now experience physical death. And through Jesus we are
able to overcome physical death. But we still need to follow what the Lord wants
us to, so we can be Happy in the kingdoms of glory.
I explained this to me and she was really intrigued. we
talked a little bit more about Jesus Christ when he was on earth and about his
church being restored (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). she wanted
to know, and her heart was open to our message. it was a very pleasant surprise
that we had.
The Highlight of my week was on sunday.
we had three baptisms! Sister Kamogelo, Gloria, and Grace. they all are so
sweet. they have learned so much about Jesus Christ, and chose to follow his
example to be baptized. some of their journeys were harder than others. Sister
Grace has been going to church for.... 19 years! she has been attending church
every week that she could and met with soo many missionaries. she finally felt
ready though, because we were able to always care for her, and always checking
in on her. she put on so much effort, every booklet we would give her she would
take notes on everything that it is teaching. she would also memorize the book
to repeat back to us. After she was baptized we asked her to bear her
testimony. This was a big thing to her, because she gets VERY nervous. It took
her a little bit, but she gave a powerful testimony. she shared how hard it has
been to be baptized. she never felt ready, or the missionaries were not
serious. but thanks to us, she decided it was time. she said how grateful she
was to be baptized and how she really did feel like a new person. she said it
was all worth it. sometimes it might be hard to change our lives, and it may
not seem rewarding. may seem like drinking and smoking and continuing on this
life is fine and it is too hard to change. It will be hard, but it is worth it.
We are teaching a young man whose about 22 who had to drop out of school
because he couldn't afford the books for 10th grade. he got into the partying
scene and became a gangster robbing people and partying. but he noticed how
wrong that life was and how it didn't bring him true happiness. He's been
searching for a church for a year or so now and hasn't found one that he thinks
is true. He has came to church and has kept his commitments and says that we
bring comfort to his heart. I know this church is true, and through Heavenly
father lives are changed. Hope you all have a great week.
Elder High
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