So pday got switched to Monday suddenly because of some
meetings. But I like pday on Monday’s better anyways!!!!
So this letter will be kinda short because its only been a
couple days since I wrote you guys last.
So on Friday we went on exchanges and I stayed in my area with
Elder Trapp from Oregon. We had a really awesome lesson with Juan. We read Alma
32 about faith. I have come up with this super cool commitment with this
chapter as well. You give them a seed and compare the water, sun, and soil that
the seed needs to grow to the three things a testimony/faith need to grow
prayers, reading the scriptures, and going to church. And then you tell them
that if it is lacking in one, it wont grow right. Then you commit them to plant
the seed and every day when they water it to read a certain amount from the
Book of Mormon and to pray. As they do this they will watch the plant grow, and
their faith symbolically grow. I have had great success with this lesson/seed
thingy every time I have done it. People are so excited to show you the seed
they planted, and when you ask "are you reading and praying" they
always say "YES!" so I hope that this will help Juan make the
commitments he needs to make in order to grow his testimony and make it to
baptism.
So we haven’t been able to teach Carolina this week, she has
been super busy and hard to contact. But we tracted into a friend of hers that
works at the same place. SO that was cool. The lady was super solid, and we
referred her over to the English elders.
On Saturday we had a wide open day and it was super hard/long.
But at the end of the day we went to this guy Javier’s house. And the whole
family was there!!!! We had a super awesome restoration lesson. The mom had the
hardest heart of them all and couldn’t understand for a while the purpose of
Joseph Smith. She kept quoting the scripture that no one can get to the father
except through Christ. But we helped her see that we only see him like Moses or
Abraham. The lesson was super spiritual, and they even offered to feed us the
next appointment we have with them. A good sign of a solid investigator--if
they feed you. Being serious.
Yesterday we had a good fireside with the Spanish branch and the
Temple president. I love the temple.
So yesterday morning we went to this HUGE church called Grace
Community Church and I was blown away at what they thought was a spiritual
experience. IT was really just a rock concert with flashing lights and
everything. No wonder our country is going downhill. I am so grateful for the
spiritual haven that our Chapels are. I love being spiritually rejuvenated!
Love
Elder
Porter
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