Well, this week has been pretty busy. we taught 30 lessons and we were expecting 28 so that was way good. Sometimes days don't go as planned and they don't seem productive but we try all we can. Other days don't go as planned and they are very productive and we see the Lord's had in all things that we did that day. It is amazing how the Lord blesses people and their families. I have especially found that with the Emerson family. They are so amazing. Marie got bapized before I got here. She is the daughter. Now Leean (the mother) is getting baptized the 17th!!! It is so awesome. She seemed pretty happy when I met her but she is just getting more and more happy and I love seeing the spirit in her eyes. We are working on Amanda (the daughter). She is kind of slow when it comes to learning and remembering. Somewhat like me. :) She will be baptized soon. Keith (the dad) has a bit of a trouble. He knows the church is true and he is happier with it but he has a problem. He Chews Tobacco and he has a rough time quiting that. We had a cool experience that happened on Saturday. We were teaching them and just read a chapter in Enos...which is just one chapter...and then we talked about fasting since that was the next day. We said that drinking water was part of fasting and he did not agree with that and he said when he fasted that he drank water. He got real quiet and we knew something was wrong but he would not tell us. You can read his face really well. So we left with a spirit of contention and left for a party thing at president hardman's. We were there for about 45 min and I felt uneasy about being there. I felt we needed to be somewhere else. Sis. Graham confirmed the feeling so we left. We rushed the 30 min drive to the Emerson's house. We had no idea what we were going to say or what we were going to do we jsut felt we needed to be there. So, we got there and asked to speak to keith. We talked to him for an hour on the porch with all the flying bugs around our head. THe spriti was so strong with us. We talked about lots of stuff. He does not have confidence in himself at all and the main reason is that his grandmother verbally abused him so he does not think he can do anything. He is afraid of success and alot of things. We encouraged him and told him that Satan has a firm grasp on him and that he needs to let go and punch Satan in the face. We asked him to start our fast for him. Sis. Graham and I were going to fast for him the next day. So he did and we left shortly after. We found out later that we had been without tobacco for 20 hours and that is the time we fasted him. 20 hours. WE were so happy for him. I just wish he would continue three days and get the nicotene out of his system. But he was good. Maybe Sis. Graham and I need to fast everyday. :)
We made a cake and attempted to make it a three layer cake but we failed. I have pictures of it and I will probably send you some. Especially of our green tongues that one day. :) We play bingo on tuesdays at the nursing home and it is so fun. They are so funny. Some people yell the bingo and you can definatly here it. I get to give a talk on sunday about the life of Christ. So very vague. I am doing something cool that I think you should all do. Go to the Bible Dictionary and there is a graph thing under the gospel, harmony of. I believe that is the topic. There are a whole bunch of scriptures about christ's life. Read them in order. It is so cool sometimes to see the similarity of all the Gospels of Matt, Mark, Luke, and John. It is cool.
1 Nephi 11&12. The angel is telling nephi to look and nephi looks. And 1 Nephi 17:41... how easy the way is before us. If we just look unto him we shall live and have enternal life. 1 Nephi 17:21 is pretty cool verse. Focus on the words Might. They might have know the inheritance would be good. 21:16 we are the prints of his hands. He will never forget us. WE are always on him. He will never forget us....Those are some scriptures that I liked or stood out to me in my scripture study.
Can someone or all of you do me a favor? I can't go on the internet so I need help. Can you all think of ways I can encourage someone to do good? Some sayings? Some activities about encouragement? anything would be greatly appreciated.
There have not been any dinners that I have hated. They are all pretty normal. We shall see what happens this week. I pray that everything is going well for all of you. YOu are all in my prayers every night. I love and miss all of you. Sorry that this letter was not on monday. Appartently everyone was still celebrating 4th of July. :)
Gots to go. I love you all.
Sister Amanda Ralph
No comments:
Post a Comment