And my new companion is..... Drumroll please.... Hermana Christensen! She was my comp in the MTC (CCM in Mexico) :) this is transfer number 4 in this area. I love it though.
We had a lot of really cool lessons this week. My particular favorite was with a part member family. She's been a member all her life and her husband has nothing against the church but has never been taught. We taught him the restoration and at the end I asked him to be baptized. He looked at us and said yes without any hesitation. It was so cool.
On Monday night we got a text from one of our investigators that has a baptismal date. Out of the blue he told us that he is done learning about the gospel. We were kind of crushed because we had seen so many miracles with this guy. There was no word from him all week but on Sunday he showed up at temple tours and told us that he's going to start coming back to church!
I was reading in Alma this week about the sons of Mosiah. They passed through so much affliction in the beginning of their missions. This affliction is experienced by all witnesses of the truth: Christ, Joseph Smith, and all members of Christ's church now and in the past. We have all been persecuted at one time or another because of what we believe. In these times of struggle we often wonder to our selves if we are making a difference or if it is even worth it at all. I love the council of the Lord to these men in verse 11:
And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering and afflictions, that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me, and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands unto the salvation of many souls.
As we bear patiently our burdens, the Lord will strengthen us and make us instruments in His hands.
Con amor, Hermana Jorgensen
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