18 months out and I am still loving it. The latter end never changes but the time always will!
All around a Solid week.
One of the Miracles of this past week was when we were able to meet with Sister Carson who is a LA. She texted us and said in a nutshell that she had "No desire to come to church but that she wants us to come over to dinner to be a good example for her son who she wanted to join the boy scouts."
To make a long story short, we went over. She fed us dinner with her boy and we were able to have such a wonderful experience with her. We took with us an 18 year old recently ordained Elder who has his call and is waiting to serve. It was such a wonderful experience for him. Anyways, she ended up having a lot of questions and told us all the things that really didn't sit well with her. Thanks to the Spirit, her heart softened, and she was very emotional. We taught simply, lovingly but direct.
I received the prompting right before we were about to head out the door..."Give her a blessing." And so we did. Prior to that we refreshed her on the Priesthood and the power that is according to our faith. We drilled and drilled and drilled the importance of the Book of Mormon. She understood and committed herself to reading every day, for at least 5 minutes.
After we left, our 3rd companion looked at us, started balling and said "That is exactly what I needed". Come to find out, he was very nervous and not even sure if he was going to follow through and serve. But that boy had an experience that night and it made all the difference. I bet you when he drove home last night from that appointment he was smiling so big you couldn't even smack it off.
I know that through God's children, God brings to pass his eternal purposes. We should try to become worthy vessels for the Lord to work with. I know without a doubt that the way we choose to live our lives does indeed have an effect on HIS ability to do HIS work. And in the process we can become "New Creatures".
Let's be perfect in the little things.
Love, Elder Judd
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