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Our investigators are doing good! Right now the main ones
we´re working with are the two remaining brothers of the family we baptized and the two kids of a baptized member. We also have an awesome family that we´ve been teaching
for about a week. The dad of the family has been reading and marking the
Book of Mormon since we gave it to him about two weeks ago so we went over to
put a baptismal date with them, but last night we ran into a little problem.
Usually once we talk about the First Vision it always has an amazing spirit
that comes with it. So we started talking about it, you could see the
Spirit testifying to them as the spirit filled the room. I finished, and the
moment I opened my mouth again, the dad said "It´s late, you guys need to
go." We were speechless for a few seconds, but we testified of the
truthfulness of what we said and ended with a prayer. When we left, all I could
think was how could that have happened? The Spirit was so strong!
There´s no way they could have missed it! That family will accept
the gospel someday, I could feel it every time we walked in that house.
I know that anyone who reads the Book of Mormon, with a real
desire to know if it´s true, will be converted. They just will!
It´s that simple. That´s why we are always asking people to read
the Book of Mormon! It´s hard to convince people that Jesus Christ restored the true church and a
young boy saw God. That Christ’s apostles bestowed the power of God on some
Gringo. Heavenly Father knew that. He knew that with our limited faith
all that would sound pretty crazy. So He gave us an infallible evidence
to help us out! The conversion all rides on one thing, and it´s an
evidence that you can hold in your hands! You can touch the thing that
could be the key to having eternal life. That book will convince ANYONE
that this church is true. It amazes me how a conversion rides on three
basic things: reading the Book of Mormon, praying to know it´s true, and
going to church! That´s it! That´s all you need to do to know.
And you know the most surprising thing of all? Those three things
are the hardest for people. Get married? Alright. Paying ten
percent of all your money? I can do that. Give up smoking and
alcohol? Done. But the simplest, easiest, most basic three things that
are ultimately most important to help you live with God again, reading, praying
and going to church? It´s hard. And everyone falls into that trap.
We have to act! We have to do the little stuff! It´s not
enough to just believe. Actually, believing and not acting is the
equivalent of not believing at all. Do you want to be converted? Do
you want to have faith that God lives, that Jesus Christ is our Savior, that
They love us, and that this life isn´t the end? Act. Read the
scriptures, pray to God, and go to church. Faith doesn´t come to those
that sit in the darkness waiting for something to change. It comes to
those who get up and get out in the sun. You might get a little burnt and
a really sweaty, but when that faith comes because of all the effort you´ve put
in, you´ll know it was worth it.
Love ya
Elder Cook
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