I love to hear the voice of the lord through his chosen servants! What joy it brings to my soul! It was the cherry on top of this week!
Monday night some members from our district extended a challenge to find a new investigator with the last half hour of the night. At the last 10 minutes of being out we talked to Eric and he had already been reading the Book of Mormon and was interested in meeting with us. We set up a time for the following day, fast forward to our appointment with him, we met him on the catholic college campus. Niagara University. We were in the cafeteria. As we walked in he waved us over and we came and sat down. He has his friend with him and as I’m sitting down she says “I have some questions for you.” So she proceeded to ask questions. As we were answering them and proving our beliefs with the Old and New Testaments the catholic father of the university walks in and they wave him over... the girl starts asking questions of things we believe to the father and the father begins to bash us through her... I wasn’t too happy at this point and when the father began to talk with us I asked him if I could ask him a few questions. And proceeded to bash the catholic faith. Of course in a nice and calm manner. I don’t like to bash, but I had to defend my beliefs and the true nature of god and his son Jesus Christ. But I guess I can now check off bashing a catholic father off of my bucket list
I had the privilege to go on exchanges with Elder Gold! My MTC companion. He covers the southern part of The Falls. We went to the falls and did some contacting there and met a few member families! Contacting at The Falls is a very humbling experience. Everything I learned the past 19 months went right out of my mind cause there were so many people and it was so overwhelming. Haha it was a good time! We had lots of lessons and it was a great opportunity to learn from each other again!
I also had interviews with President Evans. We talked a lot about how I can center Christ in my life after my mission. As that is my biggest fear. That question was also answered through many conference talks! I love President Evans!
As for the people we are teaching, Jeannie was gone all week to Lake Tahoe with her husband but was able to watch a session of conference! Gladston is doing amazing! He’s progressing so well! We taught him the plan of salvation and told him about temples and how he could be baptized for his ancestors to save their souls he had a very spiritual experience. He also enjoyed the priesthood session and Sunday afternoon session! Gladston will be baptized soon! He’s awesome. Those are the two main people we are working with. We found a small family. We taught the father, Phil on Tuesday and it was the most spiritual lesson I have had in a while. It was overwhelming. As we finished the lesson I was prompted to ask Phil if he felt the presence of something warm and peaceful. He smiled and laughed. And said yes, what is it? We then were able to testify of the truth and how god was witnessing to him that he lives and Jesus Christ is real and indeed the savior of the world and their gospel has been restored.
I too add my witness of Jesus Christ, that he really is the Son of God. He is the Redeemer of all mankind. I felt really lucky to be able to testify to people that Christ lives and he is speaking to a prophet right after the sessions of conference. God is a god of miracles, and works them daily in all of our lives. This gospel is true, I no longer “believe” I know.
Love,
Elder Judy
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