Welp, this is my week!!
so......LILIO
WAS BAPTIZED!!!!! It was such a cool experience for her and for
myself!!! After the baptism, while we were hearing testimonies, she
passed a paper that said these exact words...."I cannot stop crying, I
don't know why, but I know it is the Spirit". It was so cool because
just a little before that she turned around to us, and was just had
tears running down her cheeks, with the biggest smile!! IT WAS WAY
AMAZING!!! She's finally out of that house
too and with her son in Pavaiai, but she'll still attend our ward!!! SO
AWESOME!! Oh wham, another way cool experience!! Tuesday,
we went and did service for a less active lady, Ticia, and when we
first met her, she was quite blunt with us and told us to come back Tuesday...so, we're to Tuesday!
Anyways, we start picking up, I wish we took a pic of what her yard
looked like before, cause it was covered in rubbish and we cleaned that
place up like crazy!! But she came out halfway through it, and bluntly
said, "Do you mind?" in solid English. And we just prayed we wouldn't
get bashed with a pot or something, but we just explained what we were
doing, and we ended up teaching her the Plan of Salvation, and she came Saturday
to the ward party we found out, and she came to church with her non
member husband who, hasn't really loved the church, but came!! And
bishop was just happy as when he told us, cause apparently the ward has
been trying to get those two to church for years...I'm not saying it
came from us, by all means, it most likely wasn't, but the thing that I
want to hit was service!! Mosiah 2:17! Especially, ESPECIALLY, here,
people DO NOT want us to do service for them, but in reality, deep down,
they really need help! So don't pass by ANY act of service, as small as
it may seem! You never know who it may effect, and the amount of effect
it has on someone!!
Real quick, spiritual
thought! Kind of goes along with what I said above...I studied Ammon,
one of the sons of Mosiah, that served a bomb as mission, and I went
through all his personalities and qualities that best help him!! These
are all the scriptures I found...
Humility...Alma 26:12, 36-37
Loving...Alma 20:26
Merciful...Alma 20:19-26
Serving...Alma 17:25
Diligent...Alma 18:9-10
Friendship...Alma 18:3 (see also Loving)
Prepared...Alma 17:2-3
Not
only as missionaries, but people, we should all strive to be more like
prophets in the Book of Mormon!! And forget what I said at Christmas
time about knowing the Bible like the back of your hand to be able to
gain that common ground with people. Let them know we believe the Bible
to be the word of God and believe it to be true, but teach from the Book
of Mormon! For investigators, us and anyone....by the words of Preach
My Gospel..."The Book of Mormon, combined with the Spirit, is your most
powerful resource in conversion." WE need that too!!
Love yous all!!! Keep it real!!
Elder Larson
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| Lilio with her ex-mother-in-law at her baptism this week!!! |
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| Comp caught me singing along to Michael Jackson's Black or White while on a bus ride...haha |
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