Howdy y'all!
Another week flies by and the Lord's work is rolling
forward. We have been working hard to
try and keep up. It is always a very
powerful experience when an investigator tells you he/she has received a witness
that the things we teach are true. We
were visiting with the Strickland family and when we asked her how her reading
has been going, she told us she knew now that it is true. The Book of Mormon is
not fiction, it is real!
As missionaries, we memorize the first vision of the
prophet Joseph Smith. The wonderful
experience when Joseph Smith saw our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We were
teaching Kimberlynn Schumaker on Tuesday, and as I recited the first vision, I
felt such a powerful peaceful feeling. Sometimes it is hard to tell if those you
are teaching are feeling the Holy Ghost the same way you are, but when I looked
at her and saw the tears in her eyes, I knew she felt it too. Joseph Smith truly did see our Heavenly Father
and Jesus Christ, and that knowledge is one that blesses our lives so much!
On Thursday we had an appointment with Randall Saddler. The lesson went well and afterwards we figured
we would drop by Myosha Johnson to see how she was doing. When we went by she was in the process of
teaching her next door neighbor (Sherrica Selestine) the plan of salvation
using the pamphlet we had given her. She
hadn't gotten to what happens after our life on earth yet, and Myosha told us
to teach it to her. We WERE planning on
going tracting at that time, but we figured it was a more effective use of
time. So we taught her the plan of
salvation and answered questions she had. Sherrica came to church and wants to be baptized
in April.
My testimony has grown this week in knowing that sharing
the gospel strengthens our own testimonies and brings us happiness as our
friends come to the gospel. Not only in
my own efforts, but seeing Myosha's testimony grow and progress as she shares
her joy with others.
This church is true.
Elder Riley Layton
Elder Riley Layton
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