Repentance
(Chandler going to serve the lord... he's doing great!)
Hello friends and family once again from Lincoln, Nebraska. I hope you all had an amazing Christmas break, and are looking forward to a wonderful 2013. I'm sure if we all live the Gospel that it will be the best year of our lives. Not that we won't have challenges, but we will be happy and be able to have the Spirit with us. So we've had some pretty amazing experiences over the past week or so, so many that I couldn't even begin to tell them all to you. But one really amazing experience that we had was last week at the Winter Quarters Trail Center with our investigator Samone. So Samone has been doing really amazing. She goes to school here in Lincoln, but she is from Omaha. One thing that we've struggled with Samone is helping her be consistent about coming to church and reading and praying. Lately we have been able to help her remember everyday to read and pray, and to attend church, even when she is up in Omaha. We have been really impressed by how well she has done all of these things, and it has increased her testimony a ton. When we were first teaching her, she was very reluctant to be baptized, but we had an amazing experience at the trail center. We watched a movie about Joseph Smith which was really amazing for her to see, it answered a lot of her questions. After that we went and took a tour of the place. There is a glass room upstairs where you can look out and see the pioneer graves and also the temple. As she walked in she immediately began to cry and to talk about how grateful she is for the Church and for the Gospel, and how she cannot wait to be baptized. It was amazing. Well, she is going to be baptized this weekend, and I cannot wait to see it.
So spiritual missionary thought of the week. One thing I've the mission has been focusing on lately and I've been pondering and studying about it repentance. One thing I've noticed as I've studied those who have sincerely repented is that they always seek to share the Gospel with those around them. Whether it was Peter or Paul or The Alma's, or Zoram or the sons of Mosiah, or anyone in the scriptures, sincere repentance causes us to change our view about ourselves and the world, and to see how much those around us truly need the Gospel. I believe that if we truly repent, we cannot not help people, whether it's sharing with them the Gospel, lifting their burdens, forgiving those who have offended us, relieving the poor and the sick, or seeking further to relieve the pain of those who are around us. I know that as we truly and sincerely repent and seek to do these things we can gain a full remission of sins, have the Holy Ghost as our constant companion, become more like Christ, and be prepared to live with Him, our Heavenly Father, and our families eternally in the celestial kingdom. I am grateful to all of you and all you have done for me, and hope you have a most amazing week.
Godspeed,
Elder Chandler Kendall
No comments:
Post a Comment