This was a really good week again! Elder Graff and I have
gotten to know each other a lot better and we’re starting to hit our stride in
teaching and doing the work. Elder Graff is a great missionary and it’s so much
fun to have somebody the same "mission age" as me! We get along
great! He and Elder Marble have a lot of fun as well. It’s great.
So last week Elder Graff and I drew up a picture of a family
we wanted to find. We listed specific characteristics for a mother, a father
and a daughter and prayed and fasted to be able to find them! We shared it with
some of the members and invited them to pray for that family, as well. On
Tuesday, we were going by a member to visit and stopped to talk to one of her
neighbors outside. Her name was Natalie and she was a lady in her 50's. She was
very friendly and told us how she had been to see the temple one time in Salt
Lake and how much the importance of family in our church had left an effect on
her! She wasn't able to sit down right then so we went by the member’s home (who
wasn't home) and then came back to ask for some water. We talked for a little
more and she told us she was a good friend of the member that lived on the
street and so made plans to set up a time to meet with both of them! As we
walked away we realized that as she talked about her daughter and her husband
they fit the exact description that we had drawn up, fasted and prayed for! She
was the first person we had talked to that week! It was an experience that
really grew my faith in the power of having a vision, taking it to the Lord,
and then praying and asking for His help. It helped the story of the Brother of
Jared in Ether 2 and 3 where the Lord asks him to propose the solution to
lighting the barges, become more real and definitely applicable!
This week Im as well especially grateful for the Holy Ghost.
Each week in the Sacrament, as we partake of it worthily we receive the promise
to be able to ALWAYS have the Spirit to be with us. I know this is true, and as
I identify all the small and simple ways in which the Holy Ghost guides and
communicates to me I better understand this principle. I’m grateful for the
peace the "Comforter" provides and for all the little lessons He
teaches us throughout the day. I know that as we seek to have the Spirit with
us daily, He will show us "all things that we should do." 2Nephi
32:5.
This week we’re really excited for Acer and Danny’s baptism
on Saturday and the Broadcast from the MTC to all the members and missionaries
on Sunday (I hope our whole family can go!!!). This Wednesday we also have our
last zone meeting with the Trayners (it’ll be the last time I see them) and
Elder Marble gives his "dying" testimony!
Con amor,
Elder Cook!
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