Hello dearest friends and family!
This week was filled with miracles! Some of the things that happened
this week may not be seen as miracles to some but they truly are.
We had a dinner with a family and the Spanish Elders were there as
well. We decided to throw the lesson at them since we always do it, horrible
reason I know. They took a little while to get into it and we had another
appointment so we left before they started. As we were leaving the families non-member friend showed
up to pick up her daughter. The Spanish Elders invited her to listen to the
message and she loved what they read out of the Book of Mormon. We now have an
appointment with her tomorrow in the members
home. I think this might be the first lesson I've taught in a members home with
someone that was found from the members. I'm pretty excited!
We also dropped the Theobald's this week. They weren't willing to come
to church and as much as we enjoyed helping them with service our purpose is
not to do service for people, it's to help them come closer to Christ, and if
they aren't willing to make the changes to get there then we have no purpose in
being there. They have our number and can call us if hey ever change their
minds.
That's pretty much all that happened that's worth mentioning. Oh! We
went to the Elders Quorum presidency meeting and there were tons of assignments
made and awesomely they gave themselves the assignments to do stuff. So that
was pretty cool.
I think that's all now. Just one last little rant thingy.
I feel the need to say something due to things that have been said in
the past by me and others that have been bothering me. The Bible is the word of
God, it contains much of His teaching and has been given to us to learn more
about the life of our Savior Jesus Christ and of how we can become more like
him. It is a holy book which can give us direction and comfort. The Book of
Mormon is also Gods word, given to us to bring even more truth and light into
our lives. As we we use BOTH together we can truly come to understand more of
our Father in Heaven and of what we need to do to return to live with Him. I
have a strong testimony of the importance of using both books of scripture in
teaching for if I had not studied the Bible I would not be able to show others
how the two can truly become one in our hands. It is my invitation to each and
every one of you to read both the Bible and the Book of Mormon this week. Find
ways that they connect and learn all that you can from them both. If you have
trouble finding connections let me know and I can help you out. Please heed my
invitation as I know that as you do this God will give you answers to questions
you may have through both the words you read and through His Holy Spirit.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
-Elder Eddenfield
Choose the Right