Dear family,
This week we not only met standards, but found......5 new
investigators! 2 of them we're especially excited about. They're Carl and
Casey, 29-year-old twins that we street contacted on the 4th of July. We had
dinner and a first lesson at a members home, and it went really well. Hooray
for a bigger teaching pool!
Osh is a married woman! The wedding was beautiful.
Demarkeyes is getting baptized next week. A temple marriage is definitely in
the works for this one. I think the best part of the wedding though was
watching them take selfies together afterwards. Good old 21st century. Gotta
love it.
Hayley is amazing. We're not sure where she came from, she's
almost too prepared to be true! She was out of town in Oregon this week, so she
attended church there, and while there she sent us a message saying that she
had gone to the temple in Portland and walked around the grounds and absolutely
loved it! A few days ago we taught her about the living prophet and committed
her to reading the talk from priesthood session last conference by President
Monson, and pray to know if He is a prophet of God. She followed up on herself
this week by sending us a message saying "I wanted to let you know I
finished President Monson's talk! I loved it!!! Yes, He's absolutely 100% a true
prophet of God. After listening to it several times and sharing it with others,
I was filled with a renewed sense of strength and to stand up, think and do in
the right way. I got the same warm amazing feeling whenever I pray to Heavenly
Father." She's so great!
Emma is a girl that Elder Haupu and Elder Martin were
teaching. Her mom is not happy about her decision to be baptized at all, and
she still lives at home, so that has caused some problems. The Elders thought
sisters might have a better chance of softening the moms heart, so we have
started teaching Emma. She just turned 18, and last lesson she told us that
although she would love her moms approval, she feels she needs to take a leap
of faith and prepare herself to be baptized in August, whether her mom approves
or not, because she knows without a doubt that this is the right decision for
her.
This week I have been studying the first article of faith.
I've decided to study an Article of Faith every week. It was amazing to study
really in depth the nature of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. What I
loved most about it was realizing how much more we know about our own natures
just by knowing the nature and characteristics of our Father. Lorenzo Snow once
said, "We were born in the image of God our Father; He begat us like unto
Himself. There is the nature of deity in the composition of our spiritual
organization. In our spiritual birth, our Father transmitted to us the
capabilities, powers, and faculties which He possessed, as much so as the child
on its mothers bosom possesses, although in an undeveloped state, the
faculties, powers, and susceptibilities of its parent." If you get the
chance, study the nature of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, then apply what
you learn by creating a vision of your own identity and destiny. Increased
vision of who we are and what we may become becomes increased motivation.
Motivation leads to action, and the gospel would be meaningless without the
actions we take to use it in our daily lives.
Love you all!
Sister Slade
Tracting fun!
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