These past two weeks have been a blur. The fact that we have
P-days in the middle of the week means it feels like we have two weekends a
week, which is pretty sweet if I say so myself! I feel like I've known my
district and zone for months and like I've always known my companion (but maybe
that's just because we are with each other 24/7). I can't complain though, I
love my zone, district, and especially mia collega (my companion)!
This
week held a nice surprise in that I got to sit with Jared at Choir practice.
This is significant because I can count on one hand how many times we've
encountered each other so far at the MTC. Anyway, we got to catch up and it was
really great! (He's doing well Donna, no worries!)
This
week we committed our first simpatizante (investigator) to baptism; the spirit
was way strong in that lesson and it so amazing to see. Mia Collega Anziano
Blackwell and I have committed our second investigator to read the Book of
Mormon and pray. It is amazing that one can learn to love a person so quickly.
My companion and I feel quite emotionally involved already with Luca (Lucas)
and I'm hoping we can continue to help him draw closer to Christ!
Some
amazing scriptures I have read lately have been from the end of Ether and the
end of Moroni. Moroni adds his own words into both books and they pertain a lot
to hope, faith and charity. It says a lot about what he was going though,
living as the last Nephite basically in exile and on the run for the rest of
his life. It says a lot about what he was struggling with, hope in particular,
since he had little to have hope in this life. His testimony of hope is very
powerful and strengthens me as I face eminent arrival in Italy where I will
have to learn super quickly. I have found from Moroni's words that we must have
hope for better things to come, not in this life but the next. We must hope for
eternal life, life with God, or else we will face despair (the opposite of
hope) frequently in this life. I can attest to the truth of that, I know it's
true; there is great happiness and surety in hope for salvation and eternal
life, as well as the possibility for exaltation of others. Particularly when you’re
aligning you life closely with God will. Hope in anything other than these
things is bound to spoil. We must have hope in the Savior and his Atonement,
His redeeming and exalting power, we must have hope that we can qualify for it.
I hope you guys are doing well! I love to hear from you all!
-Anziano Wilkinson
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