Season 8: Glacier Park/Lake Wilderness. Episode 3: An Inspired Cat

I took this one just 30 seconds ago. We are doing our computer stuffs in the Maple Valley Library. (Those orbs behind us look like cool UFO/ghost things)

Elder Wagstaff is now one of my Zone Leaders and we got to go on exchanges last Tuesday after District Meeting. We had a good time proselyting together again and reminiscing about old times :D We also ate some great left overs from some members. That Mint Oreo Ice-cream cake was something divine :D

Elder Green and I with the ties that we traded each other :D

Happy days! There has been many many things which have occurred since I last communicated with y'all (AKA you all). I will include as much as I can and try to provide at least some substance.

 

First off I do have a request/ favor to ask for. I am looking for a talk called "Believing Blood" by Bruce R. McConkie. For those of you who can, would you do a Google search or something of the sort and try to find it for me?

 

We have 2 people committed to baptism! It is Tatiana and her 9 year old son Andrei! On Tuesday while I was on exchanges with Elder Wagstaff we were able to teach both of them and they accepted to prepare for November 7th. Its coming up and it is so wonderful and happy! They are really on track and very committed. While we were planning for them in Weekly Planning and filling out a baptismal calendar, we realized they would need to be living the Word of Wisdom starting on Saturday the 17th. So we were able to go on the 16th, we talked about it, we invited and they accepted. She really loves the gospel and said "If that's what it takes, I'll do it." Their commitment is so amazing. On Sunday when we had a lesson with them at the Relief Society Presidents home when we were talking about some of the preparation for baptism she and Andrei were willing to do things to meet that goal of the 7th. Everything is wonderful for those two and the ward is doing an amazing job at being their friends.

 

One day we were biking around and their was a street I had never been down in my 6 months here, so we went down it. As we were biking around it, we thought to tract this one house. In reflection there wasn't any like huge spiritual prompting or manifestation to tract it, but just a good thought. We did it. We talked at the door for a little bit about her Halloween decorations and then her cat ran out the door and she went to retrieve it. We talked more and after she got it back inside, she actually sat down and we were able to teach her the Restoration right there on her front porch!

She was very receptive and involved in the lesson and we are going back this Friday. One of the coolest things that she told us was that the 7th Day Adventists (another church) were there just an hour earlier, but she didn't talk to them much. She listened to us and we were talking for under an hour! She is a single mother and her name is Janet and she said if she knew that this church was Gods church, she would join it. Now we will help her find her answer because it is His church! As long as she puts forth effort and sincerity it isn't a matter of if she finds out, its a matter of when she finds out.

 

Another person we found from a tract was Derrick. He let us in and at the end of the lesson he said a kneeling down prayer with us for the first time in a while. We had another lesson with him yesterday and he said the same thing Janet did. So if he puts for that effort it will be a matter of when he founds out!

 

Yesterday we got to hear from Elder Lawrence of the 70 and his wife. It was amazing! I really loved when Sister Lawrence talked to us. She told us about a lot of deep doctrine that I could not possibly explain over email. Suffice it to say, it was amazing and I loved learning it. One of the main focus' was on helping our mission baptize more. So on Monday the Mission Leadership Council set a specific goal that we would help a certain amount of people be baptized in November. Not because we want to boast or get a higher number, but because the more we baptize the more people who are saved! If you haven't done an in depth study on the Doctrine of Christ, I have quite a bit of scripture references for you. Let me know if you would like that study.

 

The week was wonderful. A lot of fruitful things occurred. My specific invitation for you this week is that if you have not asked those difficult questions is to do that! Then for those of you who have done that and received an answer of something to change, make a plan to change! "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." So create a game plan of how you are going to accomplish that. No football team will ever win consistently if they don't go into the game with a plan. Our ultimate goal is to become like Jesus. So more than trying to be like him for a day, consistently become more like Him every day of your life. You wont regret it.

 

Sincerely and with love,

Elder Sumsion