Hello!! This week has been a great
one! We have still been pretty busy with contacting referrals and introducing
ourselves to people who are in our area book.
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| Cherry picking with the Howards!! Sooo cool! |
We had a cool experience last night
because our plans for the person we were going to visit fell through and I felt
we should go see a lady named *Joan. She was in our plans, but not until later
that evening, but we decided to go over and it turns out her member son and
daughter-in-law were there! They were
visiting from Ohio and it was such a blessing to have them there because they
helped to break the ice and get a feel for the situation. We talked about different aspects of the
Gospel and were able to bond with all of them! It's really good we saw them early because our
whole conversation lasted almost 2 hours! We talked about a ton of things since she
didn't grow up with a belief in God. We talked about the Bible and the Book of
Mormon and how they go together, the priesthood, and faith. Sister Bonn and I can't wait to go back over
there and teach the Restoration! We touched on it, of course, while talking
about the Priesthood, but I can't wait to help her see how it all ties
together! I love teaching the
Restoration :) My dad (and also Preach My Gospel) has told me that that's the
unique message we have to share and ever since then I have always tried to
teach it as soon as possible. We truly are Christ's full church restored on the
earth today and I love teaching about how and why!
Also, two of the less actives we
visited this past week were at church yesterday!! That was so great to see! That was my first time experiencing people I
invited to go to church there! Usually we just call and follow-up on the phone
with our investigators at Temple Square, so this was pretty cool!
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The Bishop's bird, haha. We
became friends before dinner or at least I became his friend...not sure about
the other way around.
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What's funny is that I was missing
Temple Square a little bit this week! I
miss the hustle bustle there as crazy as that sounds! I love the "go, go, go" of Temple
Square and how there is ALWAYS teaching going on. But then again, I LOVE my
experiences out here! I am really enjoying seeing the differences among
missions and noticing how wonderful missionary work is- no matter what way it's
done! Gotta love the Lord's work :)
Something that has been on my mind
lately is how there are many different churches in the world, and how one
church can be completely different in different parts of the country, but how
ours is still the same teaching the same principles and doctrine. In Sunday School, we were talking about unity
and I shared an analogy from Alma 50. In
this chapter it talks about Moroni, who is captain over all of the Nephites,
and how he fortified the cities against the Lamanites (their enemy) with
ditches, towers, pickets, etc. to be prepared for when they attacked. Moroni
was a leader and a man of God who had received the wisdom to do these
fortifications that were ahead of their time, and, since he did this, the
Nephites were able to be unified and the Lamanites couldn't overtake
them.
While reading this chapter, I
thought about how we have a similar "unity" situation with our living
prophet today who leads us and guides us. He receives direction from God for us and
helps us to know how to follow Christ and live full and happy lives. If you
think about it, Christ's church wouldn't have swaying doctrine. I know that God called prophets in ancient
times and I also know that since God is "the same yesterday, today, and
forever" that He would still call a prophet today.
I just love how I can meet members
or missionaries from all corners of the world and how we can discuss the Gospel
together and see that all of the same principles are taught in every church
building across the globe! Pretty cool, right?? :)
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Got some Naps! A pretty
well-known food place here. :)
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Well anyway, it's been a wonderful
week and I really love this ward. The
members are down to earth and Sister Bonn and I are working hard!
Love you all!! :)
Sister Asay
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