Happy late Valentine's Day!
This has been a good week. We had a lesson with a woman named
Laura. She has been investigating the Church for a while now, but she has
gotten a lot more serious about it lately. She wants to get baptized before the
end of the month! The only thing is, she is not a huge fan of the Book of
Mormon. We had a lesson with her about why God would give us the Bible AND the
Book of Mormon, and the purpose of the BOM and how it helps us. It was
beautiful to feel the Spirit testifying that God truly does love all His
children-- in Jerusalem as much as here in the Americas, and in the past as
much as today! Laura agreed to study the book and pray about it to know the
truth for herself.
Friday night we were visiting with a family (well, at least the
kids. The parents are super supportive and want their kids to go to a church,
but the parents say they are "too busy" to go themselves). Anyway,
the oldest daughter just broke up with her boyfriend, and Saturday was "Dia
del Enamorado" ("Day of those in love"). During the closing
prayer, the younger brother (who is 13) was praying and he said "Please
bless the children from all over the world... and all of the single
girls." Hermana Percival and I had to use all of our self-control to not
burst out laughing. I could not believe that this boy would use a prayer to
annoy his sister! Oh well. Good news is that nobody laughed, and the older
sister didn't say anything about it afterward.
I was studying Jacob 5 the other day and I loved the fact that at
least 8 times the Lord of the vineyard says that it grieves him to have to lose
his trees. Knowing that the trees are really representative of God's people, I
loved verse 41 "And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept,
and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?"
There are times in everyone’s life where, despite the blessings we have
received, we are disobedient to God's commandments and bring forth "wild
fruit." But we can know that our Heavenly Father does all He can- ALL He
can- to save and help us. If we only turn to Him and accept His help, He can
heal us. His love is that powerful. I know He lives and I know He loves us.
Have a marvelous week!
Hermana Simmons
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