This scripture describes perfectly how I feel about the upcoming season:
Song of Solomon 2:12
I believe that Millie will especially enjoy that one.
Hermana Agurcia and I have been very busy here in Fredericksburg! Here's a little bit about our investigators:
Absalon
y Natalia - Instead of giving us a weird drink this past week, Natalia
made deer tacos! SO RICO. Natalia really wants to baptize her son in the
Catholic church. Absalon said she could, but it wouldn't matter because
he's going to have his son baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ
when he turns 8! Now if we could just get them to read El Libro de
Mormon...
Claudia - Super Pentecostal. Hispanics don't Bible
bash the way that Southern Baptists do, but she's the closest. Every
lesson starts out that way, but then ends spiritually when Hermana
Agurcia and I bear our testimonies. In our most recent lesson, her
husband (American) and her daughter sat in. The husband wanted to argue
too. He said that the Spirit was constraining him to teach us about the
Day of Pentecost. He stressed that the Comforter didn't arrive until 50
days after the Ascension of Jesus Christ... I don't think he realized,
but that only confirms the veracity of the visitation of Jesus Christ to
the Americas. Oh well. The husband offered the closing prayer,
petitioning God to save us and help us find the truth. Claudia mumbled
throughout the prayer and then put her hands on our heads. I felt the
Spirit leave the room. The feeling was so disgusting and I hope to never
experience it again! Needless to say, we think that they are not ready
for the Gospel at this time.
Eric - Eric is my favorite muchacho of them all!
Hna. Agurcia and I spend a lot of time in the same apartment complex.
There is always the same group of muchachos, or young boys, playing
outside. This group of friends ranges from 8 to 18 years old. We know
most of their names by now and they give us lots of referrals! We once
passed out pamphlets to them and invited them to go to church. They
agreed, but we weren't sure how serious they were. Hermano Moreno, a
member, went to pick them up. All four that we talked to attended! That
was about a week ago for Stake Conference. Eric, who is only 8, seems to
be the most interested. We've knocked on his door a few times, and his
parents say we can come back, but don't seem to care all that much. Eric
told me that he wanted to see a movie about Jesus Christ. He doesn't
have a strong Christian background, but he's very in tune with the
Spirit.
We went by the complex yesterday and arrived just in
time to see him taking out the trash! That was a miracle in and of
itself! We told him we had the movie and he needed to get his friends
together and permission from his parents. (A member lives in the complex
and we arranged to have the lesson at his home.) Eric and his friend
Tony came to watch the movie with us! We watched Testaments. We thought
they would enjoy the action, it shows a lot about the Savior's life, and
it talks about the Book of Mormon. I felt the Spirit SO STRONG! Eric
had lots of questions. We bore testimony that our Savior died for him,
and now lives for him. We were all crying a lot, including Eric. We
invited him to be baptized and he said he wants to! I had the strongest
impression that I was sitting next to one of the noble and great spirits
of God. Eric is one of the elect! When we walked him home, we talked
about missionary life and told him that one day he could be a missionary
too! I feel so honored to have met this muchacho!
We're teaching A LOT.
Anyway, here are some thoughts about Virtue. I hope you've enjoyed studying this attribute of Christ as much as I have!
-The most virtuous thought you could have is "I am a child of God."
-PMG - "A pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards...prerequisite to receiving the Spirit's guidance."
-Integrity - being true to who you know you are.
-"Pray for strength to resist temptation and do what is right."
-Memorize a good hymn or scripture
-The virtuous will receive inheritance in Zion! D&C 25:2
-Virtue = holiness
-D&C 121 - virtue will give me confidence and make me a better leader (doctrine of the priesthood.)
-Seek after Virtue! (AoF13)
-2 Peter 1 - I have been called to glory and virtue!
-Virtue builds on faith
-Lehi's dream and Nephi's vision -- what is it that I most desire?
-People of Ammon - bury all temptations so I can stay "bright!"
Now
dearest family, this is what I need from you...the past few weeks have
been pretty stressful and difficult. Hermana Agurcia and I did NOT
receive a call for transfers, which means I'll be here for the next six
weeks! (Phew!) I've been thinking a lot about what you could do to help
me. I love getting mail, but the happiness I get from it isn't very
lasting. This is what I came up with:
In order to help all of us prepare for General
Conference, I want you (each of you!) to print out your all time
favorite General Conference talk! Read it again and mark it up. Write
notes about what you like, what you learned, your testimony, etc. THEN,
mail it to me so I can enjoy it too! This shouldn't take more than 15-30
minutes of your time. It would mean the world to me :) We can both
enjoy your favorite talk! If you send me yours, I promise to send you
mine!
I feel so privileged to be where I am doing what I'm
doing. I'm preaching the Gospel to the descendants of the Lamanites!
How cool is that?:) I love and miss you all so much and I am incredibly
grateful for the support that I've received so far.
I hope you have a great week! Happy reading:) Love, Hermana Crandall
*PS Here's my address again in case you missed it:)
1002 Jefferson Davis Highway #222
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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