Come Unto Christ
Well, it’s been another interesting
week here in Las Misiones. We continue to see both miracles and challenges in
this area. I can tell that Satan is working hard against the people we have
been working with, but we know that the Lord is stronger than Satan and He can
do his own work. We found a fantastic family last week talking with a woman
next to me in a trufi, and when we went to teach them on Tuesday, the husband
cried when he heard the story of the Restoration and said he felt something
really special upon hearing it. That was definitely a miracle for us; however, we
could see that Satan is trying to impede their progress because they couldn’t
receive us later that week or come to church yesterday because their baby got
really sick. This is the interesting thing that we keep seeing; we keep finding
families that seem really promising, and then something keeps impeding their
progress. However, I really have a good feeling about this family and have
faith that they will progress.
Another miracle for us was that the
22 year old son of an active member of the church, Jorge, has come to church
twice now and yesterday tentatively accepted a baptism date for the 15th of
November! That really is a miracle, because he has listened to many pairs of
elders before, but hasn’t ever taken it very seriously. He has very different beliefs
than us; has a different concept of God and doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ as
our Savior, but we can tell that even though he doesn’t want to admit it, there
is something he likes about the gospel. He has come to church on his own twice
now, reads his Book of Mormon, and prays, so he’s got all the ingredients to
come to know that this is true. Now, he still isn’t positive that this message
is true, but we can see that his faith is growing and we have had many powerful
lessons with him. :) I know that the Lord can change all people and change all
of our hearts, even those that seem furthest from Him. That is definitely
something I have seen over and over again in the missio, and I know it applies
for all of our lives. I know that this gospel is true and the converting power
of the Atonement is incredible. Apply it in your lives on a daily basis, and
you will see how the Lord can make you strong. I love the scripture Moroni
10:32
Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny
yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all
ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength,
then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be
perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect inChrist, ye can in
nowise deny the power of God.
I know this is true, that as we come
unto Christ, He will perfect and sanctify us, and we will come to a perfect
knowledge of the reality and the power of God in our lives.
Love you all! Have a fantastic
week!
Love,
Hermana Chelsie Faulk
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