Hello everyone,
Ya, so we had a good week. Last monday night we taught a lady named
Manuela. Her grandpa, in Germany a long time ago, was a very active
member and so when we came by we got to know her and she had questions
that we were able to answer through teaching the restoration, or the 1st
lesson. She also told us about her cousin who, committed suicide a
couple years ago, and she had asked other churches what will happen to
him and they just told her that he is going to hell. We assured her that
he wasn’t there, but that we do have
answers to that and what happens to us after we die, so we told her we
would talk to her more about that in our next visit and we gave her an
assignment to read 2nephi 2 which
talks a little about the plan of salvation, but she got sick and had to
cancel for the next appointment and then couldn’t come to church, she
did tell us she thought that she would get baptized if she came to
church and found out that this was true, because she has been to lots of
other churches and hasn’t felt right in any of them. She has really
been an answer to my prayers because we haven’t been able to find
anybody who is willing to hear our message or even give us the time of
day. We have tried getting in contact with Rita who we found awhile ago
but have been unable to contact her, but we aren’t giving up. This
morning in my studies I was reading this old pamphlet that missionaries
used to pass out a long time ago, its called "the strength of the Mormon
position" and we got all these old missionary pamphlets from a member
here in the area and I was reading it and read something that I kind of
knew about, but the way Orson F. Whitney
puts it makes so much sense and this is really why we believe what we
believe, why we have temples and why we have endowments and all the
sacred things and why works are so important he says " what is called
mormonism is the everlasting gospel, the religion of all the ages, gods
great plan for the salvation of the human family: and not just their
salvation but their exaltation if they obey it in fullness. The gospel
has a three fold power; it redeems, saves, and glorifies. Redemption is
resurrection, but that is not sufficient; it is not enough that man be
brought forth from the grave. All men good or bad will be resurrected ;
but resurrection is not salvation, any more than salvation is
exaltation. Many redeemed from the grave will be condemned at the final
judgment, for evil deeds done in the body ; many will be saved, yet come
short of the glory that constitutes exaltation." so that’s pretty much
why everything that we preach, teach, and urge men
to do is so important cause our families will not be together forever
if we aren’t all in the same glory together so we all need to make sure
we are doing what we need to, to get to exaltation in the celestial
kingdom, ha enough said.
So, that’s pretty cool that grandma Harper gets to go home to see
Dylan’s homecoming, that will be a shock for her, I would not want to do
that especially with a year left.
That’s so jacked that mike smith got blindsided, is he the back up
goalie? What happened to our starter, I totally forgot his name. Man,
Chris Young has gotten hot the past 2 years he jumped out of his slump
and is rockin it, are Steve Nash and Grant Hill still playing strong?
Ya, I sent
some pictures to people I will send the memory card this week, ya I
wrote the girl that Kristan had write me (Karina). I got a letter from
Gaby also, and some other from a member in the ward I forgot who and one
from Courtney Larsen. Oh, by the way Courtney is the one who drew the
picture of the person on the dragon haha it was funny.
On Saturday, we went to help the Brooks move someone and then
afterwards they bought us ice cream at this family owned ice cream
parlor, hahah, its soo good. and also we had dinner at the Wheatley's,
sister Wheatley knows grandma Harper and she showed me her sophomore
year book from back in Idaho and I saw the picture of grandpa and
grandma Harper as high school sweet hearts, haha, way weird and she said
that whenever she see's me in church she thinks I am Kent and then
remembers oh ya that’s his grandson,
haha so thought you should know that
Ya, so that is all I have this week, transfer calls are Saturday I hope I’m staying
Love you guys Elder Harper:)
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