Still Working...Harder Than Ever!

Hey everyone!

This week has been amazing!  It was the last week of the transfers and we gave it our all.  Our district leader told us that even though we might not be staying in an area, we should not give up on it until we have actually left.  This is the attitude I've been carrying with me all week just in case it is my last week in this area.  We have tried our best not to waste even five minutes of our time and we have worked very hard this week.  We saw some amazing miracles.  We set a baptismal date with an older gentleman.  He is progressing well. 

Daily Scripture Study

We had a lesson last Sunday about the importance of daily scripture study. The sister who taught Relief Society said that if we read the Book of Mormon every day, everything else in our lives will fall into place. I have seen this in the short time I've been out in my mission. I have begun reading the Book of Mormon regularly (I know, I've always been bad with scripture study!). It's helped me maintain a clear perspective of the purpose of missionary work which has helped me maintain vision and faith every day.

The Book of Mormon

This month, as a mission, we have been studying the importance of the Book of Mormon in conversion. In my own limited experience in the mission field, I can tell you that the Book of Mormon has been the most effective tool in bringing investigators to baptism. With one of our recent baptismal candidates, we got him reading the Book of Mormon within the first week. This coupled with excellent MEMBER missionary work led to him being baptized. One of our investigators who we are working with now has begun reading it, and we can see how his heart has been softened just in the short time we've been meeting with him. He told us that he has heard a lot of negative comments about the Book of Mormon in his life. But now that he's started reading it, he can see that much of the rumors regarding it were, in his words, "only speculation." When investigators gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, everything else falls into place.