This week has been wet! Which I'm sure you
have heard by now... Luckily, Pueblo is on flat ground and I'm no where
near Pueblo lake... The biggest danger I am facing here is getting wet
as cars drive through the plentiful now full of water pot-hole in the
road. But, I do know that there has been some other problems around the
burn scars from the fires over the last two years so just keep those in
those areas in your prayers. As for this week I got to celebrate Yom
Kippur with an investigator! It was a lot of fun and I didn't understand
a word of what was said in the services... Of course that may be
because it was all in Hebrew... But, it was fun to listen to the
language that they spoke in the scriptures. Plus, the investigator that
took us kept bragging about how it was our first time fasting for 24
hours and that we were doing it, then we would have to gently remind him
that we do 24 hour fasts every month. I don't think he really
understands yet but we will keep trying.
This week we were also blessed to witness a really spiritual
and sweet moment with an investigator family. We had contacted them a
few weeks ago from a referral we had gotten and then we lost contact.
They wouldn't answer our calls and were not home when we dropped by. And
then all of a sudden Flor (one of the investigators called us) she told
us that her husband had been in the hospital and that she had been
stressed out and didn't know what to do but that we could come over
today. Quickly, we explained what a blessing was and asked if her and
her husband would like one. She agreed and we went by that night with a
couple of members of the ward to perform the blessing. It was a super
spiritual moment and it was made even better because it was one of the
Recent converts first time performing a blessing and he was super
nervous but he did wonderful. You could see that the family was touched
by the spirit and the words that were said in the blessings. I just love
moments like those! Its just great to be a missionary!! This week I was
reading in Alma 5 which is a great chapter because it has a lot of
questions for us to think about. But I really like in verses 45 &46
where it says:
"and this is not all. Do ye not suppose that I know of these things
myself? Behold, I testify unto you that I do know that these things
whereof I have spoken are true. And how do ye suppose that I know of
their surety?
46 Behold, I say unto you that they are made known unto me by the
Holy Spirit of God. Behold, I have fasted and prayed many days that I
might know these things of myself. and now I do know of myself that they
are true; for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his Holy
Spirit; and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me." I really
like this passage because this is Alma the younger speaking. He was
going around destroying the church and an angel appeared unto him and
told him to stop. I have met a lot of people who think that it was the
angel who converted Alma. But here in this passage he testifies that
that was not the case. Yes, the vision he had made him change his ways.
But even after all of that he had to fast and pray to receive a witness
and to grow his testimony. We are not like Alma most of us probably
haven't had a vision of angels or anything of that sort. But, right here
Alma is telling us that in retrospect that doesn't matter. We can still
gain the testimony he had even if we don't have the vision. Because,
even after the divine manifestation he did what we are all asked to do
he fasted and prayed continuously i'm sure to know that it is true. So I
would just challenge you all to pray about it this week, even if you
already know. Just pray to have it reaffirmed or even manifested unto
you for the first time. Pray and listen for the answer because I know by
experience that for those who honestly seek the answer is always there.
I love you all!! Stay safe and stay dry!
Love,
Sister Bice
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