Dear Loved Ones,
The
Lord this week has opened my eyes to deeper of understanding that He is
fully aware of everyone and what they are going throughout their lives.
I have learned more how the Atonement can take a person and their
circumstances and change them into a transformed being. It has opened my
eyes to all those we can come in contact with on the streets and in our
lessons. We have no idea where they may be, but our Father in Heaven
does. So we just have to search, ponder, pray, and ask what the Lord has
in store for us that day. Once we have received the Lord's instructions
for that day we need to act, be bold, and testify of Him and His
teachings. As we do all that He asks of us, receive the great blessing
of His spirit throughout every minute of the day.
That
is something I also received a greater deeper understanding of - the sweet spirit we feel
anytime something we hear or see or has taken place, is the SPIRIT of
GOD! If that is not a witness in itself that He is ALWAYS with us and
LOVES us. It just has begun to take on a whole new meaning for me. Along
with this week, I have felt and seen how the Spirit of God throughout
our lesson changes the people into happier and more joyful!
We
had a lesson this week with a person who has a baptismal date for the
29 and she is just GOLDEN. She was so sent to her family to be the
pioneer to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ into their home. This last
time we had a lesson with her and watched the Restoration film.
When
it came to the scene in the film of Joseph Smith going into the grove
of trees and the hymn playing, "Joseph Smith's First Prayer", the spirit
began to hit the room POWERFULLY. I honestly felt myself sinking deep
into my chair by how the deep the impact was. The first thing that came
to my thoughts was, "Is she feeling this right now?" My question was
answered as she looked down at her arms and began to rub them and looked
at us with excitement in her eyes and all she could say was, "WOW!"
Pure joy filled my entire being as she looked back to the screen. She
was one of the elect that we needed to find. She is one of the noble and
great ones and I felt something inside tell me that what we have done
here today was right and that the search for finding her was over. That
she is on the next part of her journey. Following Christ through the
waters of Baptism and beginning with a new clean slate. After that,
going through each day standing for truth and righteousness.
Another
amazing experience was of a new investigator. A young man who
just got baptized brought in a friend and agreed to take the discussions with us. As we taught her, the spirit was just pouring in that
lesson. Especially as Sister O share about the First Vision. After
that we had another lesson with her friend right after and
as we taught her the restoration it was such an interesting experience I
will never forget, the spirit was there but it was different. I
couldn't quiet figure it out what was different about this lessons from the other woman's. All I knew something was off.
Afterward,
I was talking with Sister O, and she brought up the two lessons and
recognized that same thoughts and feelings I was having. We came to the
conclusion that it was a lesson to learn. They are both amazing
daughters of God. There was a sweetness and joy with both of them, but
the difference was the first had this spirit that she was ready now. Not that
the other wasn't but just not right now. Everyone is at a different point
of their progression on the way to the Savior.
Another
one I wanted to share was about another woman we've been working with to come unto Christ. She is seriously such a gift. I remember when I first came into
the area and she seriously was very shut down to really truly listening
to us when we taught her, but with time of loving her and expressing the
knowledge to her that she is one of the noble and great ones to her
Father in Heaven. We had even read to her Abraham 3:22-23 and had her
exchange her name:
22 Now the Lord had shown
unto me, (NAME), the intelligences that were organized before the world
was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;
23
And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst
of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among
those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said
unto me: (NAME), thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast
born.
The light in her eyes has
transformed her as we come to visit her now. There is a change that is
in her. She is feeling the Spirit of God in her life.
The
last story is about another investigator. She seriously is
just AHHH! AMAZING! I am just seeing the worth of souls more than ever
while I have been here in this area. They really matter to HIM! WE
MATTER!!!!
We had one lesson planned for her, the lesson ended up taking another form and Sister O shared a scripture in Helaman 10:5:
And
now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness, behold, I
will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in word and in
deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all things shall be done
unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not ask that which is
contrary to my will.
The Spirit was
seriously the true teacher and I loved every minute of it!!! :) When the Spirit is in the lesson I have come to learn that the lesson was
approved by the Lord especially after what I have learned about the
Spirit of the Lord.
I know that Jesus Christ is
our Lord and Savior and that when we testify His name, we gain a deeper
connection to Him through the Spirit of The Lord as we teach and
testify to others of Him. I have learned that as we do these things and
follow the Lords teachings we are not only changing the Lives of others
that we teach, but we are changing our own!!!
Remember, you MATTER because you are HIS!
Me Dashuri,
Motra Bezas
Going to last week's zone conference in Tirana...
a long but scenic drive!
a long but scenic drive!
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