Ia ora na tatou!
I'm pretty stoked about last
week, because it was definitely a solid week with some general and personal
miracles. This week was a well-appreciated spiritual boost, for a number of
reasons.
This week we had a zone
conference with President and his assistants on Thursday, so in the preceding
days Elder Millett and I were seeking inspiration for the training we were
gonna give for our missionaries. The general problem for the zone is that progressing
investigators have a hard time accepting a baptismal date, and that baptisms
fixed end up being pushed back or cancelled because the investigators end up
falling back into their old habits. So in searching how to fortify our
investigators' faith, Elder Millett and I received this pretty obvious but
overlooked revelation: The Book of Mormon. Duh. The only way that investigators
are going to have enough faith to make it to baptism and beyond is to read
regularly the Book of Mormon and to receive a testimony from the Holy Ghost
that it is true. And there we felt that the whole zone could apply that
principle a whole lot better. Elder Millett prepared a training on the
importance of the Book of Mormon and how to use it, and I started preparing a
training on fortifying our own testimony of it.
In preparing for that training,
my testimony of the Book of Mormon only grew. I remembered back to the time in
the MTC 16 months ago when I received a witness, clear as day, that the Book of
Mormon is the word of God. But even so, that was 16 months ago, and I feel like
the spiritual drive that I had to proclaim its truthfulness has since calmed
down a little bit. So in looking in Preach My Gospel, in chapter 5, it actually
recommends us to apply Moroni's promise regularly so as to have continually a
strong testimony of its truthfulness. Welp, it's been a while since I've applied
Moroni's promise! So in preparing for the training, I had the privilege of
applying that again. I wont take the liberty of explaining how I got my answer,
but all in all, I knew again 100 percent that it was true.
On Thursday we had our zone
conference. Elder Millett and I delivered our training, and it was a success.
You could tell that it was needed, and the Spirit confirmed that it was what
our Heavenly Father wanted us to share that day. The sister training leaders,
the assistants and President and Sister Bize gave us super edifying and much
needed trainings as well. It was the greatest zone conferences Ive ever had on
my mission! Organizing it went well, everything was on time and it was just
super. I was extremely happy.
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| Zone conference |
We got to Vairao just in time
for our baptism! We've been teaching Ronaldo for about a month now. He's the
coolest kid in town! He lives with his dad Morgan. His sister Megane was baptised about a year ago, and now his
dad wanted us to teach Ronaldo as well who was past age. I love Ronaldo, such a
stud. He came to church the following Sunday for his confirmation in a blazer,
lookin like a g. It was a happy moment.
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Baptism! Elder Millett, Ronaldo, Frere Tollis, moi, Elder
Taylor
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"And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
"And
by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."
I
know that the Book of Mormon is true, because I received it, read it, and I
asked God if it was true. He manifested its truthfulness unto me by the power
of the Holy Ghost. Anyone can apply this promise to know that the Book of
Mormon is the word of God.
I
love you all, have a fantastic week!
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