August 16, 2010

We talked to this one lady outside her door and she started to tell us about all her problems and how difficult life is. She was a little closed, we could tell. We listened to her and tried to understand her. Then we promised her that she can have help to solve her problems because God has restored his gospel to the earth through a living day prophet. As we bore sincere testimony, I could almost see her wall breaking away and the spirit just surrounding her heart. She told us she had lots of questions and wanted us to come back. It was fun being excited with the missionaries from the MTC. It was just us three. I felt like an Older Brother. It was really fun. We felt the spirit strong and also were able to watch The Book of Mormon bash the walls of skepticism that surrounded the heart of the one other lady. She said she had talked to missionaries before, but none of them were able to "convince" her that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the only true and living church on the earth. There is a saying here that "todos caminos llegan a Dios". The truth of the matter is that (All caminos DO NOT arrive at God). Heavenly Father gave the plan, and the Savior set the example. 2 Nefi 31 The road is straight and narrow and few are they who enter there in. I opened to Alma 7:11-12 and read these verses to this lady and her daughter. Their hearts were softened hearing about the sacrifice that the Savior made for them. The lady said that she believed that The Book of Mormon is true. She still didn´t understand what that meant though. We turned to the introduction of the Book of Mormon and read the last paragraph. (If The Book Of Mormon is true, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Kingdom of God on the earth in preparation for the Second Coming of the Messiah. Wow! Powerful. My testimony of the Book of Mormon is growing so much. It is growing because we are trying to learn it ourselves and apply it to us and our investigators. I know that it is true because I have had life changing experiences with some of my "gem" scriptures. Ether 12:27 Senior year during basketball. Mosiah 4:11-12 in the MTC and a few others. The scriptures are just full of lessons that can dramatically change our lives. My testimony is strong because I knew that I had a problem, I know that I tried to apply the teaching, and I know I got over it. It really works.