August 30, 2010 (Jayce) It feels good to share you testimony huh. My zone leader, who is leaving next Monday told me that only bearing your testimony (specifically of the Savior) is the most powerful rejuvenating tool that we have. When you are down in the mission, he said, just go bear your testimony to someone about the Savior. I thought that was pretty cool. It feels really good to share testimony. With all the bad that is in the world, it is just a powerful experience to share pure truth to these people that are just swimming in all kinds of......... It is good being a missionary brother. I’m really excited for you. There is just nothing like this. It is really cool to see people change their lives and be so involved and just hope and pray that they will grasp the message and take it to their hearts. Our job is to get the spirit there and teach with clarity. Like mom always says, they have to let it in. I’m starting to see though, that I think we can make it easier for them to open their hearts. Do you remember the parable of the sower? The Savior talks about 4 kinds of ground I believe. Previously, I always thought that it was just to show that some people are ready and some aren’t (I believe that too though). I’m learning that maybe the Savior taught this parable to teach the sowers that they need to fix their ground. Either take out the rocks and weeds, or add more dirt.etc...Of course, we can´t open the heart, but maybe we can make it more easy for them to do so. I thought about this parable thinking about the experience that I was able to enjoy in the letter I’ll send with the pictures.