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I swear.. everyday is Saturday it feels like! They come so fast!
This week was FULL of tender mercies!
Monday night Sister Evans and I were able to teach Hannah, and Tira
skyped in from Utah! It was SO awesome. We are so grateful that we get
to keep teaching her even though Tira isn't here anymore. Hannah is the
prettiest, smartest young woman I have ever met. She blows me away every
lesson we have with her!
We had some really awesome lessons with Derek this week doing Family History and helping him make a mormon.org
profile. He wants to share his conversion story/testimony to anyone and
everyone, so we thought that that would be the perfect place to start!
He is doing extremely well. He's being hit with a lot of opposition, but
he is staying SO strong. That kid also blows me away all the time. He
is so excited to go to the temple and receive the Priesthood!
Johnnie is doing super great as well! He is progressing SO much,
and he is willing to change his life to come closer to God. It's been
really cool to watch him grow and gain a testimony.
Wednesday was transfer day... Always a crazy day! Luckily, I AM
STAYING HERE AT TCC! Huge blessing! I don't ever want to leave. We are
doing transfers differently now, so we got to have the gorgeous Sister
Bushnell with us for the day, and it was so much fun. It was also the
first day of school, so there were SO many people on campus! I have
never been so excited to OYM in my life! We met some incredible people,
and a ton of prepared potentials! We were all in awe the entire day.
All of our investigators are back in town, and so we got to meet
with Curel and Derrick, Kaleel, Melissa, and Willie!! All of them did so
good over the break, and are still way solid.
So, one of the miracles this week, besides having SO many
incredibly prepared potentials and teaching more lessons this week than
we have the last three weeks combined is Juliette.
We met Juliette on the first day of school. She was leaving class
and we stopped to talk about the gospel to her, and found her extremely
interested in learning more! When asking when we could meet up with her
to share our message, she insisted we meet the next day. So, we of
course jumped at the opportunity and set up an appointment. The next
day, we meet her at the institute and begin teaching her the
Restoration. I have NEVER taught a lesson like that! She was soaking up
every little sentence we were saying, explaining it back to us, agreeing
with everything being said, loving the scriptures we shared, and then
during the First Vision, she was speechless. She was amazed at the fact
that we have a prophet on the earth today, and asked us how she could
learn more. At the end of the lesson, we asked her if she wanted to know
for herself if these things are true and she said, "I already believe
everything you have shared with me! This is amazing. I can't wait to
share it with my mom!" She said the closing prayer (which was extremely
powerful), said that she was going to come to church on sunday, and then
asked if one day she would be able to serve a mission. haha WHAT.
Sister Evans and I walked out of that lesson STUNNED! It was the coolest
experience! We are praying that she continues to have that
understanding and fire!
So many miracles have been experienced this week, and so many
tender mercies have filled our days. I am eternally grateful for the
opportunity I have to experience these life changing moments everyday.
I am especially grateful for the Book of Mormon. We have had the
opportunity to begin reading it with Derek and Melissa (separately) and
it has changed my whole week. For Derek, Sister Evans and I read a
chapter together before we go to bed and discuss what stood out to us
and then text it to Derek (he does the same), and with Melissa we read
it over the phone with her. I have physically and spiritually seen the
power that comes from the Book of Mormon the last few days. This week
has been testing, and has been a little hard for me, but the strength I
have received and the knowledge I have gained in this short time is
impossible to describe.
President Ezra Taft Benson said,
"I challenge all of us to prayerfully consider steps that we can
personally take to bring this new witness for Christ more fully into our
own lives and into a world that so desperately needs it... I have a
vision of the whole Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the
precepts of the Book of Mormon... Indeed, I have a vision of flooding
the earth with the Book of Mormon."
There is no better challenge to accept than the one to use the Book
of Mormon as the power against the adversary and the glue for
happiness.
He concludes by this testimony, and it's one that I second with my whole soul.
"Moses never entered the promised land. Joseph Smith never saw Zion
redeemed. Some of us may not live long enough to see the day when the
Book of Mormon floods the earth and when the Lord lifts His
condemnation. (See D&C 84:54–58.) But, God willing, I intend to
spend all my remaining days in that glorious effort. In the name of
Jesus Christ, amen."
I too intend to spend all my days in the effort of changing the world through the Book of Mormon.
I love you all SO much!
Sister Holmes
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