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| Here Comes Spring! |
I don't have a whole lot to report on this week, but It was a
pretty good one! We were able to see a tone of Less Actives and all of
our Recent Converts, and they are all definitely being blessed. We had
some pretty incredible lessons that were no doubt led by the spirit. We
have so many reactivations in the work this transfer, and it's a HUGE
miracle! We also were able to work with the bishopric to (FINALLY) get a
temple trip planned for May 7th! There are converts of a YEAR that
haven't even been to the temple yet, and all of our recent converts are
SO excited to go. The spirit in their excitement is out of this world.
So, needless to say, the spirit of Elijah has been rockin our world this
week. Oh, how my testimony of Family History has grown. I could do it
all day everyday, and I can't wait until that's possible!
We got an incredible new investigator this week from INDIA! He is
so prepared. He told us that he knows that the Catholic church is NOT
true. He is diligently seeking for the truth and is willing to do
whatever it takes to find it. It's been awesome. His accent is a little
hard to understand, but man. We are so excited! He goes back to India in
a month, so we are really hoping to help him feel the spirit!
Hunter and Willie are getting so excited for their baptism and are
doing incredible. I am SO proud of Willie. He has come such a long way
and man, the testimony he has gained is very touching. He is also
extremely excited to go to the temple!
The weather here has been crazy! There were lots of tornado
warnings at the beginning of the week throughout the entire mission, and
school was even cancelled completely on Wednesday all throughout
Tallahassee because that's when we were supposed to get hit, but
miraculously it jumped right over us! Talk about a tender mercy!
Multiple tornadoes touched down in the mission, but we got blessed. We
were so grateful. Now it's in the 70's! haha Good ole mother nature!
This week we've had the wonderful blessing of watching the
Restoration movie multiple times with those we are teaching. The spirit
that has filled my soul has been overwhelming has I ponder the life of
Joseph Smith. I will eternally be grateful for his diligence and faith.
If he would have backed down just once, we probably wouldn't have the
Book of Mormon today. I am grateful for Emma and her loving support to
the Prophet, Seer and Revelator.
Elder Neil L. Andersen said, "A testimony of the Prophet Joseph
Smith can come differently to each of us. It may come as you kneel in
prayer, asking God to confirm that he was a true prophet. It may come as
you read the Prophet’s account of the First Vision. A testimony may
distill upon your soul as you read the Book of Mormon again and again.
It may come as you bear your own testimony of the Prophet or as you
stand in the temple and realize that through Joseph Smith the holy
sealing power was restored to the earth. With faith and real intent,
your testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith will strengthen...
There are great and wonderful days ahead. President Thomas S.
Monson has said: “This great cause … will continue to go forth, changing
and blessing lives. … No force in the entire world can stop the work of
God. Despite what comes, this great cause will go forward.”
I give you my witness that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and
Redeemer. He chose a holy man, a righteous man, to lead the Restoration
of the fulness of His gospel. He chose Joseph Smith.
I testify that Joseph Smith was an honest and virtuous man, a
disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. God the Father and His Son, Jesus
Christ, did appear to him. He did translate the Book of Mormon by the
gift and power of God.
In our society beyond the veil of death, we will clearly understand
the sacred calling and divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith. In
that not-too-distant day, you and I and “millions [more] shall know
‘Brother Joseph’ again.”
I too know that Joseph Smith was and is a prophet in these latter days.
I love you all!
Sister Holmes :)
picture- here comes spring!
