Since my birthday is in January we were able to attend the
temple. Bishop Mcfarlane took us with his wife on Tuesday morning.
Holy cow it has been almost a full year since I stepped foot in a temple and I
was DYING to get back inside one. I had never been to the LA temple but I
sure loved it. It is HUGE! Bishop Mcfarlane is one of the smartest
and most personable people ever. He teaches institute so he know his
scriptures like the back of his hand. As we drove down to the temple he
had me constantly flipping to scriptures that talked about the temple.
I cannot explain the pure feeling that I feel in the
temple. The Temple is the House of God. I learned sooooo much and
it felt like Heavenly Father just unscrewed the top of my head and dumped in a
bunch of revelation. My face was sore afterwards because I am pretty sure
I had a constant smile from ear to ear the entire time I was in there. I
felt so close to my family and to my Savior.
We had some amazing lessons this week and the exchange we
went on literally could not have gone any better than it did. I was able
to go with ELDER BILLINGS. It was a total blast from the past! We
didn't have the car so we walked to and fro talking with everyone who even
dared peek out their window! haha. We taught T** for probably the last
time together. T** has had Heavenly Fathers hand in her life so much
lately she just hasn't noticed that it is God. She was so close to
baptism about 2 months ago but had some complications. The only thing
that is holding her back now is her anxiety. Every time she has come to
church she has felt the Spirit. I wish some people realized the
importance of keeping the commandments, especially the commandment to be
baptized. Anyways, we taught her with as much love as we could muster and
she definitely felt it. She should be coming to church this next week. :)
We have found so many people who have been prepared. I
know I might be leaving this next transfer... but whoever is in this area in
the next 3 months is going to be teaching and baptizing like crazy!
We had a cool experience with a new investigator named
E** this week that reminded me of an experience I had with my
brother. We were talking about God's love and how we can access it. She
was talking about a friend she had who "literally felt the spirit"
(how she explained it). I asked her if she has ever felt God's love
before... her answer was in the negative. Right then and there I asked
her if she had enough faith to feel His love right now. She said yes
so.... we dropped right to our knees. We promised her that if she said a
prayer and asked to feel His love then she would feel it. She talked with
God... it wasn't just a prayer to satisfy us... It was a prayer in which God
satisfied her. The second she said Amen she looked at us and asked why
she felt so warm. I couldn't stop smiling. We told her that THAT is
the way God answers prayers. The Spirit was so warm and comforting in the
room. I love being a part of someones first experience with real prayer
just like my brother was there for one of my first times.
There were so many other miracle lessons we had in which the
Spirit was obviously present. I wish I had time to tell you about all of
them. Just know that you can have your own experiences!
Quote I heard while proselyting this last week that just
cracked me up.
"No matter how much weed Satan smokes... he will never
be the most HIGH GOD."
Shout out to my sister Jenessa la puepes! Happy Birthday! I
wonder how much you are gonna grow on your birthday!?
Love Elder Crandall the vandal
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