Great Is The Work and Sacks Of Spiritual Bricks

Great Is The Work and Sacks Of Spiritual Bricks

So I hear now is the time to learn to swim out in Alberta eh! All week people have been coming up to me and asking how my family in little old Calgary has been doing, and its been killing me not knowing! I am glad however to know that you are all safe and sound! Know that we are all praying for you guys out here and we are thinking of you. 

The harvest is continuing out here in Ontario. This week we had 24 baptisms which brings us up to 52 in total :) The Lord has really been blessings us out here and I just wanted to thank everyone who has been praying for us!

As for this week its been pretty uneventful. A lot of our investigators weren't able to meet with us so we did our best to get in to teach less actives and ward members to gain referrals from them. 

We were able to see Angela and she has this great fire to find out if this church truly is God's church! She even said that she would die for this church if she found out it was true, she would tell everyone she knew so that they too could have the blessings! This touched my heart, the only concern we have is how she is going about finding her answer. She feels that knowledge is what will get her her answer so she has been researching on the internet, watching youtube videos and all sorts of things. She has also looked into the temple and now knows more about the temple than the average Laural/Priest.... Oh Boy. I'm not sure how to help her understand that it all comes down to faith and asking God. We have talked to her about that before and she has prayed and has had some pretty incredible experiences, but she seems to have forgotten them. 

We were also able to see my dear old Sammy and he has taught me a lot about our church! Here are some fun things that I learned this week or as I like to call it: "The Gospel According to Sammy" 

1. Joseph Smith is actually a prophet of the Jews 

2. Joseph Smith was killed by Jews

3. There was no apostasy because God's spirit was on the earth and lead men 

4. There is no real difference between the Catholic and LDS church 

Sammy and I got into quite the debate last time we met, it was friendly aaaand drove the spirit away... I have repented since and promise to be better next time. 

I have been struggling this week to teach people and not lessons... Cartch you need to email me and teach me your ways! (but seriously shoot me an email pronto)

I got the sweetest surprise on Sunday! Some strangers came to see me at church aka Grandma and Grandpa Davidson + Heather, Ben and their 2 angels (who live just beyond my boundaries)! Such a sweet surprise- it was wonderful to see them! I am so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends who are so supportive :)  (And the family back home was SO THRILLED to hear that Sister Hall was doing well from reliable sources!! -J)

Sweet Surprise!!

Best family ever!!! Love these guys!

Dad, your talk was honestly good ;) haha but really I loved how you compared to it the compass and how it is between us and the Lord!

We had the privileged of watching the Leadership broadcast last night and it was simply amazing! OH my gosh I felt so inspired! I pray and hope that everyone who watched that will take what they learned and apply it into there lives. God is gathering Israel as we speak. It is happening now accross the world. God is sending forth His gospel to all corners and never has there been as big of a missionary force as there is now. It is up to bishops, members and ward councils to direct His missionary effort. The missionaries are there for your use! Don't put them to waste! Sister Ogden and I are working on how to help the members do missionary work and these are some things we have come up with

-invite friends over when feeding the missionaries

-invite people to come to family home evening

-when people ask you what you did on the weekend say you went to church

-get passalong cards from the missionaries and hand them out to friends

These are just a few things that you can do, but there is SO much more! PLEASE, use the missionaries, let your friends know what a blessing this gospel has been in your life, and if you are worried that you will lose friendships over this, well they probably weren't the greatest friends to begin with.

The work is great, and it requires everyones effort. The Lord promises blessings and promises to put the words He would have you speak in your mouth. He promisses to put the people He has prepaired in your path. Take Him on this promise, pray and ask for that missionary experience and I can promise you as a representative of Jesus Christ that if you do this in faith, the Lord will provide. He will put someone in your path, He will give you the words to speak, He will not let you fail. This is His work and nothing will stand in its way.

Be good, open your mouths, share the gospel, make your Father proud.

Line of The Week: 

A conversation over text with my Distric Leader   

Me: "I want to hit Sammy with a sack of spiritual bricks"

Elder Williams: "We are using ours right now, but you can borrow it next week if you want?"

Scripture of the Week: D&C 18: 10 & 15

"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;...

And if it so be that you should lair all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!"

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Salvation of Souls

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