Dear Family and Friends!
Just
another week in paradise! As always we were able to work extremely hard
and see many mighty miracles! Work Ethic is one of my favorite
"Qualifications for a Miracle" and is an expression of our love for the
Lord as it says in Preach My Gospel. This week we saw many powerful
experiences that as we worked hard and put our trust in God, he
performed miracles for us.
There has been
this family of four that I have been teaching since I got here. The 79
year old father was harvested before I got here and they weren't
planning on going back and teaching him. But I had the strongest
impression to go teach him and his family so we did! They have faced
many trials as they have been progressing but we were able to help them
overcome them. At the beginning of this past week as we were making
baptismal plans for our progressing investigators we felt extremely
inspired that this family would be baptized Saturday. So we wrote out a
plan and executed it as best as we could. Then came Saturday and this
family was baptized! It was amazing to see our plans come to life and
with the strength of Christ this family now has the infinite gift of the
Atonement of Christ! We must always make specific plans, trust in the
Spirit, and execute those plans to bring to pass the immortality and
eternal life of man!
Another
experience that impacted me this week was with the family that got
baptized last Sunday. One of her sons was at his friends house Sunday
morning so he wasn't able to be baptized. But what was amazing was
immediately following he saw how much baptism impacted his family and he
wanted that for himself. So he was baptized Sunday and it was amazing!
Things are
amazing though! The Mission, Zone, District, and our Area are doing
things that have never been done before every single day! I know as we
continue to do what God would have us do, we will see many mighty
miracles! God loves all of His children. So we must baptize all of His
children so they can fully partake of the Atonement of Christ! Let us
press foreword in His work!!
With Love,
Elder Pond
