Hey, it's August! (is that how it's spelled?)
Well,
things have been pretty good around here, we have had a better week
this week. The only people that went to church this last week were David
and this girl named Alisia. Jonathan didn't go because they changed his
shift on him and he had to go to work... and Jesus didn't go because he
went fishing with his uncle or something like that. I think it wasn't
just a pleasure trip, I think his uncle works in that or something...
Things have gone pretty well with David. He asked my companion during priesthood meeting, "so in like a year, what would I be?" (he asked that
as they were taking roll and he had asked my comp what all the names
like deacon, teacher, etc. mean) so he seems be really interested :) and
this week... we were able to visit Roberto twice and it is always great
to go with him because he is progressing a lot as a new convert. He now
has a calling to teach "los valientes in the primary :) it's gonna be
great :) This week we talked with him about the Restoration and the Book
of Mormon ( with all the recent converts we are supposed to review the 5
lessons from PMG) and so it was great to talk to him. He seems to have a
really strong testimony and to be really happy with the Gospel. It's a
little crazy because before he was an aethiest... :) he really likes
having the book of Mormon and remembers pretty well the details of how
it all went down in the times of Joseph Smith and all that. We were
there with him and just talked a little about how great the Book of
Mormon is and what it really means for us and it was a rather spiritual
experience :)
We had a lesson with Jonathan and
we found out that he is the father of a little 5 month baby! That was a bit of a curve ball, he hadn't mentioned anything about that
before... we knew that he had a girlfriend but... not that, it was a
little bit of a surprise... and so we talked about the Law of Chastity!
:) whew!!! que diversión!! haha he understood pretty well and said that
he is going to live it from now on :) but ya, it was weird... and then
we taught him about the Plan of Salvation.
A really spiritual experience that I had
today was when we went to the Temple! It was really great :) we were
able to go today in the morning and I got the answers to several
questions that I have had for a bit and it was awesome! I love
going to the Temple :) it is such a wonderful place of learning and
inspiration :) It really strengthened my testimony of the scriptures and
of the church and helped me understand many things a lot better. I
know that the Temple truly is the House of the Lord and that we can
enjoy the blessings of them because of the Restoration and all the
blessings it brings with it :)
Well that's I've
got for now but things have been pretty great here :) I love you all! Thanks for your support and love :) Have a great week!
-Elder Sampson
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