The Gospel Blesses
Every Aspect of our Lives
This week was full of more miracles. We were led to a family
who has been prepared to receive the blessings of the gospel. We found them
while knocking doors. At first they were not interested and slammed the door in
our face. As we began to walk away, I got a distinct impression that we
shouldn´t give up. We turned right back around and rang their doorbell again. They
opened the door again and tried to slam it in our face but somehow, through the
help of the Lord, we were able to talk to them and they even invited us inside.
We got to teach them a lesson and it went incredibly well. They are very very
interested and invited us back this week. We´re super excited to teach them!
One of our investigators told us a story that really hit me
hard. She told us how her life has been really really heard. Her dad died when
she was young and her family fell apart because of it. They don´t even keep in
contact now. She said that she´s
been looking for happiness for a long time. She wasn´t exactly sure what she was
looking for but she knew she was looking for something. One day she found a Book
of Mormon in her apartment. She had never heard of the church before so she did
some research on the computer. She found out that there was a chapel near where she lived
so she passed by quite a few times but it was always closed. One time she
passed by she saw that it was open and went in to find some members of the
church cleaning it. They invited her to church the next day and she came. The
second my companion and I saw her we knew that she had been prepared by the Lord.
We talked with her and shortly after began to teach her. Last week she told us
that she had finally found what she had been looking for. She said that she
finally felt full, that there was nothing missing. She said that she finally
found the truth and happiness that she had always been looking for. That was
absolutely incredible to me! My heart was so full!
The Lord is truly preparing the hearts of people to receive
his gospel. To receive all of the happiness, blessings, and joy that comes with
the gospel. It has been such an incredible experience to watch people´s lives
change because of the gospel. We´ll meet someone who has become bitter because
of what has happened in their life but we´ll see them open up their hearts
because of the gospel. We get to watch a light and joy come into their eyes and
see how the gospel truly does bring us more happiness than anything else in
this world can possibly hope to provide. I bear solemn testimony that this
church is true, that this gospel truly does bring a happiness and peace that we
cannot hope to find anywhere else in the world. The gospel blesses families.
The gospel blesses every aspect of our lives.
I absolutely love what I’m doing. It´s hard. So so hard but I
wouldn´t change a single second of it. The joy of watching someone truly come
to Christ is greater than any reward I could possible ask for. Thanks for all
of the love and support! You´re all amazing! The storms will come but come what
may and love it.
Love, Hermana Israelsen
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