My dearest friends and family,
Hello
i hope this email finds you all in great moods and at the best times of
your life. As for myself things are well here in Malawi. My companion
and i survived another transfer here in the Blantyre Zone. We did have a
lot of changes that i love. My president is going to heaven! This week
was a good week. But know like the Book Of Mormon says there is an
opposition in all things. We had a great number of lessons, but no
investigators at church which was the opposite of last week. All is well though. But overall this was a great week.
I
have a new love for snails! Why i have no idea but i love them so much!
they are just so cute! And i need to get on but we aren't allowed to
have pets, but when i get home i will.
We
had some fun this week at an investigators house that we haven't been
able to see! we decided that we should leave him a note or something so
we put post it notes all over his gate that said gospel related things
at it drew a lot of attention and people came to ask about it Super
sweet! Ha and sister proctor has made me love her even more. I was
talking about my new obsession with harry potter and i said i feel bad
for Voldemort and i asked "dont you guys?" and she says yeah i was
always feel bad for bad guys and my mind for some reason jumped to
tangled and her evil mothers, and she does and says Hitler! Well that
escalated quickly! And that is one of the many reasons why i love her so much!
This
week my message is short. I had the opportunity to bare my testimony to
a man who didn't want to listen and to my surprise it was probably the
most powerful one i have ever testified. It wasn't said out of anger or
trying to prove that the church is true, but i said it because i had
love for him. I said it because i know its true and i know how much it
can bless his life. Not my testimony but the thing that make up my
testimony. My love for our father in heaven and his love for me. The
atonement and the power of prayer. The glorious message of the
restoration. The gospel of Jesus Christ. The treasured plan of
salvation. All of these things make up my testimony. And at that moment
all i wanted him to do was feel the love of our father in heaven. To
feel the enabling power of the atonement because i was able to feel that
love that Christ had for him. In the Book of Mormon in Alma 29:
1 O
that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I
might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake
the earth, and cry repentance unto every people!
2 Yea,
I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder,
repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come
unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of
the earth.
3 But behold, I am a man, and do sin in my wish; for I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me.
We
don't now have to be angels to share what we know to be true with
conviction. The holy ghost will testify as we live and share what we
believe. We are but men yes, but we are Children of king who is always
waiting to help us as we do his work. It is the love of Christ that will
change the hearts of men. It is our light that will shine upon the
earth as we live the gospel. Our actions should reflect our testimonies.
And the Lord will work through us to change the world. I know this
gospel is true, i know the power that it has to bring us happiness i
know that Jesus is the Christ! i know that as we cling to what we know
and learn what we don't, we will become what we were meant to be. My
testimony is simple and i know it to be true. I love you and i hope you
have a great week!
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With Love,
Sister Tia Griffus
Smile.Serve.Sacrafice
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