This past week was one of the colder ones here, but my
companion and I saw huge miracles within our area. One of our investigators
whom we met tracting just two weeks ago has progressed so rapidly, (I haven't
experienced yet before since my time in Australia). He even surprised us by
giving us his tithing and fast offering money, he said he wants to pay it even
before he's baptised! That's huge!! Finding and teaching this man has brought
me closer to the Lord because I've seen him change through Christ's atonement,
I've witnessed how he's repented and come closer to Christ in these short
weeks. And I feel really blessed to serve him.
One lesson I've thought of in
just the past couple days was the saviors purpose and what that means for us as
missionaries and members of his church. We've been trying to inspire the
members to participate more in member missionary work, the scripture that I
thought of was when Christ called the apostles to work. I've said this before
but I want to take a different angle on it, now instead of just calling
everyone (apostles, missionaries and members) to participate in his work, I've
thought about how I can better mirror the saviors purpose in DOING his work.
His purpose in helping others accept him and his gospel was out of perfect love
and knowledge for their potential so I asked myself this question. "do I
look at others, the way he looks at them? Do I see them with the same
potential?" this change of attitude has really helped me know how to make
my purpose in missionary work mirror the saviors. If we as members of the
saviors church can do that, then home teaching, service, leadership in the
church would be a joy. Not a burden. This is a lesson that I reflected on a lot
in the past week, so I hope everyone else can have a great week as well! Love Elder Kaanapu
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