Hey Everyone!
I hope that you all had a wonderful week! Elder Wood and I have finally been able to NOT be sick and get out there and start laboring in the vineyard! Let me tell you... missionary work is ALOT better when your outside actually talking to people instead of laying in bed! The past week we have been working hard to increase our pool of investigators and people to teach. So we have been contacting former investigators and just knocking on people doors around them! Its been awesome and we have been able to contact some amazing people that I hope we can see some further success with them. Im excited this month to study my patriarchal blessing this month with our whole zone! Already I have seen some amazing blessings that are happening. I strongly encourage all of you to read and study that blessing! Im so grateful for my patriarchal blessing and the guidance, encouragement, and council that it brings into my life. Im incredibly grateful for this gospel! It brings so much peace and happiness in to our life, and how great is my calling to be able to share this message with others:) I LOVE IT!!
My thoughts of this week are really just centered on the trend I have seen throughout various investigators and why some progress so much versus others. One of the biggest issues comes from those that are caught up in the philosophies of man. Many people really are caught up in the idea of having evidence to validate their personal convictions of their beliefs. This can be a great thing to strengthen our testimonies; however, we have to remember that spiritual truths need to be received through spiritual means. In 2 Corinthians 5:7 we read: "For we walk by faith, not by sight:" We also learn in Corinthians 12:3 that "no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost." My hope and prayer is that we as members of the church can continue to take Alma's experiment found in Chapter 32 and continue to seek spiritual truths through spiritual means such as prayer. Building our testimony this way will ensure that our testimony will be strong enough to endure all things and conquer the efforts of the adversary! I love you all! remember to devote your time to what brings lasting happiness!
Keep smiling!
Love, Elder Gerrard
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