Jan. 1, 2018
Happy New Year!
Its crazy to think that the only full calendar year that I will be a missionary for is over.. Im not to excited on how fast everything is going that is for sure. But if their is one thing for certain it is the fact that I am really loving the time that I have to serve the lord. This week was a really great week for us. In my prayers I have been really praying to find some new investigators, since we don't really have a whole lot right now and we got a call from a member that said that his little sister and her fiancee want to take the discussions! Later this week we found out that there is another person that comes to church pretty regularly with his Girlfriend so we are planning to talk to them to and hopefully we will have another investigator to teach there! If there is one thing that I have learned it is the fact that Heavenly Father really does help us accomplish our righteous desires.. The important part is that e make sure that they are actually righteous desires! But when they are.. they will always been in His will! I had the opportunity to see one of my investigators in Caldwell get baptized! He walked into church all by himself and he had a copy of the Book of Mormon that was given to him by a friend who runs cross country with him. It was such a neat experience to be apart of his story. He is the first of his whole family to join the church! In our first lesson I set a baptismal date with him for December 29th and he was at first hesitant, because he didn't know if the Book of Mormon was true or anything, but we told him that the date just simply means that we are showing the Lord real intent and the date can always be moved. Ultimately, He got an answer and was baptized on that day. I love this story because it just shows us the power of setting goals and then including Heavenly Father in those goals.
My thought from this week comes from 3 Nephi 5:12-13
"12 And, behold, I am called Mormon, being called after the land of Mormon, the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people, yea, the first church which was established among them after their transgression.
13 Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life."
I really liked this verse because it made me ponder, What would I say to describe myself? Would I describe myself by my job or family? Where would saying that im a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints come in? Or that im a disciple of Jesus Christ? These are all things that are really important but its interesting to see how the things of the world have really grabbed hold of the way that we think or process information. I know that when we set our priorities on the things of God and then the rest follows the Lord will bless us for our sacrifice to be obedient to keep his commands. May we each evaluate our lives this new year and reset our priorities. With our Savior's help, we can truly achieve these thing I do testify in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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Keep smiling!
Love, Elder Gerrard
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