Hey Family,
How are you this week? Hopefully good! Well Richard’s baptism
was a success! It was all in Spanish and I didn't understand any of it, but the
spirit was really strong and Richard was crying, so that is a good sign! And
guess what else is crazy? Richard's sister Gael apparently is a member of the
church too. She was baptized a long time ago and she didn't tell her
family because she knew that they would be upset and so she hid it and then
once she finally told them, they went crazy and basically disowned her. And so
she stopped going to church so that her family would talk to her again.
So at Richards’s baptism she was very happy for him, and so I am hoping that
this will help her to become active again seeing the example of her brother!
Pretty crazy. Richard also was able to receive the Aaronic Priesthood on
Sunday, he was so happy at church he kept telling Sister Petersen and I that he
felt like he was floating! Haha and it was so cute when Richard got to church
instead of looking for us he just stood by the door and greeted everyone and
helped the elderly get inside. He is a super member! I was so proud of him haha
I kind of felt like a mom it was sad, he didn't need me anymore haha he's just
doing things on his own now. But that is good.
We also got to go to the temple this last Friday and that was wonderful.
I love going to the temple! We had to wake up at 4am so that we would make it
on time and that was sort of a pain but it was so worth it! The Sharps took the
elders and us, which was really nice of them so we didn't have to drive. I wish
we could go to the temple every week! Definitely looking forward to that when I
get home! And I decided that temple work is really like giving referrals to the
spirit world missionaries.... I mean think about it, they are trying to teach
the gospel, and then boom someone on earth finds a name and does the work, and
then it pops up on their spirit iPad, and then they know who to go bug and
teach the gospel! hahaha Do your temple work, the super spirit world
missionaries need more referrals! And if you have ever been a missionary you
know how hard it is to get referrals!
Hahaha Ok so we also met this way cool but also really
crazy lady this week. She is one of those Holy Roller types and when we knocked
on her door she invited us in to talk and so we were talking about the Book of
Mormon and the restored gospel and she was like ok so if what I know is that
really our only difference is that we believe in speaking in tongues AKA
(rolling on the floor and blabbering nonsense) and you don't...... and I was
like oh my word.... She was not listening to us at all! So we re-explained how
no, the difference is, is that we believe in the Restored Gospel and that the
Book of Mormon is evidence of that and XY&Z and she still wasn't getting
it. She was so focused on this Holy Rollin thing that she really wasn't
listening. Then she sat there and explained to us that speaking in
tongues is necessary to salvation and that we really can't feel the spirit or
communicate with God unless we do that and a bunch of other weird things.
And so we explained to her what we believe the gift of tongues is and of course
she disagreed and that was that. But it was very interesting. Haha and then the
next morning I happened to be studying in the scriptures and I came across 1
Corinthians 14:14-15&19 which says " For if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then?
I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with understanding also: I will
sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Yet in
church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I
might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown
tongue." Haha thank you Heavenly Father, speaking in unknown
languages is so crazy, and soooo many people here do it!
Ok so on more interesting news.... the other day Sister Petersen
and I were walking out of the apartment and she walked down first and then I
started and then noticed a HUGE snake on the stairs and went right back up.
Yuck! So I grabbed a mop to see if I could scare it away and of course I just
made it mad and it looked like it was going to strike at me, so I had Sister
Petersen go knock on the neighbors door to see if he could catch it, but only
his wife was home so she tried to come and help us and we all stood out there
for a good hour trying to get it off the stairs without getting bit. haahah it
was the worst! Now I am extra careful going down the stairs because that was so
gross! haha
We also had the amazing opportunity to teach Brandon over Skype
this week. Man all I can say is that the work of the Lord is hastening! Brandon
is such a humble and cool guy. He has read so much of the Book of Mormon
already, including in the intro. He is so ready for the gospel and was really
excited to meet with us and to be finally learning. He basically asked us when
he could be baptized and how that all works and we explained to him what he
would have to do and he agreed to it all. It is going to be a little bit of a
struggle because he is always on the road. But with Skype and LDS Churches all
over the place it should work out nicely. I really am so excited for him.
If it weren't for the technology that we are able to use to spread the gospel,
Brandon would not have been able to learn it for many years. He is never home,
he is always on the road driving, going from place to place. He would
never be able to meet regularly with the missionaries; it really is amazing
that he is able to receive the gospel through the Internet. I am really happy
that I am able to take part in helping him to receive the gospel. He is so
prepared and wants to learn and progress as fast as he can. Haha the only
problem he said he is going to have is finding a place to park his 18-wheeler
so that he can go to church. But he will find a way and we are here to help
him.
Well I wish I could write you more, but I am out of time! I love
you all!
Remember #templework #spritworldreferrals #workdofsalvation
Sister
Jamison
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