La verità che troviamo dal libro - Week 64

Hey everyone,

This week has been quite the week. I get to stay in Busto for another month with Anziano C., I had a visit from a member family in my first city, and we had a baptism!

So T.G.'s baptism was this weekend and it was just fantastic! The member support in the program was great. He's a decently big guy so we made sure we filled the font extra so that we did not have problems getting him in the water. The program went well, and as I was translating for him during his testimony, he started speeding up super fast causing my translation to be a little cut off, and it was funny because I would speed up too, and then he would speed up more because he was just super happy. Everyone got a good laugh out of it. Something he said though in his testimony really stood out to me though, he said when we first met him we didn't have time to talk so we gave him a pamphlet to read. He said he read it and just felt something, but he became so worried that he would never hear from us again. He prayed that we would meet again and we called him a few days after we gave him the pamphlet and he was just soo relieved. He knew he had found the church he needed to worship at, and that we had a message of upmost importance to bring to him. He's just sooo awesome.

Also, the day of the baptism the M. family took a trip out to visit me while we were filling the font. It was so good to see them and just reminded me of all the relationships we make with people and how much I appreciated them in my time in Vicenza.

Soo most of the week was spent getting his baptism all coordinated and such, but now that I am staying another month, I am excited to keep all the good work going here. C. is doing well, we have
focused on how when we read scripture, we need to read it for what it is, sacred teachings written by prophets of God for our learning and understanding. If we read it as a literature book, it is harder to
focus on the spiritual aspect of the book, because we only follow the story and wars and chronological events that happen. We can gain a testimony anytime we read the scriptures, but when our focus is to be inspired and taught by the writings, then it will make such a difference in our reading.

We met M. again after a break, and he seems to be doing good, and we also focused on the importance of the Book of Mormon.

The Book of Mormon truly is the source of all truth in this gospel. Yes, we believe in the bible, as translated correctly, we believe in latter day prophets, we believe in personal revelation, but in order for us to know this is the true gospel Jesus Christ and that his church is established on the earth again we have to have a testimony of the Book of Mormon. All of the truth of the gospel, of this latter day church is based on the fact that this book is true. If the book is true, Joseph Smith did in fact have the vision of the father and the son, that the priesthood has been restored on the earth, that prophets are on the earth today to guide us. Without the Book of Mormon, we would have no reason to believe a 14 year old boy had a vision, we would never be able to receive our own personal testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know the Book of Mormon is true and that everyone can receive their own testimony if they act in faith and read the Book of Mormon as sacred scripture.

Have a great week everyone!