Hello everyone. I hope you all had a good week. My weeks are going faster
than ever. Although I did not have a Thanksgiving dinner this week, I have
plenty to be thankful for. This week I started off with a scambio in Varese
with Anziano S. We were teaching one of their investigators who is
having a little trouble with his testimony. One of his friends who had been
taking the lessons had stopped taking them and was speaking bad about the
church in front of him. So we talked to him about the importance of receiving
personal testimony. It is easy for us to get discouraged when other things
are being said about things we believe in. When we go to our heavenly father
we are able to receive our own personal divine testimony, which is truly
something that no one else can change. We hope they are able to move
forward with him and that he will receive an answer to his
questions.
In church we were able to teach some new people this week that
a member brought. Two of them really stuck out to me. E. is from the
Ivory Coast and only speaks French, but T.G. learned French
when he was
young and was able to translate for us when we taught him. I was truly
grateful for many things in that lesson. One, that the lord had given us an
aid in a new convert at the exact time we needed it, and two, that the spirit
is truly the teacher in our lessons. I was not able to speak French directly
to him, but I was able to see the spirit testify of every thing my companion
and I would say. The Lord really does aid us in every way. The other
investigator, F., was also really great. He was really moved by the fact
that we aim to learn more in church and that we focus on the teachings and
how they apply to us directly. We don't just listen to the talk by the
speaker and then go home and say it was a good service. We have classes
and participate together so that we can ALL come closer to our
Heavenly Father.
Other than that we have been hitting the streets
focusing on the new church initiative for Christmas, which is " È Nato un
Salvator " which is focusing directly on the birth of Christ. It is easy to
get wrapped up in the festivals and activities that come with the
Christmas season, but when we take a moment to acknowledge the reason
behind Christmas, and more importantly why it is important that Christ
was born, we are able to feel closer to him. Yes Christ is the savior
and we celebrate his birth at this time, but the focus from this phrase
is to discover why it is important that "A savior is born", why he
needed to atone for us, and why he is called the savior. I think this type
of thought can really help us understand the true meaning of this
holiday and why Christ is so important to us.
Anyways I hope you all
have a great week, and are able to think about how others can feel the love
and importance of this holiday season!
Anziano Chase
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