The Errand of Angels: Week 42 Spiritual High

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you are all well! I have had a very great week with many huge spiritual highs... I find that when the toughest times come that it is always a great opportunity to grow spiritually!

My Companionship

 I have gained a greater testimony of eternal families and the importance of temples because of family events this week and have had the opportunity to share my testimony many times this week. Thank you!

Funny of the week: Well, got to hold a snake this week! One of my companions about died watching it slither up my face. 

Weekly Highlights (Switching Order): I wanted to do something different this week and do "A week in the life," with some of my highlights from each day this week. These are the miracles I have seen:

Monday: Saw Matt (an investigator who wasn't getting back to us) at the store. He set up an appointment and told us why he had distanced himself.

We got permission to play laser tag

Tuesday: Was having a lesson with the non-member wife of a less-active member. The husband had previously chosen to not join our lessons. He joined as we were talking about the Restoration, and gave a strong testimony to her. She is a super solid investigator anyways and is already sharing the gospel with her family and prepping names for the temple. It was great! She invited him to watch General Conference with her :) Powerful to have both of them sharing their testimonies and uplifting each other.

Wednesday: Had an excellent zone conference with Elder Teh (from the Quorum of the 70). Went fasting and praying and seeking inspiration.... received tons!! Also, met with a less active who isn't ready to come back to church, but is allowing her young daughter to come :)

Thursday:  Had a great lesson with Matt and our fellowshipper. He has taken a challenge to read The Book of Mormon for 8-minutes every day for the next 8 -days to help him find out its true. And to pray each day about it. 

Friday: Got a referral from Mormon.org, Robert. He was so receptive! He became a new investigator and wants to be baptized. We were truly blessed! Also, had a lesson with a less active, part-member family who has previously been really hard to setup appointments with. The lesson was great and almost the entire family participated. Found another new investigator while walking to our car after the lesson. I was able to push aside fear and go up and talk with her. She is great!

Saturday: We had time to contact a less active that I have wanted to visit. She lives in a gated community, and her number isn't on the gate to call. We also didn't have her phone number. We went there. The gate was closed. We prayed. Three cars came driving up through the gate. We were able to go in. She was home and  her children had just laid down for naps. We were able to get her phone number and share a powerful message with her. Also, we had the opportunity to meet her husband. Also, saw the mother of a less active that we visited on Friday. She said it was a miracle her daughter has been so receptive to us. Wow, guess we just took that for granted. Such a blessing!

Sunday: Received four referrals from ward members (unheard of for our area!!). I realized that this was something I included in my fast for that day. Plus, it was something that one of my companions had been promised in a priesthood blessing. Also, one of our investigators came to church!! (Two weeks in a row!!). And there was a powerful lesson that helped our companionship in things we were struggling with.

Other blessings throughout the whole week have been that many people have opened up to us about their concerns and have been open to us sharing them. It has been one miracle after another after another.

Weekly Spiritual Insights: It has been a powerful week for insights! Here are a couple:

From Zone Conference:

- What lenses are you wearing? (As you change type of glasses lenses you can see differently... as we change our perspective on situations it can change how we see and the blessings we notice... and our attitude!)

-Get out of the PNC! (Popular 'N Comfortable Flow) and stay in the Excellence Flow (comparing to Finding Nemo... with the EAC and how those in the current really didn't need to work very hard to move forward)

Relief Society Broadcast: (http://www.lds.org/broadcasts/archive/general-relief-society-meeting/2013/09?cid=HPTH091213087&lang=eng)

-Point out all the beauties along the path (find joy in the journey)

-It is important to wait and walk with "the one"... help them along the path and walk with them

-Study and renew baptismal covenants

Church: (http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2008/10/lift-where-you-stand?lang=eng)

-Lift where you stand

-Love is spelled T-I-M-E

-"Make us one, that our burdens may be light"

-Become everyone's best friend

-Stay together with your companion (not just in sight and hearing, but emotionally, spiritually, mentally, with them)

Invitation:

1. Really listen to the words of the sacrament prayer and renew baptismal covenants (Mosiah 18:8-10 http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/18.8-10?lang=eng)

2. Prepare for General Conference this weekend by praying about a question or concern that you have, fasting if you feel like you need to, and then opening your heart and mind to the answer this weekend. This is an opportunity to hear from living prophets and apostles!

You are so great!! Have a wonderful week!! Stand as a disciple of Christ this week!!

Sister Jenkins