July 21, 2014: Life Is Just A Bowl of Chariots
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| It's true. |
Another week comes and
goes. We definitely saw a lot of tender mercies from the Lord, all of which
really helped remind us of how awesome it is to be a missionary.
First of all, we've been
teaching the Martinez family this week and they're super awesome. The teenage
kids are just eating up the pamphlets and the Book of Mormon and everything,
they love it and understand it super well and have so many great questions I
can barely answer them quickly enough. They couldn't come to church this
week but they're all super excited.
We had a bunch of dinners
with members fall through this week, which was kind of a bummer. After we had
both dinners (there's a reason we get so fat down here) fall through on us on
Thursday, we decided we deserved some tacos. Good thing there's a great taco
shop across from our apartment. It turns out our taco trip was inspired, too,
because as we were going back up the stairs with our dinner a guy pulled in to
the parking lot and waved us down. He told us he learned from a bunch of
different religions while he was in jail and was really confused and wanted
someone to help him know which one was right. Good thing that's our job!
On Wednesday during
Spanish study, I suddenly noticed that our doorknob had been rattling for a
while. I went over and peeked through the blinds, and to my surprise their was
an old Mexican lady trying to unlock our door. I didn't know what to do. She
hadn't knocked or anything. I went to put on a less silly tie (I study in an
outer space tie) but by the time I got back she was gone. It's a
mystery.........................
Spiritual thought: I just
finished the Book of Mormon in Spanish, and assuming I understood it all
correctly, the Libro de Mormon is just as true as the Book of Mormon. How do I
know? By following the instructions in Moroni 10, of course:
3 Behold, I would
exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye
should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto
the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye
shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
4 And when ye
shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the
Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye
shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he
will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power
of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
That's all we ask
anybody to do. And if they're willing to receive this things, just give them a
chance, then God will tell them it's true by the power of the Holy Ghost. And
once you know these things are true, I promise life just gets better and better
from then on out. :)
Les quiero mucho, mis
amigos.
<3 Elder Young
