Hello, hello everyone! It has been a busy two weeks! It’s been great to stay as busy as we have been! We have still been finding a lot of new people to teach and a lot of the people we’re currently teaching are progressing!
This last week we had the opportunity to have a General Authority come and visit our mission! It was Elder Kelly Johnson and his wife. We were able to meet in person with him and he gave us some great insights on how to help our friends become closer to the blessing of baptism. He also talked about how we can be effective missionaries in our daily efforts. It was so cool to witness someone like Elder Johnson talk to us because you could tell that he was called of God. He had so much power to his words and what he told us.
We had another lesson with Eden and Corey this last week and it was pretty great. We had planned a lesson on one day and when we showed up no one was there. Two days later we thought we should stop by to see if they were home and sure enough in good ole Indiana fashion they were home sitting on their porch smoking and Corey without a shirt on haha. I swear that is a common day occurrence of seeing someone without their shirts on. Don't know what the deal is with that, but I see it way more times that I would like haha. Anyway, we got talking to them and we asked them if they had read anything from the Book of Mormom. They said they hadn't yet because they had been so busy and they had been meaning to do it like every day. So, we asked them if we could read a chapter with them and they said they would love that. We read 3 Nephi 11 with them as this is always the go to chapter to read for people who have never read from it. As probably all of you are aware, this chapter really emphasizes the importance of baptism, but not just baptism but being baptized by the proper priesthood authority. After we finished reading, we asked them what stuck out to them the most and Eden just straight up said that she needs to be baptized. We were both like well, dang yeah that’s awesome! She said that she still is going to pray about it to get an answer for herself but it truly was a testimony builder for me about the Book of Mormon and how key it is to conversion. Now Eden has a long road ahead before she can be baptized but really that doesn't matter. She has expressed that she feels that she needs to be baptized and that is why us missionaries are put in the places that we are put, to simply help these people towards baptism. I have loved to see throughout my mission people grow and eventually get baptized. It is so awesome to witness the change that occurs in their lives.
Anyway, I had such a great week and am looking forward to the time I have left here in the mission!
SEND IT FOR THE LORD
ELDER HILBURN
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