Another Wonderful week here in the Texas Lubbock Mission!
A Day in the Life In Childress Texas...
Good things are happening in Childress! On Sunday we had 4 investigators at church! I felt like I was a Clown in the Circus trying to juggle all of the Firey Pins! hahah I was trying to make all of them feel comfortable and make sure everyone was in the right place that they needed to be! But it was pretty need to have them all there! The teeny tiny room that we have sunday school in was jam packed! It is probably the size of.... our Laundry room and Bathroom put together. hhaha in that tiny room We had Danny, Scotty, and two kids named Eric and Alex, Sister Lagrosa and I, Our Teacher Brother Burcham and the two Elders! We were all rubbin Shoulders. :) They need a bigger building pronto. But it was so awesome!
Danny smoked on Sunday so unfortunately he will no be able to be Baptized on the 7th! But We met with him last night and he his now 3 days Clear of Smoking and 12 Days Clear of Drinking! :) He is doing it! We are shooting for the 20th! So keep him in your prayers!
Scotty is Dannys Nephew. I don't remember if I told you guys about him or not? But Danny has had such a change of heart that Scotty is wanting to learn more about what has helped Danny so much! :) So we have been teaching him too!
Alex and Eric are these two boys who we have been teaching that have been basically begging to be baptized! :) hahah
This week I learned a lot. We had Zone Conference! It was amazing! President Heap is the kind of guy that just speaks with the spirit! Everything he said You could just tell that he is truly an inspired guy! But He was instructing us, and we were talking about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Gospel that I teach every day consists of 5 things. Faith, Repentance, Baptism by Immersion Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End. Pretty Simple right? Everyone knows about the first 4. We all know we have to have Faith. We know that we have to act on that Faith and Repent. The Ultimate Repentance is Baptism. and the Gift that Heavenly Father gives us is the Holy Ghost. But what is the last Principle? What does it really mean to Endure to the End?
President Heap explained that once we are at step 4 we are not just done. We are not just 'Saved' Hahah (Funny Side note, So many people we try to talk to will shut us down and say.. "Honey, I don't need anything more. I have already been saved..") But if you really think about it, being saved does mean we are 'saved' but its not that simple. Once we are at step 4 we truly are not saved. We haven't hit our maximum potential.
We have to keep progressing. Simply keep Enduring. The last Principle, Enduring to the End, is Ultimately the Temple. Out here on my mission I am not out here to get these people to the first 4 and then quit. I have to get them to the Temple too! That is really the most important part here in Mortality. The Temple. It is where we are able to make promises with our Heavenly Father. Even more promises than at our Baptisms. In return, He promises to bless us. :) That is what puts The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints apart. Is the Temple, Modern Day Prophets, The Priesthood. (Gods Authority to act in his name.) and lastly The Book of Mormon. He has given us all the tools we need to endure. We just have to chose it!
The wonderful thing about this all is that when we chose it, Heavenly Father Blesses us. The more we serve him, the more he blesses us. The more we try to keep those promises, the more he blesses us. All by simply doing what is right! :) I think Hheavenlyfather has the short end of the stick sometimes. ;) But it was a wonderful Zone Conference! I learned so much! Sister Heap takes pictures and puts things up on her blog! if you want to go read it Mom! :)
So funny story that happened this week. :) (well last week) So it is bike day and we are just crusin down the street! and all the sudden the Winds starts shifting. It is blowing from all different directions, we see this HUGE black cloud coming our way! hahaha I kid you not... it literally looked like a huge mist of darkness coming our way. WE look at each other, we are honestly about 20 minutes away from our house! We kinda start freaking out. The worry wart gene I got from mom was coming out. I was thinking we were getting caught in the Tornado.. There was all sorts of crap flying around... The wind was probably blowing a good 40 mph? hahah we knew that we were going to get stuck right in the middle of this storm! We took off! pedaling as fast as our little legs/skirts would let us go! hahah one of our Members were looking outside right as we biked past her house. She saw us and Yells with so much panic and distress in her voice "GIRLS, PUT YOUR BIKES IN MY GARAGE AND GET INSIDE!" hahaha We were saved. :) Heavenly Father truly does watch out for his Missionaries.
Well I am out of time! I love you guys so much! Cant wait to hear from you all next week!
-Sister Carroll.xoxoxo
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