This week has been incredible. I
won't have enough time to fit in everything that I wish I could talk about. The
devotionals alone would be enough to chat about for a very long time. On Sunday
we heard from the Provo Temple President and his Matron the Daines.
Tuesday we had the opportunity to
hear Elder Ballard instruct us. His was simple. All he said was that most of us
have been taught the gospel since we were young and even those that might be
newly converted have more than enough knowledge to instruct others. He made it
known that as much as we would like to think that it's because of us that
people are converting the gospel, that's know how it works. If you have a
perfect knowledge of the scriptures, the gospel, and the language, but don't
have the spirit; ye shall not teach. That's in D&C somewhere. I found it
during personal study the next day.
The last thing I want to tell you
all about is the lesson that we had with Denny. Denny is one of our investigators.
He's an older man, somewhere in his fifties (hehe), who lives alone with his
thoughts. During our first visit we got to know him and discovered a passion
for hockey. He used to live in Canada and that's what he did. When it came to
teaching the Plan of Salvation, I already had the perfect comparison. Cooper
knows exactly what I'm talking about. Life is a Game of Hockey. The lesson
started and we did our best to explain the simple concept of being in the
locker room with the other players and our coaches; waiting to come into the
ice-rink to try out for God's team. As we connected with Deni and answered his
questions the spirit grew so thick we all started to get a little teary eyed.
The lesson started wrapping up and he asked what he needed to do to be on God's
team. We answered with baptism and the rest is history.
-Elder Gray
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