Monday, December 2, 2013

I'm No Prophet...


...but there are some things I would love to say to the whole world. At least, to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Hey. People. This work needs you. 

As members of the church, we are not the same. We can't afford to try to live like everyone else. We know why we're here and what´s most important. But we get so distracted sometimes. We know that we won't be happy unless we do what God asks of us. And we still do what we want to sometimes. But we have to be DIFFERENT. We made a covenant to be like Jesus Christ. What does that mean? That means do what he would do. Act in His place. That means help other people more than we help ourselves. The greatest way we can ever help a person is by giving them a chance to accept the only true Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. He wants everyone to be able to come unto Him. The greatest gift we can give Him and the best way to thank Him for what He did is bring people to Him. Because He already suffered for their sins and He wants them to be able to receive pardon for them. He wants us to be able to repent. We, as members of the church, know that. And it is our job to help everyone else know about it. Don't be afraid. The Lord is on your side when you're doing His work. Pray and seek small opportunities to invite your loved ones to come. There are millions of ways to share, and everyone can. This work will go on with or without you, and you will feel immeasurable joy as you take part in it. 

Alright now that I've given my weekly piece about missionary work, allow me to tell you about Ana. 

We are extremely happy for Ana because she was baptized this Saturday. I don't know if I can sufficiently explain her over email. Ask me one day in the future to explain more in person. But I'm going to try right now. 

We didn't contact Ana, Ana contacted us. We were knocking doors one morning and she yelled from afar, "Elders! Elders! Can you come say a prayer with me?" Why not, right? When we entered her house we were actually a little bit scared. She literally has 10 dogs (okay 7 are newborn puppies but still). She doesn't hear very well, and didn't understand the majority of the things we said. She spent most of the time showing us pictures of her family members that had passed away, and gifted us some interesting objects from her house. It was a while later before we saw her again, and this time we talked about baptism. We discovered that she had gone to church and visited with missionaries basically her whole life, but was never baptized for numerous different reasons. Many of those reasons had been resolved when we arrived, and she basically just needed an invitation. She started to prepare. We thought she was completely ready, and she had her interview. We heard from outside the following part of the interview:
"Ana, do you drink tea?"
"No"
"Do you drink coffee?"
"No, I drink tea"
Facepalm. 
We tried not to laugh too loud outside, but we laughed about it for about a week later. But the great part is that after a brief explanation from the Elder interviewing her, she never returned to drinking tea. She was completely ready the next week. She has great faith and when she commits to do something, she follows up. And most importantly, she was able to make an important covenant with the Lord. 

This work is incredible and I'm happier than ever to be here. 
Love you all, 

Hermana Glait-sher (as pronounced by many here)


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