Dear Family and Friends,
Febtober. Febril. Febuly. What does it feel like to you?
This
week was great! We accomplished things we've never done before! Our
area got 37 harvest blessings this week! AND our zone got 317 blessings!
New "Capstones" reached all the time here in the Stuart Capstone Zone.
Now it is on to New investigators!
There were several times this week that I wanted to
throw the phone at the wall. The first time was when Pierre finally
answered his phone and pretty much told us he was too busy for us and
wasn't coming to church because it was really different from what he's
used to and would take him a while to be okay with it. Boo.
Then we got a text message from Dallas. It said,
"After much pondering and prayer I have come to the conclusion that the
LDS church is not true." After resisting the urge to throw the phone and
yell and scream and cry. I texted her back and said, "I know how much
our Heavenly Father loves you and will reward your patience
and diligence in seeking out the truth. I know the Church of Jesus
Christ is the true church. . ." I am still broken-hearted that she of
all people could come to that conclusion, but I know that one day she
WILL know the truth that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
is truly the Lord's Church on the Earth today and that there is no
other way to salvation and a fullness of joy. I continue to pray that
Dallas and her family will remember the things they learned and lived so
they too can have the joy that I have felt from living the Gospel of
Jesus Christ.
In that same vain, we had an interesting experience
this week. We were harvesting early on in the week and we met a girl
named Maria. She was getting her mail and was holding the pass along
card we had put on her door. As we talked with her, she asked, "What's
Mormon?" So we explained a little and she got her sister and we went
inside her house so we could sit down and explain more. We talked with
them about the Atonement and introduced the Book of Mormon and then they
started asking questions. Maria's main concern was about heaven and she
was excited by the idea of the Spirit world. Both girls had a lot of
questions and we answered several of them and then had to go. We came
back a few days later with Sister Boylston. Unfortunately, Maria's older
sister was there. She is VERY active in her non-denominational church,
and very bold in telling us about her beliefs (which make no sense to
me. I mean, how can three separate beings all be one? and how can we
just believe in Christ and then be "saved"?). We barely got a word in at
all. By the time we left, Sister Boylston said, "I feel like we've just
taken a beating!" And we definitely were glad to be out of there. Then
a few days later, Maria texted us back and said she wanted us to come
answer a few more questions that we didn't get to answer before.
Thinking it would just be her, we went back over. Unfortunately, the
sister was there again. Things went a little better this time and we
actually got to teach about the plan of salvation. She of course had
some way of disputing every single part of it with scriptures that she
doesn't understand at all.
SO from all of this, I learned that some people are too
hard-hearted to accept or even listen to the Gospel. I also learned that
Modern Revelation is SO NECESSARY to our understanding of the
scriptures and God's plan for us. Meeting with Maria and her sister
really helped me to strengthen my own testimony of the Restored Gospel,
of the Book of Mormon, and of the Church. Other experiences I had this
week greatly strengthened by testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Now we just need to find some people to teach, so I can share all of this wonderful knowledge with them!
One
really great moment with the phone this week was when the Sisters in
the newly created Palm Beach Central area called. They told us we are
going to have exchanges this week! And I get to go down to West Palm
again!!!! I was literally jumping up and down I was so excited!
That was pretty much it. Of course there were other
things that happened, but the important thing is that we be obedient and
keep working. So It's time to go and do.
I
hope you all feel the warmth of the Spirit as you read or share the Book
of Mormon this week. Especially those of you in the cold places of the
world. Don't fret. Don't doubt. Don't Fear. February will be over soon.
I Love you All!!!!
Love, Hermana Sheffield
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