8.3.15 - Deja brillar tu luz

I think the thing I'm most excited about right now, is that Claudia our recent convert, and Briana our new investigator are both at Girls camp right now! I don't know what kind of voodoo they do in those hills but my sisters always seemed to come home more cheerful and a lot more sure about the gospel. I'm hoping Briana who is 13 comes back with that fire and leads her 2 younger sisters to get baptized along with her.

 

I taught Elder Quorum yesterday at church. We talked about how to let your light so shine. There was good participation, and a younger man I was trying to teach specifically among everyone else seemed like he got answers for his current family problems. That makes you feel good you prepared!

 

We did 3 exchanges this week, and i loved to see Christ teaching the missionaries all throughout our 24 hours with them. The things they take away normally aren't what we talk about, there will just be something the spirit helps them to understand or see a different way that opens up doors they previously felt were closed to them.

 

I met a recent convert family in the bulverde ward while I was there that was baptized 3 months ago. They are superstars. A father, mother and children were all baptized together because one junior in high school invited a friend on her cross country team to church. They now are now going to the temple (They live 5 minutes from the san antonio temple) doing their family home evenings, doing their home and visiting teaching, and all of the other outward signals that they are correctly savoring the gospel and truly following their savior.

 

I also had the chance to have a first lesson on exchanges with a family the missionaries met for the first time at sacrament meeting. They were taught all of the lessons by skype missionaries out of Provo and finally decided to make it out to church. They honestly knew more church history than I did, and had already read the book of mormon. Needless to say it was an out of the ordinary good first lesson.

 

I tried to find out today why the scriptures focus so much on the name of Christ. Why do we have to believe on his name, and be called by his name, and join the church with his name? Elder Talmage explained that to beleive on his name is to accept him and to act according to the revelations given of him as written in scripture. What more tangible evidence of the body, being and sacrifice of Christ than his name. I haven't come closer to knowing him in person than what my leaders tell me of him and what the scriptures preach of him. The spirit of God has changed my life as I've lived his words. I know that he exists. He is the Son of God. Through covenants we bear his name. Praised be his name.

 

I love you!

Stay Salty!

 

Elder Tyler Meidell