"Choose what is in the scriptures.. not what will only satisfy me" -President Pareno (branch president of Masville)
Well.... sometimes you receive "the witness" after a few months of a "trial of your faith". I am seeing miracles right now. The branch is really super helpful... they will help if you ask.. thats the secret.
We had the baptism of Jun-Jun.. he is a 12 year old soon to be priesthood holder... the only in his home. Awesome! We have some miracles happening in regards to investigators progressing... We have a few investigators who due to work/school/other things can only be taught on Saturdays and Sundays.. yet they still come to church. Evidence that Heavenly Father is watching over them and sending the Holy Ghost to direct them.
There is an investigator family here that i love with all my heart.. the Flores family. They are a young married couple (31 and 33 years old).. they have 5 kids under the age of 11 and they are super super poor (like you have no idea)... but boy do they have a desire to follow the Savior. It really is to the point with them that anything we teach they say, "yes i will do it.. its what the Lord wants." They are changing their work schedules, just to come to church. They will be baptized on June 28 and i see them becoming future leaders in this area. Super smart people and willing to learn and change, i literally am so blessed to know them and be able to serve them.
Oh PS- this week, we were crossing this small little river, like crossing rocks to get across kind of thing.. we have taken this path a million times... we got to the other side, feeling accomplished then i took a magical spill. As in, up in the air, right onto my side.. mud and all... umbrella in the river, the works. hahahahahahahahhahaha. hilarious. i am getting clumsier by the day, not good. haha. Then the next day, i stepped in a huge giant pile of poop.... my life is a circus.. just like always, i love it hahah!
Study note.1 Nephi 21:16 "Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.." (also the footnote Zech. 13:6) Have you thought about that?You are engraved upon Christ's palms. He has our sins upon his hands. He knows our sins and us personally enough that he put them upon his hands. Think about hands... think about how personal and intimate hands are. Think of holding hands with your loved ones... that is a personal and simple yet meaningful act. Think that Christ has put you in his hands. Think also of what you can do with your hands... or what we should do with our hands. Clasp them together in prayer... open our scriptures.. partake of the sacrament... fill out a tithing slip.. acts inside the temple.. raising your hand to the square to sustain our leaders.. placing hands upon someone's head for the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Now think of the evil we can do with our hands... hold a cigarette, type in a not-so-good website, hold a beer can, text hateful words, physically abuse others, hit the snooze on your alarm clock on Sunday morning.. the list goes on. Shouldn't we be striving more to have "clean hands and a pure heart"? Shouldn't we remember the marks on Christ's hands that represent us and our imperfections..? Shouldn't we be always "cleaning our hands" through repentance. Look internally and think of what you must do to be cleaner... its a wonderful experience to repent.
I love you all.
Palangga,
Elder Stagg
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