I'm so blessed to be a missionary! I can't even describe how happy it makes me to be able to see the gospel change people's lives! So even though I've been fed bananas on multiple occasions, been so tired I could hardly roll out of bed in the morning, and my poor little watch decided it just couldn't tell time anymore... These past 5 1/2 months have been the greatest of my life! :)
Not much new has happened this week, just continuing to do the work and love it! Planting seeds in people's hearts is probably one of my favorite things to do! Because you just never know! :)
Geoff is doing great! He's so happy and continues to allow the Savior to change his life.
Dianna and her son Brandon came to church yesterday and loved it! I love seeing their hearts grow softer and softer every day! They're the greatest and I love them so much!
Cesario received the Aaronic priesthood yesterday... and it was amazing! Watching him take steps on the right path has just been wonderful! :)
The Zilker Park Ward has been amazing to me! The members are great, and the area is amazing! I would be okay working here for the full 18 months! ;)
I've been thinking a lot about receiving answers to our questions... and of course the answer is in the scriptures:
"Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (3 Nephi 14:7)"
Christ gives us three things to do: ask, seek, and knock.
First, we have to ask.
"Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?--If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you. (1 Nephi 15:11)"
Nephi teaches us that as we ask in faith, believing that we will receive and continuing the keep the commandments, we can receive an answer!
Second, we have to seek.
"Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. (2 Nephi 32:3)"
It is little wonder that we are asked to search (or feast upon) the words of Christ. They will tell us all things which we should do!
The third thing is to knock. This is best illustrated by this parable:
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. (Luke 11)
The man asks for bread and then is "importune", or persistent, and finally receives that which he is asking for. So will we, especially because we are asking our Heavenly Father for answers, and He is so eager to bless us!
We have to ask, seek, and then knock! Keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking. The answers will come! It's a promise!
(And it's little wonder that ask, seek, and knock spell ASK!)
Love y'all!
Sister Waite
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