Hey everybody, so it's been an interesting week, lots of ups and downs! But mostly ups :)
First, the passing of our prophet Thomas S. Monson startled our zone but we're also happy he'll be reunited with his wife in the next world. We were out teaching and then the Mina elders texted us that he had passed away. We were so shocked we called the finance elder, Elder Klingonsmith (my batch) and he confirmed it was true. He's been the prophet almost all my life but I'm also so happy and blessed that we live in a dispensation where a new prophet will be called and we'll receive guidance from Heavenly Father always.
Our investigator Francis is doing great! He came to all 3 hours of church on Sunday and always has so many questions. He's still progressing well towards his baptism though and always talks with us when we buy ice cream at 7/11. He's great!
Trisha is doing great too, still progressing slowly but surely. She enjoys coming to church but is still really shy of a lot of the members given her past. We're trying to find her a good fellowshipper but everyone there is so old haha. She'll be alright though, she's doing great.
Things are pretty much the same here though, actually there were transfers on last Monday and it's STILL us four missionaries in Sipalay; me, sister Santos, and elders Steffen and Tabligan. We've all been here for four months together now haha. I'm so grateful still though that I got to be assigned here in Sipalay, it really is the best! Although I got a little sick this week and it was a WEIRD sickness, like I felt hungry all the time even though I had just eaten, it was super weird. But I just got prescribed this medicine here called "buscopan" and I'm all better :)
That's about it though, thank you all for the love and support! It means everything :)
Sister Pope
Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May the definition of faith bless you in life Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching for.
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith