Transfers happened again this week, but I didn't have to go since I'm still with Elder Lyman here in Ardmore! It's been a pretty sweet week, with a couple awesome miracles scattered throughout that I wanted to share with y'all.
The first cool thing that happened this week was the chance that we had to visit with a guy named Chris, and we got to talk about the restoration of the gospel with him after he shared some things he's noticed as he's been reading through the Old Testament. It was interesting particularly because he noticed some cool things about the priesthood as he'd been reading. The "miracle" part of it was how interested he was in where the Book of Mormon fit in as we were able to testify that both are testaments of Jesus Christ and we ended up having a pretty lengthy discussion about all that, so it was neat.
The next miracle I wanted to share with you guys was that we were finally able to meet Brother Williams! He's a pretty awesome guy, with a solid testimony and we ended up having a cool discussion about the Bible and the Book of Mormon with him, since we asked him if he had had any concerns when joining the church and he told us no and then started talking about concerns other people seem to have, which was pretty neat. He ended up sharing his conversion story with us, so hopefully we'll be able to start visiting him more regularly and figure out what he needs to come back to church.
The last experience I wanted to share with y'all this week was when we visited with Linda and Lonnie, since recently they've been super busy we were able to catch them and visit with them for a little bit yesterday and we talked about our relationship with God before this life. It was interesting to see how Lonnie recognized that he didn't have any idea what it was, and at some point he ended up "testifying" of how he feels as he meets with us and does the simple things like reading scriptures and praying compared to the times that he doesn't. So, we left him to read Jeremiah 1:5 and Hebrews 12:9 (a couple verses that talk about our relationship with God), and he committed to have an answer for us next time we see him. While I'm on the note of mentioning scriptures from this week, here are a few more:
- 3 Nephi 12:14
- 3 Nephi 15:9
- 3 Nephi 19:24-28
- 3 Nephi 27:27
- Matthew 22:36-39
- John 10:16
That's all I got this week! I hope y'all have a fantastic week! Love y'all!
'Til Next Time,
Elder Jordan L. Nielson
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