This week has been pretty darn great! The work here is really
progressing. We have an AWESOME investigator named Brittany. She is really soaking
everything in and is really excited. Something that I love about the Church is that
we aren't a Sunday church. We don't just come to church on Sunday, say a few pretty
things, and then go home and forget everything. We actually teach and learn from
one another and from Heavenly Father. We don't just sit back and wait for someone
else to tell us things: we have the resources to search things out for ourselves.
Something that Brittany told us this week was that she loved
that we are teaching her what we believe. We don't just expect her to come to church
on Sunday, or whenever they have church, and then know everything. She likes that
we don't look down on her for asking questions. She is really learning, not just
hearing what is said. When we taught her the Plan of Salvation, we took Sis. Petty
with us. Sis. Petty has 3 little girls, ages 5-3. She bore a POWERFUL witness that
the Plan of Salvation gives her hope and allows her to raise her children in a way
so that they can all live together again after this life. And then she told her
that if she learns to apply what we teach, she too can have those blessings. It
was a great lesson, and it made me stop and think about how grateful I am for the
Plan of Salvation, to know that I can be sealed to my future family, and that I
am sealed to my family now. And then this morning, I was studying, and I read Doctrine
and Covenants 11:21, which says basically that if we search out the word, we will
be able to teach it, but only on the stipulation that we have a DESIRE to do so.
And I realized that I do have the desire for Brittany to learn and to be with her
family for time and all eternity. And that is why I am here. I am in Indiana right
now because I want to share that message with everyone. And it was really cool because
we took breakfast to her to make sure she was up and her fiancé was awake and was
ready to come with. After Sacrament meeting, they had to leave, but we picked him
up to teach tonight, and she told us that next week, she is going to stay for the
classes, even if he doesn't. She has a DESIRE to learn, and when they have that
desire, the changes that will come over them are amazing! I am blessed to be a member
of this church, and to have the Restored Priesthood Authority that allows me to
return to my loving family and my loving Father in Heaven.
Last night, we went to Muncie, and had a Chalk and Talk, like
we did on the 4th of July, except there weren't nearly as many people there. But
I met this really cool YSA there. He and his girlfriend were there for the FHE (they
were the only ones who showed up). But it was really cool because he is Navajo,
and as we talked, he told me that his grandma was the first Indian Placement Student.
She got to live with President McKay? for 2 weeks. But, I finally met a Navajo on
my mission. Goal achieved!!! But the pictures are from that event. Love ya! Bye!
Sister Worthen
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