Goodness, it’s been a dang good week full of many experiences that my companion and I were able to have!! Anyways, to start the week, I gave a capacitation (maybe talk or conference?) to my District - I’m not sure if that’s how you say it in English or not, I can’t remember - haha!! But I talked to them about how we need to put a baptismal date with our investigators the first lesson that we have with them!! So this week my companion and I worked super hard with that!! We found 14 new people to teach this week and we set 7 baptismal dates. It was so dang amazing to see these humble people except the dates as we invited them to be baptized!!
I’ve been reading the Book of Mormon. I’m reading in Mosiah and Alma and it amazes me that every time the Nephites went to war with the Lamanites, the Lamanites always outnumbered them - not by a little, but by a toooooooooooon! As I was finishing up in Mosiah, I was reading about another war that they had and it said that the Lamanites and the Amlicites were like sands of the sea because there were so many of them. And the Nephites were but they were men who had a strong faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ! And they were always able to win the Lamanites as they continued to have faith in Jesus Christ!!
I think we can compare these stories to our every day lives. As members of the church, we are very few (like the Nephites), and the rest of the world are so, so, so many (as the Lamanites). But as we keep on fighting and keep living the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we WILL be able to win this war as the Nephites always did!! My goodness, the Book of Mormon has strengthened my testimony so much, especially these last few weeks. I know it to be true and I know as Joseph Smith taught us that a man can get closer to God by reading it and applying its precepts!! I love you all so much and I hope you all have an amazing week!! Fight the good fight!!
ELDER BLAKE
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