Faith 8/29/16

This week was a slightly crazy week. We had a couple different things going on. I think the funniest moment was when we were on exchanges we were knocking doors. One guy answered the door and said he belonged to a realistic church. He said he doesn't believe in fantasy but only realism nothing fake. So we turned around and walked away. As we did so I looked at the grass and pondered for a moment. He had FAKE grass. I about died. I looked at my sister training leader and simply asked why does he have fake grass then? We both lost it. We laughed about it for the rest of the day. Then Saturday we spent the morning pulling invasive species...... Honestly couldn't tell you the difference between that and a weed. Oh well we helped someone else feel so happy. This week, as well, we got a brand new 2016 car! So, I feel pretty cool. For those of who know me, I am accident prone which is exactly what happened this week. We were getting out of our car to go knock doors and I smashed my finger in the door as I was closing it. Don't ask how and don't ask any questions it happened and it was painful.

I have to say the biggest miracle we saw this week was being able to contact some of our investigators. We had a couple people who hadn't been talking to us for a while but luckily this week we had luck in finding and talking to them. Hopefully this week we'll hear some good news that one of our investigators will be baptized the following week. We have so much potential and I am excited to see how some of them progress and begin to grow. Another cool miracle was we had correlation at our ward mission leader's restaurant and we talked to one of his mangers. Later that evening we were out knocking doors and knocked into his house. Afterwards we didn't think it was ironic but kind of funny.

One thing I realized this week with my faith has to do with hope. My companion and I read Moroni 7:41 which reads: "And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise."

After we read this she said hope is expectation. When she said that as we went to knock a less active's door and I realized how much hope and expectation I had in her opening the door. I realized how much faith I had in her opening the door. I realized that is our action everyday to act in faith to have someone open the door and talk to us. Everyday we take an act of faith to share the gospel with someone. We must have faith in Jesus Christ to continue moving forward. When we hit a rough patch where do we turn. Do we turn to the One who created us all or do we turn to things that in the future will leave you? I know when we have faith in Jesus Christ everything is possible. I have a strong testimony that my Savior lives and He loves us. I am grateful for the atonement to repent and to feel clean again! I know this church is true and Jesus Christ is the way back to our Heavenly Father! I love y'all and have a great week!