Well we now have 4 baptisms scheduled. One this weekend, which will be one
of the best moments on my mission. This is a woman who is truly amazing, and she is so
willing to follow the example of Jesus Christ no matter what the cost is. She
has taught me so much. I have loved teaching her.
I have never had this much
work on my mission before. It seems like everything is just falling into place.
It truly is such an amazing and humbling thing to be a part of. Because when I back up and look at it, i feel like i have nothing to do with it, I'm just kind
of there watching God's hand influence a person's life to do good. Its awesome. I
love this work with all my heart.
So the lady that will gladly get married still
wants to, but her [less-active] boyfriend is holding back a bit. She is so
willing to follow Christ. God and Jesus Christ come first for her in her life,
and I think that is starting to bug him. It is amazing to watch her growth
though. When we first came over i had to like force her to say hi to me while we
were teaching him. Now she is growing and she wants this gospel and is willing
to give her life for it. What dedication! When we first starting actually
teaching her she always said "there is a God-shaped hole in my heart" and on
Saturday as we were teaching her she almost randomly said "i feel like the
things you elders are teaching are plugging up that hole in my heart" That was
one of the best things anyone has ever said to me.
I love having this privilege
to be able to preach this everlasting gospel. I can't tell you how many times i
have broken down and cried because of how humbling of an experience this for me.
I am so grateful for the blessing of being able to meet these wonderful people
that i find, that i have an immediate love for.
Another story for you
is about another lady with a baptismal date who is really smart and
knowledgeable about the New Testament. We had a lesson with her on the Plan of Salvation and she had so many deep doctrine questions about Adam and Eve and
was really troubled by some of the stuff we were teaching aka God giving Adam
and Eve a commandment he knew they would have to break. She just could not get
over that. So we left feeling very discouraged. But the next time we went over
(we expected her to still have trouble with all of it) she was amazing and had
no questions or concerns about the Plan of Salvation. All of her concerns were
met because i feel like she got her witness from God that the Book of Mormon was
true. Such a neat experience. Another one where we did nothing, but God did
everything. Like I have said before, I'm just here watching God's hand. And I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
I love you all.
Elder Simons
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