This week has been a really great week. Yesterday we took around a group of four young men (probably mid 20s) from the UK. I was pretty skeptical when we met them because people from Europe almost never want to have a discussion about religion. They were here for a soccer camp thing and they were coaches for it. We took them to the Tabernacle and then to the basement of the North Visitors' Center where there is an exhibit which is pretty much the first lesson with visuals. I didn't know how that would go over, but we took them through it and they were asking sincere questions and we tried to emphasize how having a living prophet is relevant to us and really helps us to deal with trials. We invited them after showing them a part of one of President Monson's talks about how the restored gospel of Jesus Christ can help us overcome hard times. Three of them referred for missionaries! It was a miracle! We didn't even have to re-invite them. They just said "why not?" So we'll teach them over the phone for a while until they go back the UK in September (they're traveling a lot here) and then the missionaries can come and teach them! It was a lesson for me that you don't always know who is or isn't prepared, but Heavenly Father does, you just need to invite to give them the chance.
We also taught Luana -- she lives in the UK too -- some more this week. This past Thursday we taught her about baptism and asked her if she would be baptized as she comes to know for herself that these things we're teaching her are true. She said "yes". Luana is the most prepared person that I've ever been able to teach. She has been reading 1 Nephi and she really likes it. The missionaries still haven't found her yet, but she is planning on going to church this coming Sunday and I hope that she can find them there, or someone that can help her get in touch with the missionaries.
On of the Senior couple missionaries -- Sister Moore -- gave us her recipe for carmels that are REALLY tasty. We're going to try to make them today. I hope they turn out edible. She said that once we bring her our carmels she'll give us her recipe for carmel popcorn balls, which are also heavenly.
So funny story...the supply coordinator ordered six boxes of English referral cards and they sent us six boxes of French referral cards and we're out of English referral cards. Therefore we have to use the French ones instead. I don't read or understand French at all and neither do most of the guests.
The church website (www.lds.org) is such a fun website to brows around on. Today we found a fun mormon message. You should take a look!
This past week I was reading in Doctrine and Covenants 109, which is the dedicatory prayer for the Kirtland temple, to see if I could learn about more temple blessings that I could promise people. I found a verse that I really liked about blessings for temple attendance:
22. And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them.
It is difficult to help people understand exactly what the temple is for, but the blessings that they can have from going to the temple are just tremendous. It's where we can find true happiness and peace in this life. A lot of people don't really understand that when we try to tell them, but it's true. The temple is the best place that you could be.
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