Hey everybody hope you all had a good week
Pretty uneventful week for me overall, but a few things to share.
We went on splits with the Umeå Elders on Wednesday. I got to be paired up with Elder Brown who is from my MTC group so we are pretty good friends. We were able to go meet with this super awesome lady named Masia. She is from Congo and doesn't speak much English or Swedish, so most of our communication is using google translate. She is soooo nice. When we walk in she cheered and gave us both hugs even though it was my first time meeting her. Then she had us sit down the couch and then she put on one of those videos where there is the kids who make a house or pool out of like mud and sticks and stuff in the wilderness. She just had us watch that while she cooked and then she brought out two huge bowls of food and told us to just relax and watch the TV while we ate. Then she put on some of her African music and we all danced to it while she sang along. Definitely highlight of my week though.
Other than that nothing out of the ordinary happened really.
-Visited with Daniel and had a pretty regular lesson
-Met with Abraham and he just keeps getting crazier haha. This time he told us that he has never made a mistake in his life and that he has talked to Jesus face to face. He says we have to believe in him to really believe in Jesus. He just constantly says "du kommer inte att tro på mig" which just means "you are not gonna believe in me". Idk what we gonna do with him it's just hard to stop teaching him if he has a strong testimony of Joseph Smith like I mentioned last week. If we ask him if he believes that Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ he says "ett hundra procent" (100%) with a smile on his face.
-We met with Jessica twice, just planning everything for her baptism this week which is really exciting🙌
-Somehow the kids still wanted to play basketball this week even though it was like 30 degrees outside so we did that
- Went to Sollefteå again on Saturday but everyone we tried to visit just said they were busy so not much happened that day
- Got our first snow yesterday. We have daylight savings early here so the sun is now rising at 7:30 and setting at 3:30 and it's only gonna get worse from here lol
Been thinking a lot about faith this week. I listened to some interviews of people who have left the church because of suspicions and rumors about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. Or because the gospel seems impossible or there's no way to prove any of it happened.
As I thought more about it, I realized there's a reason that there's no hard proof that the Book of Mormon is true, or that Joseph Smith was a prophet. There's a reason that if we pray to God and ask for a sign that He is there or if the gospel is true, most of the time we don't get a big sign or experience that just tells us yes or no. God wants us to have faith! There's no faith if we just get a 100% sign telling us the way.
Ether 12:6 - " And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith."
The witness of the truth comes after we have faith. Faith in Jesus Christ is the first principle in the gospel for a reason. It's the first step we need to take before anything else can happen. Faith is what brings us closer to the Savior. Faith is what causes miracles. And faith is what keeps us going when the miracle we hoped and prayed for doesn't seem to go the way we wanted. As we have faith in our Heavenly Father and His Son, we will experience overwhelming peace in our lives!
Helaman 5:47 - "Peace, peace be unto you, because of your faith in my Well Beloved, who was from the foundation of the world."
Have a great week!
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