I
missed a week because we left early to go to Capital with the other Elders
from Ballester. We've been finding many new people, but it still is very
difficult to help them keep their commitments, especially coming to church. I
cannot stress enough the importance of a member in a lesson inviting an
investigator to Church and saying that they will be with them the whole time to
answer questions.
Recently
we've been meeting the neighbors of members with them and extending invitations
using the mormon.org pass-along
cards. We've found many with interest, and they feel very comfortable because
of the presence of a neighbor or friend.
One
thing I've come to know very well, is that truth, when learned by the Holy
Ghost, is not contentious. We teach with power and authority, and confound
those who seek to put the Gospel to shame. But never have I felt any anger or
contention toward anyone, only a deep yearning for their eternal happiness. It
is that feeling that drives me to speak boldly. Some people harden themselves,
but others listen. Sometimes we have to pass though some humiliation to find
them.
And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath
been angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness
of the
power of the word of God, which was in him; and that
which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God,
which he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your
iniquities. And it must needs be that the power of God must be with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But
behold, it was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was
in him, which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not
shut it.
(2
Nephi 1:26-27)
I hope it can be this way for all of us, that we can open our mouths and extend an
invitation to find those who will listen and are prepared.
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