Stories from Ruth #32

   

I am still in Chelmsford and my new companion is Sister Strate from germany! She is amazing! I love her! She is always seeking to do good and to be good.

On Thursday I met and shook hands with the prophet of our church President Russell M Nelson. Also I met Elder Holland.

What they said really touched me.
Sister Holland spoke on prayer and making it sincere with time to listen to approach God, and time to act.

Elder Holland said that "you are also the Lord's investigators. We want you to be converted... this conversion must sink into your bones forever... Teach in such a way that you will be converted... continue the habits and discipline from your mission... I bless you to stay faithfully and firmly converted and as good as you are now... The Book of Ether, more than a thousand years on thirty page... teaches one thing, one principle of a people... Never disregard what the prophet says... There is power in Joseph Smith's first vision..."

Sister Nelson gave her speech about family history and the ancestors of others which was lovely. Also President Nelson gave his family history speech.

   

this was my answer to "Are you eating healthy?"

President Nelson said that "Every prophet is an ordinary man with an extraordinary calling... there is opposition in all things... Become trilingual. Learn your tongue, your companion's, and that of the Lord's... Many people do not have a purpose... Heavenly Father's purpose is clear "to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man"... faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the holy ghost and endure to the endowment and covenants made to God and become sealed forever as part of God's family... Find who our ancestors are... Ask people if they know the names of their great grandparents. Ask would you like to know who they are? Come with me for a couple of hours and I can help you with your family... it is all about family. The family proclamation is doctrine... teach them to want to be in God's family... live as the Lord did and love others and your problems will be more manageable... you will be less tired and grumpy as you are involved in the service of others, your complaints are minimized... Joseph Smith's first vision shows God and Jesus Christ as separate... What is restored? Priesthood keys, apostles and prophets, ordinances, blessings, and covenants without which we could not receive salvation, restoration of the Jews to the holy land, which is major, gathering of Israel in the latter days 1 Nephi 15:18... Why you are on a mission - to help fulfill the covenant and prepare the world for Christ's coming... minority will accept. LDS way of life is needed (values, morals, right & wrong) only way to establish this is to know God's rights and wrongs... if you are poor pay your tithing and God will bless you... be happy in your work for you have the gospel of joy... blessed us to: find joy in teaching, strength and health as you lose yourself in the work of the Lord, our families will draw closer to God and our brothers will be blessed and serve missions, safety in trials, blessing of healing... engaged in the work of almighty God... Jesus is the Christ and we are his people."

It was amazing.   

The rest of the week was pretty good as well although I do not have time to write everything.
We taught Christina this week. She is from Romania and her husband is English. They both read the bible every week and are seeking for truth. She found the mormon.org website and read some things she felt were true and requested a missionary visit. We went over and we taught her. She said it made a lot of sense and has begun to read it with her husband! We saw her again today and she told us that she believes the Book of Mormon is true and she wonders why other Christians will not read it and pray about it. Why do they not want to know if God still speaks to us? Why do some wish God to be a mystery and not know him as our heavenly father? Honestly that is something I wondered as well. If truth is offered, if there is proof that God speaks to all of his children then why not study and ask God with all of your heart if these things are true, and if you will ask with a sincere heart, with real intent or the intent to act on whatever God tells you, and having faith in Christ, God will manifest the truth of it unto you. It may take many days because as Neal A Maxwell says that realizing that God does not always answer prayers immediately is one of life's growing experiences. 

   

We visited a less active and her daughter. While there she randomly asked me where I was from, meaning my ancestry. I told her that many of my ancestors were from England and that I was trying to find several of them while I was here. She told us that her and her nonmember husband could copy what I have and search them up for and with me. We will now be going to their house next Wednesday to do my family history. The way we met them was a miracle. We left a note, but got no response. However, on the way to an appointment the next day we decided to knock on their house and her daughter answered the door and told us to come back that evening when her mom was home. We could not but told her that we could come back on Friday, and so we did.