Stories from Ruth # 49

My companion Sister Wilcken is a cute country girl from Cedar City Utah and the London South mission. Whenever we talk to people I just think that she has the accent everyone expects americans to have. A true country accents with the "american twang." It is funny because last transfer we had the Indian sisters, the Asian elders, and the white girls. Now we just have the Americans and the Indians.

This week we had an amazing lesson with Gilbert. I felt prompted to read 3 Nephi 11 with him where Christ appears to the people in ancient america after his resurrection. As we read it the spirit entered the room and we expounded upon the scriptures. When we finished reading about how Jesus Christ had the people touch the nailprints in his hands I asked Gilbert how he felt while reading this. He said it reminded him of when Jesus Christ appeared to his disciples in the bible. I told him that no false text or text that was not from God could reproduce that same special spirit and power that comes when we read of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I then asked him if he knew if the Book of Mormon was true. Gilbert outrightly said that he beleived it was true and quietly said that he did not know yet. We told him that he could gain that knowledge through prayerful study and application of the truths found in the Book of Mormon. It was a powerful lesson.

We arrived to an appointment late, but the people still were not home, so I felt prompted to go find and we found this guy who had been given a Book of Mormon a while ago but did not know anything about it, so we are going to be teaching him!

Sister Wilcken had her birthday today and she turned 20! She is my only companion that is younger than me! It was a lot of fun! We had cake, laughed, and took a lot of photos.

This week this quote by Ezra Taft Benson came to mind, "The great test of life is obedience to God. “We will prove them herewith,” said the Lord, “to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them” (Abr. 3:25).
The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.
The great commandment of life is to love the Lord."
I know this is true. We have to love God first, that is true charity. As we love God and his ways, we love his children as we does, we fulfill the work he has for us, and we keep his commandments perfectly. We must constantly seek to know God more through daily scripture study, prayer, and obeying th commandments we have already been given. Then we can love him more, develop true charity, and realize our own potential as children of God.