Dearest family and friends,
Really good week. A lot of little miracles happened, so that has made me feel very happy. There were a lot of little things that happened, but I know that is how the great things come to pass. One person gave his first personal prayer and seems to have a desire to come to church. Looking at the people that we are teaching, their needs are so different, but we are doing are best to help them come closer to God and accept the gospel of Jesus Christ. Several people that we are teaching didn't know about God before, so it is very special to see those seeds of faith become a little stronger and a little bigger with at a time, often, at a very slow rate. I know God has been patient with me, so I know I need to be patient with them. God is every loving, ever patient, and ever serving others. This was shown through the example of His son, Jesus Christ. As often has been said, our posterity does reflect to some degree what we said, what we did and what we were. Christ's example to me of incomparable compassion and love suggests to me of the same feelings and attributes of His Father, Heavenly Father.
One of the best things of the week for me was learning that one person that we are teaching is attempting to read the entire of Book of Mormon in two weeks. She will be done by Friday. We only asked her to begin reading the Book of Mormon and do pray about it, but she has a very sincere desire to know personally about the things that we have shared. She is 19 years old from Hai Phong. Her spirituality is very inspiring to me. She truly is one that loves God.
The highlight of the week for me was giving a Book of Mormon to the grandson of one of the members. We were at his grandfather's home for dinner and after I showed him a picture of the family, he begin very curious about missionary work. He even wanted to have a 'Missionary Handbook.' I didn't have an extra one to give him at the time, so I had the idea to give a Book of Mormon. We went over the pictures together and he asked many questions. It was so much fun. He asked questions I have never thought about before, such as "How does God breathe in Heaven?" He also asked "How gave Jesus Christ to power to fly? (We showed the picture of His ascension to the Nephites in the Book of Mormon?)." We began from the beginning of "Who is God?" and "What is Heaven?" He seemed to absorb everything very fast. He demonstrated the innate instinct to me of how all of us to truly know why we are and where we are from. He has never really gone to church, but he came yesterday. He is only 7, but he has already read the first 2 chapters. He wants to read it in "29 hours." I told him when I first read the Book of Mormon, so I think he wants to beat me. Haha. He is curious about the story of Laban. I love being here. It is amazing to see all the "little things" that happen each week. We look forward to another week where hopefully people continue to make progress towards accepting Jesus Christ and His gospel in their lives. Hope you had a good week. Happy Thanksgiving! By the way, I have told the story of Thanksgiving many times in the last week. I guess I like to talk about American history and its beginning. Haha
Really good week. A lot of little miracles happened, so that has made me feel very happy. There were a lot of little things that happened, but I know that is how the great things come to pass. One person gave his first personal prayer and seems to have a desire to come to church. Looking at the people that we are teaching, their needs are so different, but we are doing are best to help them come closer to God and accept the gospel of Jesus Christ. Several people that we are teaching didn't know about God before, so it is very special to see those seeds of faith become a little stronger and a little bigger with at a time, often, at a very slow rate. I know God has been patient with me, so I know I need to be patient with them. God is every loving, ever patient, and ever serving others. This was shown through the example of His son, Jesus Christ. As often has been said, our posterity does reflect to some degree what we said, what we did and what we were. Christ's example to me of incomparable compassion and love suggests to me of the same feelings and attributes of His Father, Heavenly Father.
One of the best things of the week for me was learning that one person that we are teaching is attempting to read the entire of Book of Mormon in two weeks. She will be done by Friday. We only asked her to begin reading the Book of Mormon and do pray about it, but she has a very sincere desire to know personally about the things that we have shared. She is 19 years old from Hai Phong. Her spirituality is very inspiring to me. She truly is one that loves God.
The highlight of the week for me was giving a Book of Mormon to the grandson of one of the members. We were at his grandfather's home for dinner and after I showed him a picture of the family, he begin very curious about missionary work. He even wanted to have a 'Missionary Handbook.' I didn't have an extra one to give him at the time, so I had the idea to give a Book of Mormon. We went over the pictures together and he asked many questions. It was so much fun. He asked questions I have never thought about before, such as "How does God breathe in Heaven?" He also asked "How gave Jesus Christ to power to fly? (We showed the picture of His ascension to the Nephites in the Book of Mormon?)." We began from the beginning of "Who is God?" and "What is Heaven?" He seemed to absorb everything very fast. He demonstrated the innate instinct to me of how all of us to truly know why we are and where we are from. He has never really gone to church, but he came yesterday. He is only 7, but he has already read the first 2 chapters. He wants to read it in "29 hours." I told him when I first read the Book of Mormon, so I think he wants to beat me. Haha. He is curious about the story of Laban. I love being here. It is amazing to see all the "little things" that happen each week. We look forward to another week where hopefully people continue to make progress towards accepting Jesus Christ and His gospel in their lives. Hope you had a good week. Happy Thanksgiving! By the way, I have told the story of Thanksgiving many times in the last week. I guess I like to talk about American history and its beginning. Haha
love,
Jonathan
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