Hello everyone!
This has been a good week. We
had a hard time setting up appointments with a few of our investigators
so we spent a lot of long tired days trying to find more appointments. A
couple of our investigators we've had for a long time, 김지웅 & 김홍기
have been progressing SO slow, but this week they read the Book of
Mormon more and had some pretty thoughtful questions, so hopefully if
they can keep it up, their hearts will soften enough to be willing to
start making more changes in their lives.
We also saw a pretty neat
miracle this week. It was maybe the third day or so that we weren't able
to set any appointment or that our appointments canceled and so we had
spent a bulk of the day walking, talking, and trying to find new
investigators. That being the case, we were getting pretty tired and we
could both feel we didn't quite have the enthusiasm that we needed to
keep being effective. It was maybe 8:20
when we stopped for a second, re-evaluated, and decided we could most
effectively finish off the night by visiting a couple people near our
apartment. Just before we took a turn to head towards home, I thought
that we'd probably be just a bit too early, so I decided we'd walk
around the block one more time and do our best to give out least one
Book of Mormon. So we were walking and the first guy we saw coming the
other way we stopped and began to teach about the Book of Mormon. The
crazy part is that he stopped and listened! We were able to teach a
quick lesson about the Book of Mormon, give him a copy, and get his
number. Feeling incredible blessed and pretty fulfilled, we started to
keep walking when suddenly we hear someone yell out from a few yards
behind us, "Hey, are you the Mormons?" We enthusiastically turned around
and said "Yes!" She said that she was a little late going home and so
she didn't have time right then, but said she wanted to learn about our
church and asked if it was ok to get our number and call us later. So we
exchanged numbers and went our ways. It all happened in just a minute
or so, but I was so touched by a simple yet powerful testimony from God
that he was aware of our situation, that He knew we were trying to do
His work, and that He is always always ready to reach out His hand in
love to the eternal benefit of His beloved children.
I know that this is God's work
and that when we rely on Him, His power is manifest. If we rely solely
on ourselves, we are "left unto [our]selves" and can only draw upon our
personal talent or power. But as we lay our pride down and in humility
seek God first and His will, we gain access to the powers of Heaven to
pour out God's promised blessings upon us and those we serve. I was
impressed again as I ready Ether 12 about the importance of faith
preceding the power of God in our lives. If you get a chance, read it
again and think what you might be able to change or improve to more
readily allow God to be an active part of your life!
Have a wonderful week!
Love, Elder Tolman
PS: a fun fact of the week. I heard Korea just had it's 4400th birthday!! Crazy!
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