This
week has been bitter-sweet. We had so much potential at the beginning
of the week but had such a hard time meeting people. Some of them were
just busy and some stopped answering calls. I think that Satan knows
this is God's work and that God is prepared to really pour out His power
and blessings on our mission and our area and Satan is doing everything
he can to hinder it. But he can't compete. Bring it on.
Regardless of
our setbacks, Brother Jo and Sister Min, our beloved investigators with a
baptismal date for next week, are still on track! He finally threw away
all his cigarettes and is ready to quit. It's going to be tough this
week, but he has so much desire. During our lesson on Sunday, I
mentioned he would have to be clean for this whole week and he cut me
off and said "No, I need to be clean for eternity." He's definitely got
his sights set. I'm so excited for them. They are amazing!
We
also have just had a lot of opportunities to learn and improve
ourselves this week, which was such a blessing. I have been thinking a
lot about the beauty of the promise of sacrifice. In True to the Faith,
it mentions that sacrifice is giving up something we value for something
of greater worth. God provides us countless opportunities to give up
ourselves, our things, or our ways with the loving promise that it will
always be worth it and that he will overcompensate every cost. Every
commandment and every principle of the gospel is an opportunity to
partake of the promise of sacrifice, trading our imperfect selves and
accompanying results for God's glory, power, and blessings. I am working
to more fully sacrifice myself with faith in the reality of the power
of Christ's atonement.
I love you all! Have a wonderful week!
Elder Tolman
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