Week 104 - Palmdale

 

Hey everyone! This week was great as always when in the Lord's service. So, to get started, we went by Ruben, who last week when we met him loved talking to us, and as we walked away, asked us to come back and teach his daughter and family as well. We came back this week, and he explained that he had a lot of family problems going on, basically that he and his wife were considering divorce after they both lost trust in each other. He said that they argue a lot, but that ever since we started coming by, he had lost any desire to argue. Anytime his wife yells at him or gets angry he just takes the situation calmly now. We taught the Plan of Salvation, and explained that one day we would stand before God to be judged of our works, and we invited him to be baptized so he can be clean from that. He accepted a date, and when he offered the closing prayer he started to cry. He said he hadn't felt that way in a very long time.

    We also taught Patricia who has her autistic son, and she committed to baptism and coming to church. She actually did, and she loved it. She also accepted a Baptismal date. I was very glad that she came, because just a few months ago, she came to church, and her son was making a lot of noise. Everyone around her was like "Shhhhh!" and "Callense!" But she still decided to come to church. This ward has some judging problems. They tell everyone a dress code that runs off investigators and recent converts.

   There's a new family who moved into the ward, and they invited us to have dinner at their home. They live far out in the desert, but they're super awesome. They have two children who served their missions. We had tinfoil dinners, and baked cakes in an orange peel with the inside carved out. It was amazing.

   We also taught a lesson to Remundo, and he realized that he had to read some of the Book of Mormón before knowing if what we taught was true. He also came to church. The Lord has blessed us a lot in the work. We started testifying to everyone we met with, and it brought success. People who rejected us could at least feel the Spirit, and we could tell. I also learned a lot in personal study. 

    In Alma 60:25-26,28, Moroni did not care what others thought because he knew what was right. He said he would do what he would do and wouldn't yield to another.

    In Alma 57:1-4 Moroni didn't want a city, he wanted his people, the prisoners. He didn't yield, but said he could accomplish his desires. Then, the enemy yielded to him. 

   Alma 43:11-13 and 56:8 They saw it was more important to keep their Covenants than to break them. We often make excuses not to obey, but while obeying the true spirit of the law, we can obey and trust in the miracles of God as we yield not to our enemy. 

    For an activity on P-day, we went to Devil's Punch bowl, and did personal study for the day on the mountaintops.