Week 58- Littlerock

Hey everyone, how's it going? This week was really good. We were able to be blessed in many ways. To be honest, this week we have received a lot of revelation about ourselves personallyHey President, this week was pretty good. To start off, we talked to Maria about getting baptized for herself and for the Lord,not for her parents, and she told us that she had no intentions of being baptized. We went into the repentance chain, and she LOVED D&C 45. We gave her D&C. She is very chill, with very low commitment levels. All throughout this and last week we planned on Thursday at 5, and we prayed that Heavenly Father would prepare her for that time, that that would be when we go by. As we left, Elder Palmer said "We have been praying for Maria to be prepared, but we were the ones who changed; we were prepared for her." Zone conference prepared us for all of this, and so did our studies. Also we went by Brian, who is on date for the 14th. He has been reading, but we invited him to church, and asked him just before church and he said he'd come, but he didn't. We have an investigator named Lydia. We're going to set her on date on Wednesday. She wants to know if this is the true church, and we're going to get her to act. 

We had a car wash where some of us would wash the car, and the others would give a church tour to them while they wait, but literally no one wanted to go in. I think the people here are used to not being asked to do things from us. Our invitations will be bold. 

 I love this work, and love seeing the work. On one night this week we were finding a place to walk in littlerock, about 8:30, pitch black, and we were listening to a song that just had a minute left. We felt we didn't even have time for a minute, and so we said a prayer and went out. We felt physical taps on our shoulders as we walked and they didn't feel good. They were blocking out the Spirit. Elder Palmer then raised his arm and commanded Satan to depart, because he could feel it too. The dark feelings and taps on the shoulders went away and we kept going, and we found the address of a less-active part-member family. The Lord does provide for us. I love you president and thanks for everything you do. 

Notes from zone conference with Elder Costa and Pingrey of the 70. 

"He wasn't only willing to suffer the atonement, but He was prepared premortally. When He asked for the cup to be removed, He was worried about His capacity, not His willingness. He relied fully on the Father. Thus, when the Spirit left Him on Calvary, it wasn't just a bad feeling, but a lack of His source of strength. He felt incapable and begged "'Why did you forsake me' if you wanted me to do this work? I can't do it alone!" He relied on that Spirit, so it wasn't only the pain of losing the Spirit He was worried about but His incapability."

From Elder Francom:

 "He does desire for you to overcome your disadvantages, but He's waiting; He is waiting for you; He is waiting for you to turn to Him 100%"

Love Elder Sant