Hello, Friends and Family! Surprise! It's me again. Elder Bowlby.
This week has presented a new array of challenges and discussion!
We have had opportunities to preach repentance, to extend boldly invitations to baptism, and to work harder than ever before! We were able to fast with one of our investigators, and it went really well. He enjoyed the idea of a fast, and was able to do the whole 24 hours! We're going to see how he's going today.
The mission president came to meet with us this Thursday. He helped us understand our purpose as missionaries to invite the people to church and baptism, sanctifying themselves and helping them understand the doctrine of the sacrament. He notified us that we need to start stepping up our game, and talk to 20 people per day!! He showed us that we are like the blade of a combine harvester. We sort out the grain that is good from the stem that is not so good. I have a lot more work to do now! Woah.
...And we actually managed to do it! For one day, heheh. We need to still keep stepping up. The day in which we did it, we were quite successful.
We're moving forward! I'd like to share with you a scripture from my personal study this week: Jacob 1:7-8
7 Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.
8 Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.
The mission's goal is this: to invite and persuade others to come unto Christ, and leave behind the impurity of the world, understand the atonement, and follow Christ so that they can enter into the kingdom of God. It's not easy, but we're promised that if we work hard, we will be blessed in many ways, spiritually and temporally.
Take some time this week to read the scriptures and understand how they apply to you! You'd be surprised at what you will find.
Love you all, miss you! I'm always happy to read your e-mails. Thank you for keeping me posted!
-Elder Bowlby
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