With all the hustle to get ready for Thanksgiving, I didn't have time to post Elder Ruby's letter last week. Being an AP has it's challenges. Instead of having to know 20 missionaries in his zone, he now has to know all of the missionaries in his entire mission 170+ missionaries! I know he's up to the challenge. Here are a few things he wrote to us last week:
Well, this is a big change from what I am used to up north. There are
definitely less YSA-age kids
(Young Single Adult) walking around. This means we really have
to rely on the members and help them share the gospel with their
friends. Elder Young and I have already seen miracles!
My faith has grown in daily earnest prayer and scripture study. I
have never seen anyone fall away, or stop investigating the church, who
was consistently studying the scriptures and praying. It just doesn't
happen. The same goes for missionaries. I believe that we must do these
things in order to be converted and I believe that conversion happens
naturally when we hold fast to the iron rod by diligently seeking (
1 Nephi 10:17-19). It is the Spirit who converts, and the way that I know
best to invite the Spirit is by prayer, scripture study, and testimony.
We had an amazing experience with a lady named Nancy. We had finished
teaching a less-active member the Restoration lesson. On the way out of
his apartment complex we noticed a lady unloading things from her car.
We offered help. She accepted. She told us that her favorite movie was
"The Other Side of Heaven" and she really liked "17 Miracles." We
offered her a Book of Mormon and taught her the Restoration in short. We
committed her to read the introduction before next Saturday. We said a
prayer with her. By the end of our lesson she was crying and couldn't
even say goodbye! Two other elders should be teaching
her on Saturday. It all came about through service.
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