Week #31

Dokaz Vjere-Evidence of Faith

The end part of the week Sestra C was sick, so I had plenty of opportunities to study and work on an activity book for a less active who was worried her four-year-old had too much energy. But she came and the activity book was a success and kept him quiet (enough) during sacrament meeting plus the candy a member brought kept his mouth occupied :) But it's the day before Sestra C got sick is the "Evidence of Faith" part. So with an investigator that has been seeing the missionaries for about 5 months was at the point of just not being sure if baptism was the right path for her. Then after some talking her concern came out. She was afraid of losing her faith, the love of God, everything to do with religion, after she was baptized. She was just scared of what the future would bring. That's when the Spirit just took over. Things were said, and it ended up with all of us kneeling on the ground. Sestra C suggested for each of us to say a prayer out loud starting with her, then me, then our investigator. Sestra C and I prayed for different concerns and blessings that she needed to get through those concerns. Then the investigator ended with a prayer that you could just feel her plea to her Father that she didn't want him to leave. She was so scared. After we finished, funny moment was that right then her daughter walked in. You could see she felt so awkward and I wonder if she also felt the Spirit was so strong and felt uncomfortable being there. It was interesting. But when we got up she just kept putting her hand to her chest and saying, "My heart...my heart feels...I don't know how to explain it." We confirmed to her that it was the Holy Ghost. Then Sestra Creager asked her, "Do you know what you need to do now?" She said, "Yes, I need to get baptized." BAH! She's been saying the entire time I've been here that she has so many questions and that she doesn't know enough. Sestra Creager then asked, "Do you have any questions?" She replied, "No. I know enough." AH!!! It was such an amazing night. I can't even describe the power it has. Every time we talk about it with someone or even as I'm writing right now, I feel the strength of what happened that night, and this woman is ready. She is ready to have the gospel and the full blessings from it in her life. Here's an evidence of the faith and my joy is described like Lehi (1 Nephi 8:12) just great joy. Now feeling that joy again; it gives me strength to keep going and share that joy with some one else. Now I'm asking everyone who is reading this: Have you felt this joy? If so, who are you willing to share it with? Because I can promise you that they need to feel that joy. Everyone needs to feel this joy whether it's someone who is super strong in the gospel or the neighbor down the street that barely knows what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is about. Share. Uplift. Love. Those are my words to you. Ide i podijeli dobru rijeć! Go and share the good word! Volim vas puno! Ćao!