Things and Stuff

This week three people attended church which is awesome. Tatay Agullana, our friend that attended church last week, attended again and this week he also brought his wife, and her friend. He seems very interested and is progressing very well. We also extended a baptismal goal date for March 28 for him and he accepted it immediately. He's also been reading the Book of Mormon even though his reading glasses are broken and he said it makes his eyes tired. He also seems to be understanding what he reads and wants to read and learn more. He also has lots of sincere questions and wants to change. This week was also pretty cool because he told us all about his past experiences in his life and his desire to receive forgiveness.

Also during this week we've been doing more finding and teaching others as well. While doing so we met the 10 year old brother of a member. His name is N.G. and he surprisingly, despite his age, had lots of sincere questions about life and where we go when we die. He also told us about how he read in his sister's Book of Mormon and told us what he learned from his reading and wanted to check with us to see if he understood what he read correctly. Another thing he expressed was his concern of all the people doing bad things at school and their disobedience and how he wants to be mabait (nice/well mannered) like Jesus. The best thing about all of this though is that he went out of his way to tell us all these things. We didn't even ask him questions or anything. He also was sad to say that he hasn't been baptized but he wants too. Though we don't normally focus on children he is someone we'll definitely consider returning too especially since he has support in his family from his older sister. We will also try and teach his parents as well for sure.

1 Samuel 12:

22 For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

The verses in this chapter were given by Samuel to Israel because of their ingratitude towards God and their desire to have a king over them 'when the Lord... God was [already their] king (verse 12).  We simply learn that we are the Lord's people and he will not forsake us because he's pleased to call us His if we but only serve him in truth and with all our heart and remember all the ways he's blessed us.

Other verses throughout the week: 2 Ne. 32:9 and D&C 88:15, 1 John 4 7,8,18-21 and Romans 13:10, Jacob 1:8 and Matt. 16:25-26, Jacob 2:19 and Mark 10:24, 1 Sam. 15:22-23, 1 Sam. 16:7. Jacob 3:9, 1 Sam. 17: 26,37,45, Jacob 4:10.