Week 86 (January 8th, 2018)

So this week was a bit more of a struggle. We found a lot of people last week, but we have dropped every single one because they don't want to commit to do anything. So we continue moving forward and finding new people to teach. 

As for my new years goals I am still revising them to be perfect, as well as many of them are personal goals so maybe I'll share a few next week. 

This week I had the opportunity to teach the Gospel Principles class at church. We only had 1 investigator there so we taught him, his girlfriend, and another member. I taught the class and used the normal manual. Week one, chapter one. Our loving Heavenly Father. I learned a lot from teaching the chapter. I probably learned more teaching the lesson than if I had been present for someone else to teach the lesson. One of the things that really stuck out to me was one: the commandment to love god with all of our heart. And the fact that we cant love someone that we don't know. So we must get to know god and who he is and what he expects of us. And if we love god we will keep his commandments. Knowing who god is will help us to become more like him. And that is the goal and purpose for us here. By connecting many scriptures, like "and this is life eternal, that they may know the the true and living God" And the words of Jesus when he says, " If he have seen me ye have seen the father." So what I learned in short is that as we study the life of Jesus Christ, and try to become more like him, we are also trying to become more like our Heavenly Father who is perfect. Now I know that it is hard to be perfect and only one person has ever done it, but as Elder Jefferey R. Holland says, We may become perfect... Eventually. Also while I was teaching the lesson the spirit taught me a powerful lesson. All it did was put a few words in my head and I have been trying to find out more about it. I found it and just want to share the words. 

"As man now is, God once was"
"As God now is, Man may become"

The words came to me in English while I was teaching and I didn't know where it was found. I asked my comp and the member and they had no idea. So just now I was able to search on lds.org and found that its from the teachings of Lorenzo Snow. A book that I have never read, but might have heard quoted maybe once or twice. But the scripture is true that the spirit can bring all things to remembrance.

I hope all of that made sense and that it didn't get lost in me trying to translate it in my head. That seems to happen a lot now. 

I hope all is well at home and all of you are enjoying the cold. Its hot here, rains occasionally. 

Love you all! 

Elder Hamblin