Lexie - December 15, 2014

Hola!
Greetings from a really weird week. Not really. Just kind of slow. It felt like we couldn't find ANYONE at home. But the week ended wonderful yesterday because one of our investigadors accepted her baptism date for this saturday! So we are getting ready for that and very excited. Her name is Montsey and is 13. She is in the family that we have been teaching that the dad is a member. But him and the mom aren't married so she cant be baptized yet. And their youngest turns 8 in march so maybe I will still be here for her baptism. We will see! But I am very excited for them.


So I have had a week full of realizing things. It has been pretty cool but two things in particular. One, we have shared a lot about faith with people this week. What it means and how faith is an action word. We know that faith without works is dead. Anyways. I have realized that sometimes we say prayers for things but we dont do our part. I think I have done that a lot in my life. Asked for help with things but not wanted to actually change what I was doing in my life. So now I know why it doesnt work! Goodnesss something so simple but a lightbulb went off in my head. Also I was studying this week about the difference between a testimony and conversion. You should read the two definitions in the bible dictionary. it is crazy how different they really are. My comp. and I talk a lot about how people fall away from the church. We teach a lot of people that are inactive and something I hae realized is that plenty of people say they have a testimony. That they know it is true and that is what a testimony is. A knowledge of a truth. But conversion is the action and I know now that if we are not acting on our testimony we lose it. That is what happens when we decide not to go to church or read our scriptures or pray. We are not acting on our conversion which is a process not something you just get. It has been really good for me to study and I am feeling so blessed for this opportunity to strengthen my testimony but always progress in my conversion in the gospel. I hope you hae a wonderul week! I am SO excited to SEE you!


Love, Hermana Baer