Loving the Flushing!
Date: February 27, 2012
Area: Flushing, Queens
Companion - Sister Lambert
How are you? Yo estan!?! I am SUPER Bien! The work here in Flushing is wonderful! The people here great! Happy people! We have a wonderful time here! I have talked to more Chinese people than ever in my life before! My companion and I have fun fearlessing the chinese and Korean people here. They really are such nice and humble people. We have what we like to call "Street Sweeps" like 3 times a week. This just means that we go and hand out cards like Mormon.org or english class flyers. I have found myself accidently trying to talk to chinese people in spanish :) That always makes for a good laugh.
This week was wonderful! Like the others :) I am trying to remember what happened. Ok so on Wednesday of this last week my companion and I were walking and we saw this lady named Glady's struggling with her groceries. So we offered to help. At first she was reluctant but then she gave in. We helped her all the way to her house and then she let us in. We were then able to teach her the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She loved every minute of it and told us that she has a friend who is a member of the Church. When we explained the apostacy she got it! When we told her that we had this Book of Mormon for her, She gave me a hug! She was SO thankful that we had this book for her and she was MORE than excited to read it! She said that she is going to come to church! If only everyone reacted like that when they recieved the Book of Mormon. It is more scripture that the Lord has given us. We should all be HAPPY! I have really come to LOVE more than ever the Book of Mormon on my mission. It really has blessed my life and I have found so much peace and guidance through the Book of Mormon and that is what I hope to be able to help others see that.
We have had some really good lessons with Guillermo- he is a 13 year old boy who we are teaching. He is so humble and willing to do what his Father asks him. He is reading and praying. We asked him to pray about Joseph Smith and he did. We asked him what he felt and he said that he knew that he was a true prophet. Prayer is essential. If we do not pray we are not going to get an answer. It is so nice to see that he is taking these steps. It is just like the scriptures says " Ask and he shall recieve, Knock and it shall be opened unto you." Heavenly Father loves us, and that is why he has given us so many tools to help us through this life. He has given us the communication line- called Prayer. If we would just pray! Heavenly Father will Answer us. It is more often than not, that Heavenly Father answers us through scriptures. That is another reason why it is so important that we read DAILY from the scriptures. One of my favorite scriptures is 2 Nephi 32:3 " Feast upon the words of Christ, for the words of christ will tell you all things that you should know."
"If you want to talk to god Pray, if you want God to talk to you, read your scriptures!" We had a really good lesson with the Sanchez family! They are a family of 5 from Peru- Keep them in your prayers. They are good! We talked about desires and read Alma 22! If you have not read that chapter! READ it! I love it!
Well this is just been a wonderful week! I love this gospel I love this work! There is nothing that brings me greater joy than helping others come unto christ by recieving the Restored Gospel! Go and share your testimony with someone! We have a living prophet Thomas S. Monson and I am SO glad!! I love you all! Keep being the amazing people who you are!
And Always remember Who you ARE! You are a Child of GOD!
Loves
Hermana Gray
Daily Gems - 17 December 2008
Benefit and Blessing of Scripture
"As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have the benefit and blessing of living scripture as declared by those sustained as prophets, as well as canonized scripture found in the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. . . . Written scripture, especially the Book of Mormon, brings us to believe in God and 'be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son' (Jacob 4:11)."
Craig C. Christensen, "A Book with a Promise," Ensign, May 2008, 105
Topics: Atonement, Prophets, Jesus Christ
This week was wonderful! Like the others :) I am trying to remember what happened. Ok so on Wednesday of this last week my companion and I were walking and we saw this lady named Glady's struggling with her groceries. So we offered to help. At first she was reluctant but then she gave in. We helped her all the way to her house and then she let us in. We were then able to teach her the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She loved every minute of it and told us that she has a friend who is a member of the Church. When we explained the apostacy she got it! When we told her that we had this Book of Mormon for her, She gave me a hug! She was SO thankful that we had this book for her and she was MORE than excited to read it! She said that she is going to come to church! If only everyone reacted like that when they recieved the Book of Mormon. It is more scripture that the Lord has given us. We should all be HAPPY! I have really come to LOVE more than ever the Book of Mormon on my mission. It really has blessed my life and I have found so much peace and guidance through the Book of Mormon and that is what I hope to be able to help others see that.
We have had some really good lessons with Guillermo- he is a 13 year old boy who we are teaching. He is so humble and willing to do what his Father asks him. He is reading and praying. We asked him to pray about Joseph Smith and he did. We asked him what he felt and he said that he knew that he was a true prophet. Prayer is essential. If we do not pray we are not going to get an answer. It is so nice to see that he is taking these steps. It is just like the scriptures says " Ask and he shall recieve, Knock and it shall be opened unto you." Heavenly Father loves us, and that is why he has given us so many tools to help us through this life. He has given us the communication line- called Prayer. If we would just pray! Heavenly Father will Answer us. It is more often than not, that Heavenly Father answers us through scriptures. That is another reason why it is so important that we read DAILY from the scriptures. One of my favorite scriptures is 2 Nephi 32:3 " Feast upon the words of Christ, for the words of christ will tell you all things that you should know."
"If you want to talk to god Pray, if you want God to talk to you, read your scriptures!" We had a really good lesson with the Sanchez family! They are a family of 5 from Peru- Keep them in your prayers. They are good! We talked about desires and read Alma 22! If you have not read that chapter! READ it! I love it!
Well this is just been a wonderful week! I love this gospel I love this work! There is nothing that brings me greater joy than helping others come unto christ by recieving the Restored Gospel! Go and share your testimony with someone! We have a living prophet Thomas S. Monson and I am SO glad!! I love you all! Keep being the amazing people who you are!
And Always remember Who you ARE! You are a Child of GOD!
Loves
Hermana Gray
Daily Gems - 17 December 2008
Benefit and Blessing of Scripture
"As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have the benefit and blessing of living scripture as declared by those sustained as prophets, as well as canonized scripture found in the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. . . . Written scripture, especially the Book of Mormon, brings us to believe in God and 'be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son' (Jacob 4:11)."
Craig C. Christensen, "A Book with a Promise," Ensign, May 2008, 105
Topics: Atonement, Prophets, Jesus Christ
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