August 13, 2012

We've been doing a lot of preparation this week for the visit from Elder Zivick. He'll be speaking to our zone and the Ponce zone tomorrow. It's going to be pretty awesome, I'm not quite sure what to expect but I do know it'll be a great opportunity to learn and improve. 

We had an awesome lesson with Fransisco this week. He is the investigator that we found awhile ago but was gone on vacation for a few weeks. Anyway, we went over again and taught the plan of salvation. It was a really cool lesson and he had a lot of questions about agency. It was so great to be able to explain the Atonement and how central it is in everything Heavenly Father has prepared, and also to show what our potential is as sons and daughters of God. We prepare a lot for every lesson but usually when we get there and start to teach, it's something we hadn't expected. It's also amazing how much the Spirit teaches me every time we teach. There's nothing that builds a testimony more than testifying of something and feeling the Spirit testifying that what you are saying is true. I love it. I know this gospel is true and I know Heavenly Father's plan is perfect. 

We had another cool lesson with the Fernandez family. I wasn't there for the first lesson, because we were on splits that day. When we went over for the second lesson, the wife wasn't there and they asked if we could come back later that day. We had planned to teach them the plan of salvation but when we went over at 8 o'clock, the wife was just getting home from work, and seemed a little bit stressed out. They told us they hadn't had time to read the Book of Mormon so we decided to read the chapter with them. We read 3 Nephi 11 and the Spirit was strong. The words of the savior in the Book of Mormon changed the mood so much and everything was calm. We could tell the wife was more interested after because she was asking about our beliefs in the Bible and everything and they both recommitted to reading the Book of Mormon. That book is true. 

So anyway, everything is going really well here, and we are really excited about how well the work is going. The Church is true.

Elder Duclos