For those Mothers' that are reading! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!
Sorry its a day late, but that's just the way it goes.
This week was good. we had been struggling in a lot of
parts of the work. That's another problem we are trying to fix, but we had a
couple of good stories this week. One I shared with my parents yesterday on
Skype :) We have been trying to contact this
potential named **, that we met with trying to look for a
part member family. we have passed by like 4 times, and this was going to be
our last stop by. So as we start talking she told us to come by when her
husband was there, so we asked her how she knew the church. it was silent then
she told us that she's a member, we looked puzzled and then she was like, I
lied to you, I'm the person you were originally looking for **. So we
asked her about that? she told us she was baptized 5-6 years ago in palm
springs. she was super active, but then there was some family situation that
got brought into the church, and the bishop didn't do much and actually made a
bigger mess, so she left and did not want to know much about the church. she
says that recently she has been seeing missionaries everywhere! And she lied to
us so we wouldn't stop by, but the patient perseverance we kept giving, her
heart softened and she knows its good down inside and she wants to help her
husband out who is not a member! so that was one of our cool stories.
Another was just a few minuets before that, we were walking down the street, it was early in the day and we hadn't contacted much yet, but I had the feeling talk to this lady, who was working in the yard. So I stopped and introduced ourselves and then she was like yeah! your the Mormons! so we asked her how she knew about us. She was like oh like 10 years ago, my x husband was a member and he took us the church over on Vermont and also in Huntington park. She was like im not a member but I love what your church teaches! so we are going to visit her, this week, we invited her to church, she said she would come but she didn't, but that's not the first time that has happened so no big deal right now. Then we also had a lesson with this lady named **. Shes cool, and the lesson went well. And almost committed her to baptism!
Well keep me all in your prayers! Things sometimes get
rough, But I know that The work of salvation will continue forward. I know
that the power of Prayer works! Im reading a talk right now called "the
fourth missionary" it is great and talks about the ways to serve your
mission. As he states, there are 2 ways to live the gospel, the easy way and
the hard way. Many times they have the same outward appearances; obedient,
faithful, does what one should, follows councils... etc. The problem is inside,
Many times we take the gospel as things we have to do, But that's the hard way
to live it, If we take the gospel as Things we want to do out of pure love we
enjoy the process much more and we had a smile on our face always. There are
some things I need to work on, but I hope It will all be for the best!
I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Hollingshead
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