How is it Monday again? This week was so good! We saw tons of miracles! Seriously, Saturday was one miracle after another! First, one of our not so recent converts went to the temple for the first time! Then we went to visit them, and his mom, who recently went to the temple to receive her endowment, finally found a lead on her family history, which has been really hard because her family won't tell her anything. Then we went tracting and met someone who is willing to read the Book of Mormon and continue to meet with us! Then we met a former and they know a ton of members and said we're always welcome to stop by. After that, we went to the church and there was a guy sitting there, and we were able to talk to him for a while and share about prophets and the Book of Mormon. Then we had dinner with a returning family and were able to talk to their less active son! Later, we visited another returning family and met their other less active daughter and talked about General Conference, and they plan to watch it!
One thing I have been doing this week is reading all of President Nelson's talks. Probably the biggest thing I've learned has been just how many footnotes he has in his talks! He has a scripture for just about every other sentence! And it's really made me think about how I use my scriptures in teaching. Ever since our zone started the 500 Book of Mormons challenge (did I tell you about that? We're handing out 500 copies of the Book of Mormon in 5 weeks.), I fill my bag with copies of the Book of Mormon, so my personal scriptures don't fit. Sometimes I'm tempted to just leave them in the car, but then I remember that in Ephesians 6:17, it says that my sword is the Spirit, or the word of God. So when I choose to leave my scriptures, I am leaving my sword. It makes me want to make sure I'm always armed. And after seeing President Nelson's example, I want to use them more in teaching. I think what I'll do is unsheathe them at the beginning of the lesson and then maybe it'll help me remember to use them more.
Love you, bye!
Sister Cate
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