Wow. Hey everybody haha sorry for the radio silence the past couple of weeks. Our P-day got bumped to wednesday last week so that we could go to the temple and I didn't really have any time to email. But it's been an insane couple of weeks. The work has been kind of slowing down, and we've been struggling a bit to make things happen. There's a natural ebb and flow in the work, but we're doing our best to be out and being effective with our time and being where Heavenly Father wants us to be. He really does have a way of putting others in our path, and we've seen lots of instances where we're in the right place in the right time to bless someones day, be it a member, nonmember, or whoever Heavenly Father knows need a boost that day. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the ultimate remedy for any cure, and being able to live and breathe it is so rewarding, even when there are hard times for us personally or for our areas/wards.
We had two amazingly powerful lessons the past few days that I wanted to share. So we met with Susie the other day after about two weeks of not being able to see her. We always work in her yard before our lessons, so we went out and worked and then came in and sat down for our lesson. We had a pretty bomb lesson plan about covenants prepared for her and her husband, but I felt like we just needed to make sure they were doing okay. We chatted for a bit and I tried to kind of lead the discussion to how they were doing personally and they ended up opening up about some pretty serious struggles. I won't go into detail, but they're just not doing too hot right now. So the lesson plan went out the window and we had a very spiritual, personal discussion about Heavenly Father's hand in our lives. We read through parts of Alma 37 with them and then I felt prompted to just sing a hymn for them so Elder Measel and I sang Come Follow Me and then just bore some simple testimonies. It was an awesome lesson, and the next day we were able to go back (Apparently they've been getting snakes so I got to go into their crawl space and look for more snakes 👍) and she said that being able to feel the spirit with us like that made all the difference in the world for them. Then the next day we had a lesson with Bob and Cheryl and the same type of thing happened. We had a baller lesson plan, but the spirit directed otherwise haha Cheryl opened up about some issues she's been having in her relationship with her mother and how it's affecting her and so we focused on that. All of these scripture kept coming to mind and so we would just read through them together and discuss. Then Mosiah 4:10-12 came to mind, which are some of my favorite scriptures, and I knew something good was about to happen. We read them with her (check them out) and I made her a simple promise that Heavenly Father not only knows what is happening in her life, but He knows exactly how it is making her feel and that He is standing ready to bless her. With that in mind we invited her to pray with us and try out the promise King Benjamin makes in those verses and wow. What a prayer haha it was POWERFUL. That lesson ended up being over two hours long. Whoops.
All in all it's been a long and hard but also good couple of weeks. I look forward to getting to bed at night but I also look forward to getting up and doing my best to work in the morning. If you're struggling with really anything in your life right now, I'd invite you to turn to the scriptures and look for something you can do and to look for the blessings that are promised if you do that thing. Then I'd invite you to DO that thing and I know that if you have eyes to see God's hand in your life, you will recognize the blessings that you were promised in the scriptures. This is the process I've adopted lately, and it's given me a new perspective of what faith truly is. God will always bless us, and recognizing our blessings is an awesome way to build our faith that we serve a Just, Merciful and Loving God.
I love you all, and I hope you're doing well. This gospel is true. The scriptures are true, and I know that by studying and by doing we can receive the grace of Jesus Christ and be made strong. Have a great week
With love,
Elder Bond
1. We had another car wash
2. The temple was SO GOOD
3. We found a dope park and had some fun with the panorama thingy that our tablets do haha
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