H E L L O ⚓️
No worries, I don't have much to share since it's been only a couple days but all is well in my favorite place, M A R Y S V I L L E.
So on Thursday evening we were talking to President Daines on the phone about the temple (will share the story in a minute) and he just seemed so happy. He then said, "Did you notice you two didn't get transferred?" Hahahaha. Sister Clark and I couldn't stop laughing. Yes President we noticed. Lol. What a great man. THANKS FOR NOT TRANSFERRING US PRESIDENT!
So the temple....DRUMROLL PLEASE.....we are going to the temple with T this Wednesday for him to do baptisms for the dead! Ah, we are SO excited for him. Yesterday, we printed off his family names so he can take them.
E is progressing! We have had such incredible lessons with her! She told us the other day that she put her baptismal date on her calendar and is so excited! Her boyfriend has made some serious mistakes in his life and she said he wants us to teach him about the gospel too!
K is so awesome. We watched The Testaments with him to help him understand the connection between the BOM and bible. He really enjoyed it! We may have to move his baptismal date since he hasn't been to church yet.
Ct is doing well. Please pray for him though! He doesn't feel ready for Aug. 20th but we feel it so strongly.
Oh Ch, man. Ill be honest. It took me awhile for me to get use to him. He has a bold (not very loving) personality when it comes to certain things. Two of the 5 lessons we went to with him I left frustrated, hurt, and angry. Little did he know that the things he said really affected me (and they had nothing to do with the gospel or gospel topics). I pleaded for charity for this man and our lessons were SO much better. He is such a great guy. I just needed to see him through God eyes. I was hurt, upset, and constantly thought about all the things he needed to change in himself. Then as I studied charity this stuck out: "As you follow this counsel and strive to do righteous works, your love for all people will increase, especially those among whom you labor. You will come to feel a sincere concern for the eternal welfare and happiness of other people. You will see them as children of God with the potential of becoming like our Heavenly Father, and you will labor in their behalf. You will avoid negative feelings such as anger, envy, lust, or covetousness. You will avoid judging others, criticizing them, or saying negative things about them. You will try to understand them and their points of view. You will be patient with them" I realized that I lacked that when it came to Ch and I wanted to change that. I prayed for charity towards him and my view changed. I saw him through Gods eyes and it was such an a incredible experience.
This week I learned how much Heavenly Father knows His children. We had a lesson with one of our investigators before church and he voiced that he doesn't get that if there is a loving God why does bad things happen in the world especially to good people. We tried to best answer his question and gave him a story in the BOM to read. Well during sacrament a member shared her life story growing up and it was such a sad story. She said that they did family/personal scripture study, prayer, and FHE faithfully yet all of these bad things happened. She then said boldly, "I LOVE my God. My god is a God who lets bad things happen to good people. I'm thankful for how I was raised and the experiences I had. I could have continually asked why all the bad things happened when we were living faithful to the gospel but I never did. Because I love my God and he knows best." My mind was blow! Tears filled my eyes because God reached out through her to our investigator. She doesn't even know our investigator. God is REAL. God is GOOD.
The world is becoming wickeder and wickeder. Imagine what Heavenly Father must feel right now. He is watching His children fight, hate, and be closed off to love, unity, etc. It would take a miracle for the world to change. God is a God of miracles. "If there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you He changeth not; if so He would cease to be God; and He ceaseth not to be God; and is a God of miracles." -Mormon 9:19. It takes our faith for miracles to occur.
Not only our faith but we need to do something. "Faith without works is dead." -James 2:26. We have to do work. We need to change. We are given the Atonement of Jesus Christ to change every day. Love can be used to change the world but pride, fear, and prejudices get in the way. Luckily, we have the Atonement to strip purples from the things opposite of the pure love of Christ (CHARITY). "We weed out hate when we teach love more fully in our homes."-Irinna Danielson. Let us focus on changing the nature within our own homes. Let us focus on the counsel given in Mosiah 4:14. We CAN change the world....one person, one family, one community at a time. If we start by living the gospel in our own homes, we can change the world. At the end of the day Jesus Christ will always overcome Satan. Evil will always fail against good.
The change in the world starts with YOU and ME. It starts by LIVING the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Christ; the Savior of the World. His gospel was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smit. The Book of Mormon is the word of God along side the bible. We are children of God. We are eternal. We are destined to become like Him who sent us. God is Good. This is His work. I am His servant. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Until next Monday, thanks for all the love and support!
XOXO,
Sister Detamore
1. We celebrate p-day with Taco Bell
2. Never go swimming ):
3. My new best friend, w. ❤️
4. Brother Farr (recently known as Elder Farr) who returned home from the Georgia Atlanta North Mission! Served with my best friend, Kira in Lilburn, GA. His aunt is dating C our investigator. He is now helping us teach C. Ah, tender mercy from the Lord!
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