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| Donkeys on the beach. 2.50£ for a ride. Children only though. Sad day. |
There are so many good things happening!!! A little hard to keep track of it all but I think we are managing. We have 1 Chinese investigator who is so very good. Her name is BianLin. We're teaching her pretty much every day. She came to church which was so good because of the Father's Day singing and talks. Her biggest desire is to have a good happy family. On the right track there!
Andy is still here. He's had a tough life so things are a little up and down. But we are helping and he is progressing. He didn't quite make it to church which is unfortunate. Extra prayers he can make it next week!!
Sam I am. He came to our cool Nashville tribute band concert. Elder Walker and I had a quick exchange on Thursday and had such a killer lesson with him! We talked about baptism and repentance. He is a genius. He studies literature and stuff. Doing his masters. As we were reading from Moroni chapter 7 he taught us some stuff. I caught Elder Walker's eyes and we were both shocked. The focus was to teach repentance and baptise converts. Literally. So we read and he's like, "so repentance helps clean our pot and gets all of our last mistakes washed clean. We get a few different fruits to fill it up from repenting but still not too full. Then as we are baptised and continue to repent the pot is overflowing with the fruit. Our blessings cannot be contained. It still needs to be cleaned regularly but we will always have the fruit and it will always be full."
Love this work. I have focused on teaching repentance and promising very specific personal blessings. No more "when you're baptised you will be happy" rubbish. It's changed to "as you do your best to live the commandments and are baptised, I can promise you that you will see your daughter in less than a year's time vs 14 years. This will make you into the father you wish to be as long as you put maximum effort.
It is taking steps of repentance that bring about change. The atoning sacrifice that Jesus Christ paid has made this all possible. We CAN become better. Let's do our best to be a little better everyday so we can help more people everyday.
Elder Pilling, pay attention and apply please. It has changed my mission. Take a look at what the investigator most desires and put your faith on the table and promise them that blessing. Some may say it's a little bit gutsy and risky but do it because the Lord makes the way possible. Apply all that good stuff. Obviously do it with faith :) extra praying and planning.
Ok I gotta bounce. World Cup is on. England is playing !!!
P. S. had another Chinese lunch :-))))
Love,
Elder Pilling
Sent from the land of the lads
Sam I am. He came to our cool Nashville tribute band concert. Elder Walker and I had a quick exchange on Thursday and had such a killer lesson with him! We talked about baptism and repentance. He is a genius. He studies literature and stuff. Doing his masters. As we were reading from Moroni chapter 7 he taught us some stuff. I caught Elder Walker's eyes and we were both shocked. The focus was to teach repentance and baptise converts. Literally. So we read and he's like, "so repentance helps clean our pot and gets all of our last mistakes washed clean. We get a few different fruits to fill it up from repenting but still not too full. Then as we are baptised and continue to repent the pot is overflowing with the fruit. Our blessings cannot be contained. It still needs to be cleaned regularly but we will always have the fruit and it will always be full."
Love this work. I have focused on teaching repentance and promising very specific personal blessings. No more "when you're baptised you will be happy" rubbish. It's changed to "as you do your best to live the commandments and are baptised, I can promise you that you will see your daughter in less than a year's time vs 14 years. This will make you into the father you wish to be as long as you put maximum effort.
It is taking steps of repentance that bring about change. The atoning sacrifice that Jesus Christ paid has made this all possible. We CAN become better. Let's do our best to be a little better everyday so we can help more people everyday.
Elder Pilling, pay attention and apply please. It has changed my mission. Take a look at what the investigator most desires and put your faith on the table and promise them that blessing. Some may say it's a little bit gutsy and risky but do it because the Lord makes the way possible. Apply all that good stuff. Obviously do it with faith :) extra praying and planning.
Ok I gotta bounce. World Cup is on. England is playing !!!
P. S. had another Chinese lunch :-))))
Love,
Elder Pilling
Sent from the land of the lads
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