Blog time!! Don't have too much time today.
So we played disk golf on Monday and that was pretty fun! I'm not the best but hey, I'm not the worst!
We've
been working/talking to a less active (LA), lately, he has been doing
pretty ok! He's working hard to overcome what he's fighting and we've
got high hopes that he'll be able to make those necessary steps back
slowly and surely!
We
had a little miracle this week. We were heading home, and an
investigator we were wanting to contact was right outside of her
apartment! We had plans to go see her, and there she was! It couldn't
have worked out any better!
Also,
good experience. One of our investigator's moms, the first time we
went there, started off a little standoffish, saying, "meh I'll just be a
by stander today... " Then afterwards, she started to get more into
the lesson and then she was almost in tears... The spirit she was
striving to have was definitely there. It was good to see her put forth
that effort to listen to our words and to make that change. Haven't been
able to see her since but we're hopeful.
Also,
we have an amazing investigator from Africa who we met with this week
in a member's home! it was so great! We talked about the plan of
salvation, and she and her two daughters, said that they wanted to be
baptized! She said that she was so grateful to find God in her life,
and to see the blessings that were coming into her life. The day we met
her, she was just walking down the street. She said that she usually
goes the other way when she walks, and she never talks to people when
walking home, but for some reason she went a different way, and felt
impressed to listen to a portion of our message we were sharing that
day. Now her two daughters are coming to church as well, and they're
preparing themselves to be baptized! and we're giving them to the new
sisters....
YES
SISTERS are coming into our area this week! it's crazy to think about!
We've got them all settled in though so that's good! All should go well
and I'll have to tell you how it goes with them being here!
One
more thing, I want to leave you all with my testimony of the importance
of people. Everything you do, please, remember, that it is all about
other people, it is all about them and it is not about ourselves. As we
look outward, losing ourselves to the Lord's service, we truly change
and become what we need to become and what he wants us to become. It's a
long process, but PLEASE never forget that it all comes back to serving
others. Elder Hales tells us that we are to become spiritually
independent and temporally independent to more fully bless the lives of
others. If other people are truly the goal, then the way we do things
will change, and we'll feel God's love. As we express love and tender
care in the smallest and biggest ways on a daily basis, that can change
us and help us accept the love of Christ that he wants to give to us,
and everyone around us! I love you all! Please accept his love by
loving others. Please accept his sacrifice by sacrificing for others. Be
selfless to find more of yourself! I love you!!!
Love, Elder Langford
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