Another week has come and gone here in northern Vermont.
We had some really excellent things happen!
On Wednesday night we had an awesome institute class at a member's home. We talked about the importance of the temple in family relationships and about the instances when Christ came and taught people at the temple. When he was a boy, when he healed the sick at Jerusalem, when he visited the Nephites, etc. The spirit was very strong and I regretted that we couldn't have gotten more people to show up!
To explain the subject line, on Friday we went on exchange with the Essex Elders. They are in a trio so I went with Elder Nielsen and Elder Brammel and Elder Johnson and Elder Augir went to Lyndon.
The Essex Elder's area covers alot of Burlington since the 2 wards combined in the last year. Burlington is the largest city in Vermont and is a melting pot of many refugees from lots of different places.
We tried to see this African family but they weren't home (because they have difficulty telling time in english) we asked their neighbors if they know of any other people that might be interested in the message and they pointed out all the people in the large apartment complex that they knew were christian. One of those people was Bashal. Bashal and his family are from Nepal, They moved here to the united states about 6 years ago. Bashal was converted to christianity after he went to a youth activity at a local church and felt they spirit and was baptised. He loved what we had to say about the bible and the book of mormon and he said that we could see him again on Sunday. When we asked him what he thought about the large portrait of Jesus hanging on the wall he said "Jesus is life." He has tons of faith and I am excited to hear what happens of him.
On Saturday we had our ward Christmas party. It was kind of hectic but it worked out great. The food was good and lots of less active members and nonmembers came. We were able to get return appointments with a few of them and I am very excited to see more of them! it was a great miracle that they even came and even more so that they would accept and invitation to learn more about the gospel.
Sunday was pretty cool too! we thought that we wouldn't have anyone we are teaching come as they all cancelled the morning of. As we were trying to figure out where we wanted to sit, we saw Jason and Hunter in the back of the chapel! We had been trying to see Jason for a while and his schedule isn't very fluid so it has been pretty difficult. It was amazing that he actually made it to church and so great that he could feel the spirit there.
I know that this gospel is true, and that our Heavenly Father is merciful beyond our understanding or recognition. This truly is God's work and we are his hands in doing so.
I love you and hope that you have a great week!
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