Title is from the mission hymn, means "we won't ever get tired serving the Lord."
This week went by so fast! It's been a really good one, except today and yesterday a bunch of problems have started coming up with some of the people scheduled for baptisms next week. However, everything will work out - it might just take a bit more time than we expected.
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And, the Natales are back! Benedetta came to church - she is an absolute miracle! She told the Virzo family that she didn't want to and wouldn't come to church. However, come sunday morning, the Virzos passed by and made her come to church. It turns out that Saturday night she had a dream. Brother Virzo gave a little interpretation of what it meant. In the dream there was a big red building and some flames. There was also a huge staircase that she was trying to climb. However, there was someone that was trying to pull her back. However, there were some people that were speaking in English that were trying to tell her to go forward. At the top of the staircase was a bright light. Building/flames/person trying to stop her = devil and his kingdom. Staircase = the gospel or the path that leads to god. People speaking english = missionaries. Anyway, in church, the lesson in Sunday school was perfect for her. We talked about repentance. The teacher drew a staircase showing how we need to repent. She talked about how it can be hard to go up - it is easier to go back down. She talked about how there is someone that wants to help us up and someone that tries to pull us down. She showed a beautiful example of how we can be cleansed from sin and become new. And, she brought a picture of a lighthouse and talked about how we need to go towards the light (Benedetta asked for the picture and the teacher gave it to her...). She is changing a lot. Anyway, we went to teach her on Monday and it went pretty well. We discovered a lot about why she isn't making progress - she goes back and forth way to much (doubts what she thinks and feels). However, God is doing a lot of miracles in her life and we want to help her so that she can come unto Christ.
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I want to briefly share a miracle that happened to me. One morning I had a question that really bothered my soul. I was uncertain about some things about myself. I prayed a ton and searched for an answer. I had the feeling that the answer would come later that day. Throughout the day, I felt more and more joy, more and more peace - I began to think that maybe that was the way that God would have responded (it probably was a part). However, the big answer came later. We went to teach the new convert Africans. We were teaching Bismack and we asked if he had any questions. He said that, that morning, he had just randomly opened up the scriptures and read a verse in Doctrine and Covenants and he didn't know what a word meant. He opened it up and read me the verse. In the verse, it was Jesus Christ speaking, and the verse was exactly for me! It was my answer. Also, God made the answer stick out a little bit more - after Bismack read the verse, he kept looking back from me to the scriptures, without saying a word. It seemed like almost a minute that we just sat there in silence. Then, he asked, "yeah, I don't understand the word "___" (i don't remember what it was, but I quickly explained it and we went on). The ways that God answers our prayers can be incredible!
-Anziano Barnes
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