"Mexico if you want to meet, you have to walk through Laredo ....."
We had a 92 year old member from his hospital bed sing us this....it was such a great experience.
This week has been one full of trials....I have learned so much
from this past week and so grateful to have a loving Heavenly Father
that has entrusted me with such trials. To give you a little background,
we have been teaching 2 people that have faced a lot of famiy
opposition in their teaching process and their learning of the gospel.
We have been fasting and praying so much for them for their family
member's hearts to be softened and for the Spirit to be with our
investigators even more. One of our investigators got super excited on
Thursday to be baptized but later that afternoon she told her mom and her
mom then told her that she would not be allowed to do it until she has been
investigating the church for 1 year. This was very heart breaking, but
what was more disheartening is that she is super afraid of her mom and
doesn't want to ask again. We promised her that if she told her mom how
she felt about church and everything that she learned that her mom would
tell her she could get babptized. (side note she is 19 and doesn't need
parental permission, but she's a big momma girl) After our day of
fasting we went to our lesson and found out that she called her mom, and
her mom sad no...i was so sad but we also found out that she didnt do what we promised and therefore the Lord couldn't fulfill his promise. It
makes me sad that the only thing that hold people back is fear. We
learned this week that an obstacle only appear when we take our eye off
the prize. I know that this is true. I know that the Lord will bless us
as we are obedient to what his servants say!
Have a wonderful week!
Elder Browning
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