To start off, we had a baptism, which was our first in this area. The
lady who was baptized in named Mariza and she is 25 years old. She was a
referral from another good missionary friend of mine in another area and she was
baptized yesterday by the bishop. The changes that we have seen in her life in
these few weeks have been amazing. We met her only 3 weeks ago, and she told us
how she has struggled in the past with depression and a divorce from her
husband. Although i am not a certified psychologist, i knew exactly what she
must do to cure her depression, read the Book of Mormon! Although this was not a
medical cure and she still takes medicine and has regular checkups with the
doctor, her daily reading of the Book of Mormon has had a great impact in her
life, so great that she was baptized yesterday. Although the things we sometimes
do simple things that we might think of as too simple to have any affect, we
must remember the counsel in Alma 37:6-7, "6 Now
ye may suppose that this is afoolishness in
me; but behold I say unto you, that by bsmall and
simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many
instances doth confound the wise.
7 And
the Lord God doth work by ameans to
bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very bsmall means
the Lord dothcconfound the
wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls. " Through Mariza's
small act of reading the scriptures, praying every day, and attending church on
Sunday's, she has been able to take upon her the name of Christ and have all of
her past sins swept away. The gates of the celestial kingdom has been opened and
as she endures to the end, she will gain eternal life, " 7 And,
if you akeep my
commandments and bendure to
the end you shall have ceternal life,
which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God." (D&C 14:7)
Let us all endure to the end, helping those who are lost or struggling
to find the path that leads
to true and eternal happiness."
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