Week #86

Howdy y’all! I hope y’all have had a great week! This week has been an amazing and busy week. The Lord’s hand is definitely active in this work, and I love it.

For starters, we have found a lot of new people to teach this past week, and some of the, are already progressing! There are a lot of families that we are teaching which is great! It’s amazing to see how the gospel changes people.

We received a referral from the Sisters for a kid who is 17 and was taking the lessons at a friend’s house who lives in the Sisters’ area. We started teaching him and he’s so solid! He’s set to be baptized on March 17th and is doing so well.

We had a crazy thing happen last night. We were able to give one of our investigators a blessing of comfort after her husband (who is in his 30s) was diagnosed with Leukemia. It was crazy because she had been at the hospital for a week, and last night was the only night she would be home, because he starts chemo today and so she is there and will be there for at least another week. We were about to leave our house after being dropped off from dinner, and I felt like we should stop by this family’s house on our way over there, so we did. She comes out and says “Why are y’all here so late?” (It wasn’t in a mean way, but it was 8 pm). We just told her we felt like we should stop by and she started bawling and told us what was going on. As we were sitting and listening I felt prompted to offer to give them blessings, so we asked if they would like one. It was so powerful, we felt the Spirit so strongly and she felt it super strongly as well. She sat there after for like 10 seconds with her hands on her chest and said “I can literally feel His presence” a few times. After I gave her the blessing, Elder Hubbell gave their daughter a blessing, and it was amazing as well. It was one of the most powerful moments I’ve had on my mission.

For my spiritual thought this week, I wanted to extend a challenge to each of y’all! I came across a quote that says “A chapter a day will light the way”. It’s referring to the Book of Mormon, and i challenge each of y’all to read it every day this week! I can testify that as we read the Book of Mormon daily, we will have the Spirit of the Lord with us and invite His presence into our lives. I have put this to the test and have experienced it countless times. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and I know there is great power in its pages. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

My favorite scripture is Alma 5:45-46, and I challenge y’all to read it!

I hope y’all have a fabulous week! I love you all! Until next week! God speed!

Elder Houssian