Week #96

Sorry I thought I had sent this email out last week!

Hey hey everyone! Another week and another month has gone. I can’t believe another month has already come and gone! Summer is approaching, which means it has been heating up, and it is coming FAST! I hope y’all have had a wonderful week. This week has been one for the books for many reasons! 

So the meat of our highlights happened this weekend! The first one happened Saturday. We were helping a lady move out of her apartment in our ward into a house in another ward. So we show up to the pleasant surprise that she lives on the third floor of the apartment building, AND the stairs were facing the sun. All is well though! We had Elders Rigby, Neve, Perez, and Moore show up to help us because the lady was moving into one of their wards! We had a lot of fun just grinding and getting stuff done! We started about 10:30 and finished at 4 pm, so it was a long day to saw the least. But a crazy and funny thing happened! This lady who we were helping has a 14 year old son who doesn’t like sports very much. So apparently one of the lady’s friends gave them a snowboard for the 14 year old, but like I said he doesn’t do sports. So it just sat in their closet and collected dust. Anyways, the lady started talking about it and asked if me or Elder Rigby snowboarded (we were helping her grab stuff to move). I said I did and she said she was trying to get rid of it, so I told her I would buy it from her. She said she wanted me to have it, but I felt bad so I again offered to at least pay something for it. She again said no and told me to just take it! So I got a brand new snowboard for free from this ladyit was super nice of her and I’m definitely grateful for her generosity! We got her all moved into her new house, and it is a beautiful house!

We were also able to meet with one of our progressing investigators, Art. He has been going through a lot of stuff and so we haven’t been able to meet with him for a while. We just got back in contact with him and he really wants to come into the fold of God and be baptized. He comes to church all the time, he reads the Book of Mormon and prays about it, he does everything he needs to. We were able to have a great impromptu lesson and we set him with a date to be baptized! He is super excited and is really looking forward to being baptized. AND on top of that, the date he is working towards is his birthday! It’s awesome!

This week for my spiritual thought I wanted to share a verse that I really loved when I came across it in my studies this week. It is 2 Nephi 9:41, which reads;

“41 O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.”

I absolutely love this verse. The Lord Jesus Christ is the keeper of the gate, and when we all one day stand before Him, we will give an accounting to Him of our lives and what we do here on the earth, as well as who we become. Jesus Christ is the only one who can do that for us, because He was the one who made it possible for us to return to heaven again some day. I know He lives. I know He wants to extend His loving mercy to each and every one of us individually, but we need to do our part by asking and then acting. This gospel is a gospel of action. We can’t just hang out and hope our progression happens. We need to make sure we do our part and constantly strive to improve ourselves as disciples of Jesus Christ. As we do so, He will help us! He wants to help us and wants to see us progress and grow. He wants us to be happy. I know this gospel brings a feeling of happiness and joy that cannot be found anywhere else. This gospel is one of the greatest blessings in my life. I know it is true. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

I hope y’all have a fabulous week this week! Until next time, God speed!

Elder Houssian