well hey!
i was SO HAPPY to see baby ray-gun!! i love my little guns!
thank you thank you!
man, what a wonderful week! i just love ... being alive!
this morning i read that i jumped for joy at the opportunity to come to earth
and receive a body. i totally believe that! being alive is just so good!
did
you watch conference? ah! it blew me away. i have always loved conference, but
has it always been this good? i dont remember the talks ever being quite so
bold and awesome! i thought they usually just saved the singeing of the eyebrows for priesthood session, but we got a little bit
of it! i loved it! last night i felt like i was half way to heaven. i just feel
so good! so stoked to do this work! i feel like prayers are waiting to be
answered and i am responsible for the answer. i want to do whatever the lord
needs me to do and be wherever he needs me to be and answer whatever prayer he
needs me to answer. i am just so happy to be doing this work!
so remember anthony? he is the one with the cool word of
wisdom lesson. this week we went to visit him and right away he sat us down and
started telling us about some information he read online. it seemed valid and
he did a bunch of research, and sadly it was swaying him to not believe in
jesus as the savior of the world. it was really sad. we let him talk and
allowed him to really say what was going on in his mind. i dont know how sister
mayle was feeling, but i felt calm. i wasnt worried. it was sad that he was
going though this and i am really disappointed that someone else would sway
someone (and many others) to not believe, but i wasnt worried about anthony.
luckily we had a member named brother merchant with us that day and he actually
f\came across some anti the other day that he brought to us. he wasnt worried
and he wa confident that it could be explained because he has a testimony. so i
asked him to share his experience with anthony. he did and it was good, but
anthony wasnt seeing how it applied to him. so i asked anthony- "right
now, for you personally, is jesus christ your savior?" he looked right at
me and said "yes" "why?" he responded-"because it
feels right. i feel it" as he put his hand on his chest. i asked him how
he felt when he was researching the things he was talking about. he said
"confused and betrayed." we then helped him understand what the holy
spirit was confirming to him. we used the scriptures and the holy spirit to
know how we needed to talk and what we needed to say. by the end of the lesson,
he was back on track and feeling secure again. it was so good to see him go
from worry and feeling lost to feeling enlightened and relieved. that man is so
great. he is going to do some wonderful things for himself and for his family.
when it got to that point he started asking us if he could friend us on
facebook just incase we left and he had another concern after we were gone. he
said he feels comfortable coming to us because we dont freak out at him and
make him feel bad for his questions. he told us that we always find a way to
bring it back and help him find his way out of the woods. i was so happy! happy
that it happened, and also happy for the compliment. dad, that is how you
always helped me to feel. thank you so much! i blame you and the spirit for
helping him to feel safe the way you always helped me to feel safe. thank you
so much!
hey, did all of you listen to the talk about the 3 things
you can do to be a member missionary? it was by elder nelson. if you did, then
do the 3 things! if you didnt, then listen and then do them! i love you all!
thank you so much for everything! i hope everyone is happy! i hope the baby is
doing well and that erin is recovering! i love you!!
love, sister aunt wanay buxton!!
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