I found out last night that tomorrow I will recieve a change of area and companion. I dont know where or with whom, but I will let you all know next monday! I am excited for a new assignment, Elder Case and his future companion will do great and will take good care of this area and have lots of success. The baptism we had scheduled was changed to next saturday, all is well, she just had a family issue and asked to move the baptismal service to next week. I learned a great lesson this week.
I was calling a sister in the ward to see if she would be able to accompany us to a lesson with an investigator and her 5 children, I accidentally called another sister in the ward with the same number who happens to be less active right now. I panicked and just put an appointment with her not knowing what to say to this less active sister. I was kind of dreading the lesson due to the family drama she had brought up in the last lesson and her husbands completley apathetic attitude. Also, I didnt want to be in a members house on a Sunday afternoon with so many investigators we could be teaching. But I decided to try not to be too pessimistic. This specific sister had been praying that the Lord would help her, but nothing had come. Until I accidentally called her, she decided that was the Lords answer to her prayer. We started talking with her and she explained her frustrations with her husband and how he didnt want to go to church and he wanted to drink and he wanted to enjoy his youth. She is only 20 and her husband is 17. Both converts to the church. The sister told us how her greatest desire is to go to the temple, but she cant because her husband is not worthy. She explained how she saw her older sister leave the temple after being sealed and her face was different. She asked her sister what was in there, what is it like? Her sister told her she couldnt say because it wouldnt be right, she needed to experience it for herself, she need to see for her self the beautiful temple. This sister with tears in her eyes explained how the only thing she wants in the world is to go inside and see all the beautiful lights and crystals and to recieve the blessings of the temple and be sealed to her daughter and husband. I told this sister, the Lord would provide a way. I then asked her Hermana, have you done absolutely everything you can to get your husband worthy to go to the temple? Is there anything else you can try? She told me yes, I then promised her, Hermana, if you do those things, if you can check off the last plans and go to the Lord and tell him you have done ALL THAT YOU CAN! He will make miracles happen so you can go into the temple with or without your husband. We cannot make him be righteous, but we can do our part, we can do all we can, and then only then, only after doing all you can, we Can ask the Lord to help us. I promised her she would go to the temple one day if she continued to be worthy in spite of those around her. She told me she would drag her husband as far as he would let her. She promised to do all she can. I hope you can all see the wonderful blessings of the temple, and the importance they have in the lives of saints everywhere. I hope you remember this sister and her determination to go just one time to see the beautiful lights and crystals of the temple so she can know what lies behind those sacred walls. What really was significant to me was the fact this woman lived in a two room house with her mother, brother, daughter father and husband. They all slept in one and had the kitchen in the other. Her house was full with all their Liahona magazines, and the humble home was just cinderblock with a tin roof. I imagined how absolutely amazed this sister would be to walk into the celestial room and to see how beautiful, clean, and incredibly well made the temples of God really are. A temple, at least for her, would truly be a heavenly refuge that her own home will never be. I hope you all can feel the importance of temples and make goals to go and dwell and work in the house of the Lord. I know you all are doing great. Are you doing ALL THAT YOU CAN to get to the house of the Lord? so that the lord can make miracles happen?
I love you all
Elder Jacob Wilson
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