Week 13 In the Field - Trio Fun, Miracles, and Trials

Hey guys, hope everyone is well at home.

This week we had an amazing experience with our recent convert Tona. She went to the hospital several weeks ago and discovered she had a tumor in her womb. She later recieved a prieshood blessing, was baptized, and had a series of dreams that convinced her she would be healed by the Lord. She went in for her operation this week and the tumors were gone! The doctors asked who operated on her and she said The Lord.

This week we also had a very sad experience with Cristino, my recent convert. We discovered one night that he was in a local bar drinking. We helped him stumble a mile to his home. The entire time he was distraught and felt like he had no hope after he had committed this sin. We got to teach him a lot about repentance and God´s love. Tough experience because I really love that guy but a good teaching moment for the both of us.

Other than those two experiences I´m doing great. We have been enjoying our Trio a lot. I´ll attach some neat pictures we took.

I learned a ton from a talk entitled "Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father" by Neal A Maxwell. In it he explains the difference between the people who will live in the Celestial Kingdom and the people who will live in the Terrestrial Kingdom. He says:

Whenever Church members speak of consecration, it should be done reverently while acknowledging that each of us “come[s] short of the gloryof God,” some of us far short (Rom. 3:23). Even the conscientious have not arrived, but they sense the shortfall and are genuinely striving. Consolingly, God’s grace flows not only to those “who love [Him] andkeep all [His] commandments,” but likewise to those “that [seek] so to do”(D&C 46:9).

A second group of members are “honorable” but not “valiant.” They are not really aware of the gap nor of the importance of closing it (see D&C76:75, 79). These “honorable” individuals are certainly not miserable nor wicked, nor are they unrighteous and unhappy. It is not what they have done but what they have left undone that is amiss. For example, if valiant,they could touch others deeply instead of merely being remembered pleasantly.

Let us choose to be more valient in our testimonies of Christ by not just avoiding sins but also by being "Anxiously engaged in a good cause".

Love you guys!

Elder Dawson

Elder Proby and Elder Dawson