Week 5: A Trip to the Temple too!

 Elder McMinn and Elder Bowman

This week has been a really good week. I was able to extend my first baptismal invitation and the light and happiness that came into my investigators eyes was absolutely incredible. You can tell that she has had it confirmed to her that all of our teachings have been true. I was able to go to the temple this week too. I didn't participate  in any ordinances but I was able to go and watch two new converts participate in baptisms for the first time. 

Elder McMinn and Elder Knight

That same day I went on exchanges with my Zone Leader Elder Knight. He is one of the nicest guys that I have ever met. He has been out 23 months and shared some really incredible insight that helped me this week. After the temple we went to South Oklahoma City which is primarily an Hispanic area. Elder Knight is a Spanish missionary. So as we were going around looking for people I spent most of the day trying to pick up on all of the Spanish words that I could. I was able to start a conversation then Elder Knight would do all of the teaching of the doctrine while I would sit there and nod. It makes me wish that I was more willing to learn a language because that was a lot of fun.

This week has been a good one and nothing too seriously crazy happened but I was able to notice the Spirit directing me at all times which has been incredible for me. One month down. Only 23 more to go.

My favorite scripture this week is Alma 32:27.

But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let his desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.

"Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven who loves you more than you can comprehend."

-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland