Show me, not tell me

Subject Line: Sorry, Mom, I'm never coming home

Hola

It was an OK week. It's cold. I love it! We had alot of appointments fall through so our stats were kinda low, but we must press onward. No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing.

We did have a great lesson with Juanita and Travelius. Travelius is right on the money. We were teaching some of the commandments. He used to be Baptist and the main reason he doesn't go there anymore is because the preachers say one thing then do another. He says, "show me, not tell me". That's when we committed them again to follow the example of Christ and be baptized. He said, "yes, I have to. My decision has not changed."

Another reason that he didn't like the Baptist religion is the collection plate. He said that if you go to a Baptist church they will pass around a collection plate at least 6 times. And then they post it on a projector how much people have donated. We were just about to teach the law of tithing when he said " if I understand the bible correctly, it should be 10% of your increase." That blew me away. My companion and I looked at each other and just laughed. We told him that's right. Its in Malachi. Then he goes "yes! exactly!" Juanita is bawling at this point. She always feels the Spirit whenever we give lessons. She knows it's true. Travelius knows it's true. They have accepted baptism. The only thing now is to get them married and to get them to come to church. They work a lot so it's hard. But they really really want to go.

Well, that's my spiritual experience of the week. The church is true. It makes sense.

Elder Richards