Chapter 50: The Lord Loves Effort

Happy Labor Day everyone!! I hope everyone gets a chance to celebrate. I know that I'm going to celebrate by teaching the Gospel!! Anyways, this week was really crazy and full of so many miracles. 

We were able to meet with Jimmy a couple of times this week, and at one of our lessons, we had a member call in and share his testimony. It was so powerful, and he spent the whole time telling Jimmy how much he wanted him to be baptized and how that would bless his life. The Spirit was so strong, and Jimmy really felt it. When we left, he said that the next time we came over, he would have a baptismal date picked out! Then, we went over yesterday, and he wants to be baptized by the 1st of October! He has to quit smoking by the 17th to be baptized on that day, so please keep him in your prayers!

This week, we were also able to meet with our friend Linus, and our Bishop was able to join us! The lesson went super well and we were able to talk about covenants and the importance of building our foundation on Jesus Christ. He is studying for a test that he has to pass to get a new job, so we promised him that if he read the Book of Mormon that he would be able to remember what he studied and pass his test. So keep him in your prayers as well, because if he gets this job, he will be able to come to church!

There were so many different meetings this week, and I was involved in planning almost all of them. Two of them were on the same day, so I was getting pretty stressed and nervous. I felt like there wasn't enough time, and that it wasn't going to go well. However, this experience just helped me realize how much Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father help us as we put in our best effort. Which leads into the spiritual thought I wanted to share with you! 

Spiritual thought: Yesterday, I read a General Conference talk called the Imperfect Harvest. It was all about how we are imperfect people, but how through the Lord's grace our imperfect offering can be made perfect. I love knowing that I don't have to be perfect, and that the Lord just asks for our effort. 

Have a great week and Happy September!! Love you all!!

Pictures: 
- VC Sisters ft Elder Hurdman
- Girl Dinner
- Jimmy's set up for us 
- Beaverton Zone 



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