Spirit Coming in Strong This Week

Gotta exercise the physical body as well as the spirit

Nothing better than little P-day tennis in that great Vegas sunshine

October 12, 2015

So we had 2 real big spiritual moments this last week. 

Numero 1: We've been working with this family for a while, but the wife has decided that it really isn't for her. However, the husband still likes us coming over. We went over this past week and had a member with us. We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the 5 steps He's given us to be able to return and live with God again. When we got to baptism the room got noticeably very peaceful. The kids stopped being rowdy, the neighbors outside quieted down, everything just seemed to be focused in on that moment. After describing the importance of baptism, we officially invited him to be baptized. He was quiet for a second and then said, "I know I need to say yes, because the second you asked me that question my body started shivering like something entered my body, but like a super peaceful and reassuring sort of power." ......What? Holy Ghost coming in strong! That was a super cool moment.

Numero 2: We get back Sunday night after a full week’s worth of work. We are about to go into daily planning for Monday. Our phone gets a text. It's the wife of one of the families we are working with. She says her husband isn't doing good and she asks us to come over. We go, and enter the house and sit down with the husband. He pours out his heart to us for the next 30 mins about all the trials and struggles he is going through. It was actually probably the most intense moment of my mission sitting in that man’s living room listening to him talk about a lot of dark things. But, the Holy Spirit was there and guided Elder Walker and my words. It was probably the coolest moment of my mission yet as I sat there and testified to him that the way to overcome all of this, is through Jesus Christ. We testified that Jesus Christ through the power of his Atonement could take away all of those bad feelings and mold him into the man he wants to be, if he would but let him do that. I can't say that I've ever truly felt more guided in my words, or more like a true missionary than in that moment. It was definitely one I will remember for the rest of my life. The husband’s countenance had completely changed by the time we finished and he said he believed us and felt really peaceful and was going to do his best to keep pushing forward.

It truly is such an incredible thing to preach of the healing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Other than that we had a pretty solid week. We are now going into week 6 of the transfer and so the next time I email you guys I will we be telling you what is happening with me for the next transfer! We also have another Zone Training Meeting to give this week so we are prepping for that.

Hope you all have a fantastic week! Les quiero mucho!

-Elder Alley