The Ammon Approach

Afternoon everyone!

I'm emailing a little later than usual because this morning we got to take a trip down to Elkwater! It's an inter-provincial park about an hour away from Medicine Hat. We had a good time! I'll make sure to attach some pictures.

We had a good week! We didn't get to meet with too many of our investigators this week, but a lot of good things happened. We got to do some service for a former investigator named Brenda. She's an older lady that has some health issues, and so we got to help her out with some gardening. We had a nice chat with her, and we'll be going over again this week to do some more service and invite her to take the discussions again. It's been about a year since she's had contact with missionaries and she was really appreciative of all that we did for her.

About a week ago the Hydes in our ward referred us to their friend, Jocelyn. On Friday we had a lesson with her in the Hyde's home and it went really well! She was a little hesitant to set up a return appointment, but she said that she would read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. She's been going through a difficult time, and so our whole focus of the lesson was on Jesus Christ and how we can find greater peace and happiness through Him. It's always powerful to talk about the Atonement and the love that our Heavenly Father has for us. She definitely felt the spirit in the lesson, so we're praying that she expresses more interest and lets us meet with her again.

This week we're going to try and set a firm appointment up with Robert for baptism. We're praying it goes well! We should also be able to meet with Lana. She texted us this week and said that she read a bit of the Book of Mormon and prayed about it, but didn't get an answer. She said that she's going to keep trying though!

This week I've been reviewing some of the talks from the past General Conference, and I wanted to share just a bit from Carol F. McConkie's talk from the Women's Session.

When Martha received Jesus Christ into her home, she felt a tremendous desire to serve the Lord to the best of her ability. Her sister, Mary, chose to sit “at Jesus’ feet” and to hear His word. When Martha felt burdened about serving without any help, she complained, “Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?”
I love the words of the most gentle rebuke that I can imagine. With perfect love and infinite compassion, the Savior admonished:
“Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
“But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

 Sisters, if we would be holy, we must learn to sit at the feet of the Holy One of Israel and give time to holiness. Do we set aside the phone, the never-ending to-do list, and the cares of worldliness? Prayer, study, and heeding the word of God invite His cleansing and healing love into our souls. Let us take time to be holy, that we may be filled with His sacred and sanctifying Spirit. With the Holy Ghost as our guide, we will be prepared to receive the Savior in the beauty of holiness.

Sometimes we need to just take a step back from our busy lives, and allow the Lord to teach us. We need to make the time to study His word and listen to His spirit. We need to put aside things of little importance to make time for things of eternal importance. I know that as we take more time to focus on the Savior and his teachings, greater peace, joy, and happiness will come into our lives.

Love ya'll!

Love,

Elder Moffitt