We saw a lot of miracles this week.
Monday- After P-day, we went and contacted a member referral named Lauren. They live in our trailer park. We taught Lauren, her roommate Asia, and her other friend Benny the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We had a great discussion on repentance.
Tuesday- We went to Elizabeth City to help the Needhams move some stuff into a house there. We came back and went out to Camden. We didn't find much success, but we did get the opportunity to teach Joey Barstow about prayer. We're praying that he will be able to find a new job that allows him to come to church. We went out with Brother Drake in the evening, but it was a slow night.
Wednesday- We went to the food pantry and the people there were asking about out beliefs. It turned into a little bit of a bible bash. Things didn't get too heated. We won by the way ha ha. Elder Davis calmly explained what we believed and answered their questions. We went and taught Austin Spence about the Plan of Salvation. He had done some studying up on us before we got there and he was ready with questions. We went pretty deep at some points. We went and taught Sister Sears the Restoration, then stopped at a gas station/arcade for gas. I'm not kidding. It was an arcade inside of a gas station, a pretty good size one too. Stay classy Currituck. We had our Book of Mormon class and it went very well. We had a brief meeting with the branch presidency then went home.
Thursday- After weekly planning, Jacob Packer brought us lunch, then we went out to try to see some people. We saw a less active named Janet Higgs. We only had enough time to get to know here, and then we were off. After dinner, we went and contacted a member referral in the trailer park named Bunkie.
Friday- We had district meeting today. After district meeting, we exchanged. Elder Bearnson, who was trained by my home slice Elder Lewis, came with me in Currituck. We went and did some service for Danny, then we met Brother Needham at a restaurant and he came with us to a lesson with a woman named Beverly. That was pretty interesting. She has a lot of beliefs. After dinner, we went and taught the Harvleys about scripture study and prayer. They are soooo great. They have a lot of faith, and Leanne has gotten a witness that the Book of Mormon is true!!!
Saturday- We exchanged back really early. Brother Packer came and took us to Nags Head and back. We came back and did our studies. We went and saw Nichole and Big Rob. We read Matthew 3 with them. We went and saw Lonnie. We discussed the Restoration with him. He's committed to praying about the Book of Mormon. We spent the rest of the day trying to track down people, but no luck. Sister Kynaston did hook us up with some chicken and pastry (basically chicken pot pie soup) and ice cream.
Sunday- The Harvleys came to church today. We were completely wiped on miles, but Brother Winters helped us out a ton. We went to see Brother Hulet. He gave us a referral for his back door neighbor. We contacted a referral, then went to the church for dinner. Two members from the stake came and did a Book of Mormon fireside. I'll share an observation I had from it:
Brother Merrell and Sister Merrell came and spoke. They talked about a lot of archeological evidences of the Book of Mormon, but the conclusion was that if we were to build our foundation of our testimony on physical evidence, we would be building upon sand. This reminded me of the rock of revelation that Christ tells us to build on. Revelation is essential for anyone to withstand the storms of life. It reminds me of President Packer's quote "No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less in what it soon will become, without personal inspiration." We cannot expect investigators to withstand the storms of life without them gaining a spiritual manifestation of the truthfulness and divinity of the Book of Mormon. We can't expect anyone to withstand the storms of life without that spiritual manifestation.We start on the bedrock of revelation. We get our foundation.We get a testimony. Any further knowledge after that just adds to the structure of our testimony, but without that foundation, the foundation of a spiritual witness that Jesus is the Christ and that He directs His church, our structure will fall. We need to read the Book of Mormon, ponder in our hearts the message it contains, and then ask God, our Eternal Father if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost, that Jesus is the Christ, Joseph Smith is a prophet, and that the Lord has again reached out and established His church upon the earth.
That's all I have this week folks. Love you. Have a great week.
Elder Dumont