March 17, 2014

OK, to start, we had our Stake Conference yesterday and Saturday. We worked super hard all week and we were able to bring 2 families to church. One on Saturday and one on Sunday. We have been preparing for this week for awhile. We had an adult session on Saturday, talking about doing to missionary work as members and looking out for the other members that are less active and taking the initiative to go out and do the work. Then on Sunday, we had a special broadcast from Elder Martino of the 70. He talked about tithing, the sacrament, and temple works. He was followed by Elder Scoot of the 12. He talked about the atonement of Christ and how we can use it to help the work. Then talked Sister Oscarson (something like that) and she was followed my Elder Oaks of the 12. They all talked about the importance of hurrying the work of the Lord and what we need to do as members to do our part. It was pretty awesome and we had about 600 people show up to the conference.

So this week, we have been working really hard with this family, L and D. They are really good friends of the Stake Pres' family. They were a reference of the Pres and we started teaching them with the Pres' family. This week, we had dinner/FHE at the Pres house on Monday, on Friday, we had a dinner/lesson at his house again, and After church on Sunday, we had lunch with them at the Pres house. L, before we started talking to him, was Agnostic. Pretty much he believed in reincarnation, evolution, etc... but his wife, D has noted a change in him since our first visits, that he really likes the church and loves the teachings of the Gospel. She sends us texts all the time thanking us for all that we have done for her family. We hope to help this family to the waters of baptism here soon. We are letting the spirit guide us a lot on this family. We actually have a dinner/FHE tonight with them.

I love this work and I am so thankful for all those that support me and give me the desire to work until the end!!

“When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer—no matter how eloquent the oration.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love encompasses us completely."
—Dieter F. Uchtdorf

It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are to be more than sanctuaries, they should also be places where God's Spirit can dwell, where the storm stops at the door, where love reigns and peace dwells. ----—Thomas S. Monson

¡¡¡Les amo Mucho!!!

Elder Daugherty