Well thanks to all of those that wrote me and wished me a happy birthday :) The day went by really well. So this week we had a couple things that went on. One, it was my birthday so that made the beginning of the week really good, Second, living in a restaurant by our food cita, we started teaching a gringo the lessons in english.... You have no idea how hard it is to explain the gospel to someone in english after teaching it for so long in spanish. He had alot of different thoughts about the church and our beliefs but it was fun talking to him. Third, We had a conference with Pres Collado on Friday, talking about the new number system that we are using and how we can use it to help the people we are teaching to progress in the gospel :)
This Sunday we also had the Stake Priesthood Session. It was really good except for the fact that we could have had a bigger atendance but its alright. We will strive to do better next time! But another thing is that Pres Q came back from working on the coast so he was at the meeting. He probably wont be leaving back out for awhile. Almost all of the bishops talked about the different duties we have as holders of the priesthood. Some talked on service, others talked on the Sacrament, others on blesssings, etc. Then the Stake Pres spoke and he talked about how bad all the members have been acting at church, using phones, tablets, not paying attention, etc and how we need to fix it NOW because we are the ones in charge of carryig out the Lords work here on the Earth because the Lord has assigned us to do so. He made a joke of the fact that some of us go to the church just to steal the WiFi thats there. But if we think about it, especially the teenagers, how many of them go to church and use their iPhones and such because there is WiFi there? We need to realize why we go to church and have reverence of the things sacred in the church. I loved his talk and I'm sure it helped everyone, including myself to want to be alittle better.
Love you guys!! Hope things are going good at home!
"'Sacred' means worthy of veneration and respect. By designating something as sacred, the Lord signals that it is of higher value and priority than other things. Sacred things are to be treated with more care, given greater deference, and regarded with deeper reverence. Sacred ranks high in the hierarchy of heavenly values."
—Elder Paul B. Pieper
"During sacrament meeting—and especially during the sacrament service—we should concentrate on worship and refrain from all other activities, especially from behavior that could interfere with the worship of others. Even a person who slips into quiet slumber does not interfere with others. Sacrament meeting is not a time for reading books or magazines. Young people, it is not a time for whispered conversations on cell phones or for texting persons at other locations. When we partake of the sacrament, we make a sacred covenant that we will always remember the Savior. How sad to see persons obviously violating that covenant in the very meeting where they are making it."
—Dallin H. Oaks
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Monday, May 26, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Well this week was the Week of the Family. Its a program that the Area Presidency set forth to promote the family and the functions of it. So it started on Monday with a FHE where everyone was to invite non members to their FHE and talk about how FHE has helped the family become stronger and how they family has more united when they do it.
Tuesday through Thursday, they had classes in church about different aspects of the family, like love in the home, relationships between parents and kids, scripture reading, family prayer, etc. They talked about how they could apply them in the home and all the blessing we can receive by doing so!
On Saturday, we had a cultural night where there were dances, songs, and poems. We Elders decided to do a number so my comp brought his guitar and we sang, Yo Sé Que Vive Mi Señor (I Know That My Redemeer Lives) and it was really cool! We have a video that I will have to send later. We then watched a video about how the problems that happen at home can be fixed by just adding alot of love, patience, and long suffering. It was a really good video and everyone was on the verge of tears.
On Sunday, there was the normal meeting in the morning and then at 5pm, there was a special broadcast in the Stake Center to end the Week of the Family. Due to a lot of miscommunication, we aren't able to attend but we did have some other success during the week!!
So on Thursday, Elder D and I, maybe you remember him, went and gave the interview to L for his baptism. D later told me that the interview was awesome, that L was finishing his questions and telling him the answers like it was nothing!! That just shows how much L really wanted to take this step!!!
Later on Saturday, L was able to finally take that step and get baptized!! He loved the experience and his wife was really impressed and loved it as well. And on Sunday, L came to get confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. His wife and kids came as well and they actually decided to stay for all the classes!! He even got the Aaronic Priesthood!!
We are working with his wife so that she will be able to take part of the blessings that they need in their lives!!! Not too much this week but it was a week of success for me!!
“When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.”
--Joseph Fielding Smith
“Baptism is a sign to God, to angels, and to heaven that we do the will of God, and there is no other way beneath the heavens whereby God hath ordained for man to come to Him to be saved, and enter into the kingdom of God, except faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and baptism for the remission of sins, and any other course is in vain; then you have the promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
--Joseph Smith Jr.
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Tuesday through Thursday, they had classes in church about different aspects of the family, like love in the home, relationships between parents and kids, scripture reading, family prayer, etc. They talked about how they could apply them in the home and all the blessing we can receive by doing so!
On Saturday, we had a cultural night where there were dances, songs, and poems. We Elders decided to do a number so my comp brought his guitar and we sang, Yo Sé Que Vive Mi Señor (I Know That My Redemeer Lives) and it was really cool! We have a video that I will have to send later. We then watched a video about how the problems that happen at home can be fixed by just adding alot of love, patience, and long suffering. It was a really good video and everyone was on the verge of tears.
On Sunday, there was the normal meeting in the morning and then at 5pm, there was a special broadcast in the Stake Center to end the Week of the Family. Due to a lot of miscommunication, we aren't able to attend but we did have some other success during the week!!
So on Thursday, Elder D and I, maybe you remember him, went and gave the interview to L for his baptism. D later told me that the interview was awesome, that L was finishing his questions and telling him the answers like it was nothing!! That just shows how much L really wanted to take this step!!!
Later on Saturday, L was able to finally take that step and get baptized!! He loved the experience and his wife was really impressed and loved it as well. And on Sunday, L came to get confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. His wife and kids came as well and they actually decided to stay for all the classes!! He even got the Aaronic Priesthood!!
We are working with his wife so that she will be able to take part of the blessings that they need in their lives!!! Not too much this week but it was a week of success for me!!
“When you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus.”
--Joseph Fielding Smith
“Baptism is a sign to God, to angels, and to heaven that we do the will of God, and there is no other way beneath the heavens whereby God hath ordained for man to come to Him to be saved, and enter into the kingdom of God, except faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and baptism for the remission of sins, and any other course is in vain; then you have the promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
--Joseph Smith Jr.
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Monday, May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014
Happy Birthday Mom!! I love you so much!!
Mom, I don't know how I could thank you for everything that you have done, given, or made for me in my life. Everything I am or ever will be is because of you. I cant even imagine how hard is was to raise a crazy child like me. I cant imagine how you feel while I am away from home right now but I know that you are proud of me. Because of your influence, your love, your care, I am here. I know that I'm not perfect but I get better everyday due to the things that I have learned because of you. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for your constant efforts to teach me the things our Lord has given us. Now I have the chance to teach what you taught me, to others so that they might also know of the blessings that they can receive through obedience to the Gospel. I cant wait to get home and give you a hug, a hug long waited for. :)
Love you Mom!!
Btw... Look this up :)
http://motherhood.mormon.org/?cid=HPTH050814094
Mom, I don't know how I could thank you for everything that you have done, given, or made for me in my life. Everything I am or ever will be is because of you. I cant even imagine how hard is was to raise a crazy child like me. I cant imagine how you feel while I am away from home right now but I know that you are proud of me. Because of your influence, your love, your care, I am here. I know that I'm not perfect but I get better everyday due to the things that I have learned because of you. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for your constant efforts to teach me the things our Lord has given us. Now I have the chance to teach what you taught me, to others so that they might also know of the blessings that they can receive through obedience to the Gospel. I cant wait to get home and give you a hug, a hug long waited for. :)
Love you Mom!!
Btw... Look this up :)
http://motherhood.mormon.org/?cid=HPTH050814094
Monday, May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014
Well this week was pretty great!!! We actually had a baptism. It was of the kid of the bishop. He came to us last week and told us that he couldn't have anyone in his house that wasn't a member. So we started teaching his kid, A. He accepted to be baptized right way so we put the date for the following weekend. Well we baptized him on Friday due to some stuff that the bishop had to do on Saturday. And on Sunday we confirmed him!!!
We also got the awesome opportunity to hike the volcano that is close to our area... San Cristobal. It's the highest in Nicaragua at 5,725 ft. We weren't able to get all the way to the top but we got close. It's actually quite active as well but we didn't have any problems.
So we've been planning this all week. One of the members, Gerardo, told us that he would take us if we were able to get permission. So we tried all week to get things worked out so we and some other missionaries could go. Sunday night, we got permission to go and we got things started. We found out that we were the only ones going due to the fact that the other missionaries had to run some errands in other places of Nicaragua so we decided to go with G, just the 3 of us. We got up at 3:30am to get out of the house by 4:30am to catch a truck that would take us to a town called Las Nubes (The Clouds) where we would begin our ascension. We got there at about 6:30am and headed up. We first passed through some avocado orchards, which were really cool, and then headed into some mountain farm land where they had a bunch of herds of cattle. We just followed the path, marking it so we wouldn't get lost coming back and kept going. Then we got to some old lava river beds. It's where the lava had passed awhile back when it exploded and created these rivers that will with water during the rainy season. They were all covered in black/grey rock and tons of volcanic sand. So we decided to stick to the river beds to go straight to the volcano. We go to a point where we had to go back due to the fact that the river bed ended so we busted our own trail about halfway up the side of the volcano. We could see out over all of Chichigalpa and all the little cities around it. It was so awesome and so silent. Something that we don't normally get working in the city. G had his scriptures and we read Alma 60:21-23.
21 Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?
22 Yea, will ye sit in idleness while ye are surrounded with thousands of those, yea, and tens of thousands, who do also sit in idleness, while there are thousands round about in the borders of the land who are falling by the sword, yea, wounded and bleeding?
23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.
It got us thinking about all the Nicaraguenses and how we are selected by God to come to this place and teach them. We cant be sitting around watching them fall away in sin around us, we need to do something about it! It teaches us in 23 that we need to repent before we can teach anyone else how to repent, cleaning the vessel inside and then the outside will be cleaned as well. I love these verses and how it applies to us in the mission and in our lives.
After we said a pray and looked out over the creations of the Lord one last time, we headed back down. So everyone knows that hiking up a mountain is one thing, but hiking down it is a whole different story. And walking on uneven ground makes it all the better. So we struggled our way down, got side tracked a bit but we made it back to the trail head at about 12:30pm. It was good timing and we got down safe. I loved the views and how I will probably never get that chance again. I also brought back some things from the top... Pine cones!! Couldn't believe it when I saw pine trees on the side of volcano. Now, whenever any of you get the chance to look at the Lords creations, just think about how much they mean to you and how much you mean to the Lord.
“Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our home port is the celestial kingdom of God. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course in that direction. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder—never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: Chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.”
― Thomas S. Monson
¡¡¡Les AMO mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
We also got the awesome opportunity to hike the volcano that is close to our area... San Cristobal. It's the highest in Nicaragua at 5,725 ft. We weren't able to get all the way to the top but we got close. It's actually quite active as well but we didn't have any problems.
So we've been planning this all week. One of the members, Gerardo, told us that he would take us if we were able to get permission. So we tried all week to get things worked out so we and some other missionaries could go. Sunday night, we got permission to go and we got things started. We found out that we were the only ones going due to the fact that the other missionaries had to run some errands in other places of Nicaragua so we decided to go with G, just the 3 of us. We got up at 3:30am to get out of the house by 4:30am to catch a truck that would take us to a town called Las Nubes (The Clouds) where we would begin our ascension. We got there at about 6:30am and headed up. We first passed through some avocado orchards, which were really cool, and then headed into some mountain farm land where they had a bunch of herds of cattle. We just followed the path, marking it so we wouldn't get lost coming back and kept going. Then we got to some old lava river beds. It's where the lava had passed awhile back when it exploded and created these rivers that will with water during the rainy season. They were all covered in black/grey rock and tons of volcanic sand. So we decided to stick to the river beds to go straight to the volcano. We go to a point where we had to go back due to the fact that the river bed ended so we busted our own trail about halfway up the side of the volcano. We could see out over all of Chichigalpa and all the little cities around it. It was so awesome and so silent. Something that we don't normally get working in the city. G had his scriptures and we read Alma 60:21-23.
21 Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?
22 Yea, will ye sit in idleness while ye are surrounded with thousands of those, yea, and tens of thousands, who do also sit in idleness, while there are thousands round about in the borders of the land who are falling by the sword, yea, wounded and bleeding?
23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also.
It got us thinking about all the Nicaraguenses and how we are selected by God to come to this place and teach them. We cant be sitting around watching them fall away in sin around us, we need to do something about it! It teaches us in 23 that we need to repent before we can teach anyone else how to repent, cleaning the vessel inside and then the outside will be cleaned as well. I love these verses and how it applies to us in the mission and in our lives.
After we said a pray and looked out over the creations of the Lord one last time, we headed back down. So everyone knows that hiking up a mountain is one thing, but hiking down it is a whole different story. And walking on uneven ground makes it all the better. So we struggled our way down, got side tracked a bit but we made it back to the trail head at about 12:30pm. It was good timing and we got down safe. I loved the views and how I will probably never get that chance again. I also brought back some things from the top... Pine cones!! Couldn't believe it when I saw pine trees on the side of volcano. Now, whenever any of you get the chance to look at the Lords creations, just think about how much they mean to you and how much you mean to the Lord.
“Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our home port is the celestial kingdom of God. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course in that direction. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder—never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: Chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.”
― Thomas S. Monson
¡¡¡Les AMO mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
Monday, April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014
Wow, this week just ended and I felt like it had just started. The time is slowly ticking down and the days are going by faster. This week we didn't do too much. We taught a lot of people and walked a lot.
We are still working working with L and D. He has changed his baptismal date for the 10th of May. But his wife no longer has a date.. We are working with her on that. I love this family and we have a really good friendship. We are hoping that we can teach her the importance so that she will want to do it with her husband. I was talking to ex Elder T and he thinks that he is the key. After L is baptized, I'm sure she will see it and wanna do it as well.
Thats one thing I have learned in the mission, that we can not force people to do the Lords will. Sometimes when we take people to church, I feel as if the people just go because we told them they need to and not because they wanted to. As a Missionary, I have learned that I need to do all that I can to teach about the importance of completing with the commandments and the blessings that they can receive from doing so. But I cannot force them to do it. It would be like getting talked into doing something that I never wanted to do and then hating it after. That's what happens here, a lot of missionaries convince the people they teach to get baptized and then the missionaries wonder why they never want to go back to church. We always have to remember that they have their own agency and that we can do nothing about it. We can teach them what they need to do but in the end, it is up to them if they want to follow it or not. That's where a true conversion comes in. That is when one actually does what they need to do because they WANT to do it, not because they feel obligated to do it. It's sad to see people reject the things we teach but we can't do anything about it other than pray and keep helping them all we can so they can realize for themselves that things the Lord has in store for them!!!
You have agency, and you are free to choose. But there is actually no free agency. Agency has its price. You have to pay the consequences of your choices.
~ Dieter F. Utchdorf
Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan’s plan of force. With this sublime gift, we can grow, improve, progress, and seek perfection. Without agency, none of us could grow and develop by learning from our mistakes and errors and those of others…. I do not really think the devil can make us do anything. Certainly he can tempt and he can deceive, but he has no authority over us that we do not give him.
~James E. Faust
¡¡¡Les Amo MUCHO!!!
Elder Daugherty
We are still working working with L and D. He has changed his baptismal date for the 10th of May. But his wife no longer has a date.. We are working with her on that. I love this family and we have a really good friendship. We are hoping that we can teach her the importance so that she will want to do it with her husband. I was talking to ex Elder T and he thinks that he is the key. After L is baptized, I'm sure she will see it and wanna do it as well.
Thats one thing I have learned in the mission, that we can not force people to do the Lords will. Sometimes when we take people to church, I feel as if the people just go because we told them they need to and not because they wanted to. As a Missionary, I have learned that I need to do all that I can to teach about the importance of completing with the commandments and the blessings that they can receive from doing so. But I cannot force them to do it. It would be like getting talked into doing something that I never wanted to do and then hating it after. That's what happens here, a lot of missionaries convince the people they teach to get baptized and then the missionaries wonder why they never want to go back to church. We always have to remember that they have their own agency and that we can do nothing about it. We can teach them what they need to do but in the end, it is up to them if they want to follow it or not. That's where a true conversion comes in. That is when one actually does what they need to do because they WANT to do it, not because they feel obligated to do it. It's sad to see people reject the things we teach but we can't do anything about it other than pray and keep helping them all we can so they can realize for themselves that things the Lord has in store for them!!!
You have agency, and you are free to choose. But there is actually no free agency. Agency has its price. You have to pay the consequences of your choices.
~ Dieter F. Utchdorf
Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan’s plan of force. With this sublime gift, we can grow, improve, progress, and seek perfection. Without agency, none of us could grow and develop by learning from our mistakes and errors and those of others…. I do not really think the devil can make us do anything. Certainly he can tempt and he can deceive, but he has no authority over us that we do not give him.
~James E. Faust
¡¡¡Les Amo MUCHO!!!
Elder Daugherty
Monday, April 21, 2014
April 21, 2014
Ok!! So this week has been really hard. Due to the fact that it was Semana Santa!! This time of year, the weather is at it's hottest. SO everyone gets their pools out and hangs outside in the water, or they pack up and go to the beach or the the closest river to go cool off. And we walk the hot streets looking for people that want to hear our message!!
The streets were pretty empty this week. We walked and talked to just about anyone we could. Most were drunk or were already headed to another church to have a meeting. But we didn't stop!!! Even though there weren't very many people, we were able to bring a family to church!! L and D!! We also had the chance to have Pres Collado come and work with us. He came to see how we were doing and he wanted to go out and work with us. So I went with him and my comp went with some other missionaries to teach. We went to visit L and Pres Collado was very impressed with how well we have been teaching him and his family. He told L that he has the potential to become a strong leader and teacher in the church. The next day, L asked me what he meant when Pres had told him that. I explained that after he is baptised, he will be able to teach others of what he has experienced and help them to receive the blessings just like he will. He seemed very happy about it. He has a baptismal Date for the 10th of May. His wife, however, does not... we are working on that right now. I'm sure that after he is baptized that his wife will see how much he has changed and want to follow him so they can be happy together.
Hope everyone had a good Easter Week!!!
http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
The streets were pretty empty this week. We walked and talked to just about anyone we could. Most were drunk or were already headed to another church to have a meeting. But we didn't stop!!! Even though there weren't very many people, we were able to bring a family to church!! L and D!! We also had the chance to have Pres Collado come and work with us. He came to see how we were doing and he wanted to go out and work with us. So I went with him and my comp went with some other missionaries to teach. We went to visit L and Pres Collado was very impressed with how well we have been teaching him and his family. He told L that he has the potential to become a strong leader and teacher in the church. The next day, L asked me what he meant when Pres had told him that. I explained that after he is baptised, he will be able to teach others of what he has experienced and help them to receive the blessings just like he will. He seemed very happy about it. He has a baptismal Date for the 10th of May. His wife, however, does not... we are working on that right now. I'm sure that after he is baptized that his wife will see how much he has changed and want to follow him so they can be happy together.
Hope everyone had a good Easter Week!!!
http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694
¡¡¡Les Amo Mucho!!!
Elder Daugherty
April 21, 2014
Mitch, we are having a missionary night for YW. Can you answer these questions for me? Love, Mom
What influenced you to serve a mission?
1. The fact that the gospel has influence my life so much gave me the desire to show others how it can bless theirs. My parents taught me since I was a little kid that a mission is what I should do. They never forced me to do it but they did show me how much it can bless my life. Because of that, I want others to know how it is to have this gospel in their own families.
What best prepared you for serving a mission?
2. Truthfully, I wasn't all that prepared to go, all I knew is that I wanted to go. I just wanted to go where the Lord would send me to teach the people that needed me at that time in theirs lives. But having a family that tries everyday to live the gospel helped me a lot to prepare for the mission. And having siblings helped me a bit in learning how to deal with some companions :)
What has been a memorable mission experience?
3. We passed by a recent converts house on a Saturday. We weren't planning on going but we decided to pass by to see how they were doing. A family lives there that were baptized about 6 months ago. When we got there, the husband ran out of the house with his backpack of stuff and said he wasn't going to come back. He said some other stuff that was causing him to want to get out of the house. We had no idea what was going on and how it all got started. Se went in to the house and started talking to the wife and got the big ol story about what was going on. False accusations and money stealing stuff... anyways we got talking to her more and out of the blue she said that it would be better if she just killed herself so she wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I don't know how many of you have been with someone when they talk about seriously taking their own life but it is something I will never forget. She has a little 3 yr old girl that ran in when she said this. So I had her look at her daughter, had her think about how much she loved her and how she would feel to have her daughter go without a mom. She said she wouldn't know how she would feel. Then I talked about how much the Lord loves her and we all just started to cry. The spirit was so strong at that moment because we knew that we went by her house at the right time. The Lord really does watch over each and ever one of His children. We must never forget that!!!
Do you have any thoughts or feelings you would like to share with the YW?
4. Young women, I encourage you to serve missions. Sister missionaries have a certain spirit that us Elders don't have. I have seen families that listen to the missionaries for years and then the moment a pair of sisters teach them, they get baptized. The sister missionaries truly have this love for the people. As soon as you find that love for the gospel, you will find it for the people you teach.
What influenced you to serve a mission?
1. The fact that the gospel has influence my life so much gave me the desire to show others how it can bless theirs. My parents taught me since I was a little kid that a mission is what I should do. They never forced me to do it but they did show me how much it can bless my life. Because of that, I want others to know how it is to have this gospel in their own families.
What best prepared you for serving a mission?
2. Truthfully, I wasn't all that prepared to go, all I knew is that I wanted to go. I just wanted to go where the Lord would send me to teach the people that needed me at that time in theirs lives. But having a family that tries everyday to live the gospel helped me a lot to prepare for the mission. And having siblings helped me a bit in learning how to deal with some companions :)
What has been a memorable mission experience?
3. We passed by a recent converts house on a Saturday. We weren't planning on going but we decided to pass by to see how they were doing. A family lives there that were baptized about 6 months ago. When we got there, the husband ran out of the house with his backpack of stuff and said he wasn't going to come back. He said some other stuff that was causing him to want to get out of the house. We had no idea what was going on and how it all got started. Se went in to the house and started talking to the wife and got the big ol story about what was going on. False accusations and money stealing stuff... anyways we got talking to her more and out of the blue she said that it would be better if she just killed herself so she wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I don't know how many of you have been with someone when they talk about seriously taking their own life but it is something I will never forget. She has a little 3 yr old girl that ran in when she said this. So I had her look at her daughter, had her think about how much she loved her and how she would feel to have her daughter go without a mom. She said she wouldn't know how she would feel. Then I talked about how much the Lord loves her and we all just started to cry. The spirit was so strong at that moment because we knew that we went by her house at the right time. The Lord really does watch over each and ever one of His children. We must never forget that!!!
Do you have any thoughts or feelings you would like to share with the YW?
4. Young women, I encourage you to serve missions. Sister missionaries have a certain spirit that us Elders don't have. I have seen families that listen to the missionaries for years and then the moment a pair of sisters teach them, they get baptized. The sister missionaries truly have this love for the people. As soon as you find that love for the gospel, you will find it for the people you teach.
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