So on Tuesday I had exchanges with the Zone Leader. While we were driving back our tire got dangerously low so we had to fill it up that was fun. We taught two lessons, one was with one of our friends Nydia who was trying to decide what church to get baptized in. She said she can't decide between ours, and a Baptist church here in Dalhart. She won't pray about it so that's why her choice is so difficult haha. But she wrote down "Baptist" and "Mormon" on her paper in front of her. We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the importance of Baptism but just emphasized Priesthood Authority and how it only is in our church. I know yall are expecting a miracle haha but in the middle of me talking to her she looked at her paper and starred the Baptist church. We asked why and she said because they will let her be who she is, and they don't have "rules" like us. So that was a bummer.
Then we had a lesson with our friends The Meekers. They are interesting because they'll read The Book of Mormon, and they'll talk to us but they don't want to get baptized and change religion. We taught them about Lehi's dream and the tree of life. If you havent studied that lately I strongly recommend you to study that right after this email. It's 1 Nephi 8. It's such an incredible lesson and it's such a perfect way to start out The Book of Mormon! The Vision of the Tree of Life is an "allegory of life" or a road map and a guide for us. It's neat that The Book of Mormon starts with that, because the book of mormon is just that. It's the Iron Rod, our guide to partake of the goodness of Christ and His gospel and our way to navigate this life through the mists of darkness. I won't bore you with more of my thoughts about it, unless you want to email me about it haha. But go read it and study it yourself!!
On Wednesday we taught our 5 friends who read the Book of mormon together. We didn't have a ton of time with them, but they got to read 3 Nephi 11 and specifically liked how Christ taught Baptism. So that's way cool!
Thursday I had one of the most incredible lessons of my mission! It was a guy named Bo, who we've been trying to contact for weeks. So his mom was baptized two years ago but then passed away this last summer. He explained that he heard a bit of the missionary lessons when they taught his mom, but he's a Baptist so he didn't really care. But he did feel like our church was different. He's read The Book of Mormon and likes it a lot. As I listened to him talk about his mom, I had the strongest impression of her in the room with us and of her desire to have him join the church. I told him what I felt and the spirit filled the room so fast and we all were in tears! He explained a few stories in his life where he felt he should have died, but he was saved. We testified that he was saved because this is his time, to join God's true church. And we testified that he needs to be baptized to see his mom again, and then at the end after we taught him about Joseph Smith I looked at him and said "Bo, you need to be baptized." And he goes "ya know, you're probably right but I need to think" hahaha. So he's currently reading and praying about Baptism! Pray for Bo!
We're putting a huge focus lately on helping the members do missionary work, and getting them excited for it! Because honestly guys, we are all missionaries whether you have a tag or not. This is the true church, and if you truly love it why would you not share it! So I challenge yall to share it! And if you need to grow to love it more before you share it, then do that too! But still share it after haha.
We had some other fun and cool lessons throughout the week but those were the highlights! And kind of a lowlight but the first one was funny haha. I love yall! Reach out to me whenever you'd like!
Love, Elder Ryan
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