This was an awesome week! We had Zone Conference and I went back down to Lubbock to my old area which is a blast. I'll talk about that a little later.
On Tuesday we had a fantastic lesson with the Von Bose family. The dad is a member but he hasn't been active since he was 19, he's maybe 40 or so now. His wife is not a member, and she grew up in a Baptist church. Missionaries have tried to get in with them for awhile but haven't had much success, so we were stoked when we finally got something set up with them. We went in and talked for a bit and got to know them and eventually we found that this is the mom's second marriage, and she had a 5 year old girl who passed awY in a car accident a few years earlier. She is still really heartbroken, and she feels like no one has the answers to what will happen to her little girl, if she will get to raise her one day, and questions like those.
It was a really sad situation, but as we talked with her, we spoke about the Resurrection of Christ and the hope that comes through Him and His Atonement. We started to ask about her personal relationship with God and she hasn't prayed in years, and then she practically begged us to help her grow closer to God and Jesus Christ and fix the relationship. SO COOL!! Please pray for Ashley!
On Friday I went down to Lubbock for MLC and it was super great. We decided as a mission that we would read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover by June 15th. President Child has made some incredible promises, including that every area would baptize if we do it!
A huge lesson I learned this week was the importance of Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. With our friend Ashley having lots of questions about the Millennium and whether or not she could raise her daughter and how that would work, I started digging looking for something that would help her. What I learned was that we don't have all the answers to questions in life, but what we do have is our Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and His Atonement. We may not have all the answers, but I know that all things will be made fair through the Atonement of Jesus Christ! Love yall!
Love, Elder Ryan
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