Liu Jiemei was baptized on Saturday!! The baptismal service was great and the spirit was there so strong. She has such a strong testimony and it has been a huge testimony builder to me to see her grow in the gospel over the passed couple months. One of the most special things about the whole service to me as I look back on it, is that her 5 and 7 year daughters, and sister were all able to see her make sacred covenants with our Father in Heaven. She is being such a great example to all of them, and because of liu jiemei's decision, these two young girls get to be raised in the gospel.
Last night we were not having very much success and we were a little discouraged, it was one of those nights no one wanted to talk to us. But in my mind I knew there was one person that we needed to find. But as we went door to door no one wanted to listen. Pretty soon it was time to go home and we started biking back to the apartment, but i still had this feeling we would find someone. We got about 7 minutes down the road when a thought hit me to go back to where we just tracted, my first thought was we can't, we are already like half way home, but it just kept getting stronger and stronger so I finally turned around. At first i think Elder Warner was wondering what in the world i was doing lol. I had no idea where i needed to go, i just knew i needed to turn around. So we headed back to the street i thought we had completely tracted and without even thinking i just pulled in front of a house and new we had to talk to them. I knocked on the door and a lady answered, we told her we were missionaries, She was Christian and so we told her we were sharing about the restoration of Jesus Christ's church. She was very intrigued and had never known why we have so many Christian churches on the Earth. We basically shared the whole Jospeh Smith story and the Book of Mormon as his experience's evidence. She told us she has lots of interest in learning and we could come back next week and share more.
As I look back on this experience, I thank the Lord for humbling me enough to listen to even the smallest of promptings. It may not always be the most convenient to do, but it is the Lord's will, and you will be blessed more than you can ever imagine if you are willing to listen and act! I have seen this countless times on my mission. I know that this is the Lord's church and he is actively guiding his work, I am a witness of it!
With Easter this week, I read in 3 Nephi about the Savior's appearance to the America's. It truly is amazing what the savior did for us. The more time I am out here, I rely more and more on the savior and enabling power of the atonement.! One of the most humbling things about being a missionary is realizing that you represent the greatest man to ever walk the earth. He did so much for us so we can overcome our sorrows, weaknesses, challenges, sin, and death! This Easter I hope you can think a little more about him, and read a little bit in 3 Nephi, starting in chapter 11!
Because He lives again, We too can live again!
Love
Elder Michael Henderson
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