Hey Family,
It is already March which is crazy!!! This year has
been flying by. The best part of this week is that, Don is getting baptized. He
told us on Monday that he wants to
baptized sometime in May:) And when don says he is going to do something he
sticks to it, so we know that he is serious. Last week when we were over he said
that he didn't believe in the commandments so he doesn't believe in the church.
This last week he told his wife that he wants to be baptized. He said that he
knew enough that he couldn't deny it and he needed to act on it. And that he
knows that continual learning will come. What a blessing:) We couldn't talk him
into getting baptized any sooner but may will come soon enough I guess. I can't
wait until him and his wife will be able to go to the temple and be sealed. He
has such a tender soul. I feel very blessed to be his friend. I hope that I am
still here in May when he gets baptized, but we shall see! Don tells us that he
is going to go party with his friends for a last hooray, crazy guy:) Hopefully
we can talk him out of it!
Bill McCaulley is a man in the ward that came back to church after 30
years. He has turned his life around and we have been able to reteach him the
lessons. He wants to share the gospel with his family. He told us that he will
be re baptized this Saturday, it
is going to be a private baptism but he wants us to come. He will get the Holy
Ghost and the priesthood on that same day and will get to go to the temple in a
few weeks to have the work done for his mom. We will also get to go for that. He
is such a sweet man. Reminds me that it is never too late to come back, and that
the Lord's timing is in all things. He is an example of great faith to me, to
come back in Humility. He was so nervous but he bore his testimony in Sacrament
mtg on Sunday.
Speaking of Sacrament mtg. ours was an interesting one. We had a man in our
ward sang in his testimony over the pulpit. First he read a poem about a lion,
and the lion was his sins and Jesus came in his power to save the lion. And then
he sang the song from the goo goo dolls, that goes, "give a little bit, give a
little bit of my life to him." Bless his dear heart I don't think that he is
quite all the way there. But it was too funny. Our bishop looked really scared
because he didn't know when it was going to end.
We had a good lesson with James this week. We taught about feeling the
spirit and letting that be your witness of truth. We watched the Restoration and
told him to pay attention to how it made him feel and not what he knew. I think
it really touched him and then my companion told him to "doubt his fears before
he doubts his faith." He said before that he feels the church is true but he
doesn't want to be affiliated with the bad stuff like Joseph Smith being a
polygamist. Nothing we haven't heard before and most people have to get over
that bump so he will be just fine. He comes to church and loves it. I have
decided that if someone is coming to church there is no reason to worry about
them. They will get baptized when their ready.
This week I had a realization about the Plan of Salvation. In my 21 years
of living I didn't realize that the 1000 year reign of Christ was before
judgement and being divided into the three kingdoms. I thought that as soon as
the 2nd coming happened we would be resurrected and then judged and put into the
three kingdoms. And then the 1000 year reign happened and after that there would
be a big war and people would fall away. So I thought that even if you went to
the Celestial Kingdom you could still maybe fall away in a 1000 years. And that
we have to be ready for judgement by the end of this life. I feel so much better
about life now!:) It makes so much sense. I knew that God knows what he is doing
so I just thought alright I don't understand it but he does so that's OK. This
is a big deal I can't believe I had this misconception for 21 years. I am just
glad that we don't teach investigators that part because it is kind of deep
because I would have taught it wrong! Makes me feel a lot better that I don't
have to be perfect at the end of this life but that I will get to live with the
savior for 1000 years and get to really be like him. I like this plan of
salvation much better then my old one:) Guess you learn knew things every day:)
I wonder what other misconceptions I have that are BIG DEALS!
We started this new thing called a primary missionary moment. We will go
into Primary once a month and have a child share a missionary moment that they
had that week. So we introduced it to them and asked for examples and they gave
us a ton of things that they are already doing. These kids are amazing, I sure
do love them. There better missionaries than we are:)
Sister Klecker
is very allergic to cats and we found out this week that everyone here in New
England has cats:( Every night we go home she is puffed up and has a hard time
breathing:( So that is hard. But hopefully we can keep it under control.
I love you family thank you for everything that you do. I sure do love you!
Love Sister Abbey Lou
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