秋天在華盛頓

Washington state is one of the most beautiful places, but there is no autumn that compares to the one that I am experiencing now! The trees here are so beautiful! There is a wonderful array of autumn leaves everywhere we go. How can you go a day without recognizing the greatness of our Earth? And the certainty of a divine creator, who loved us so much as to create such an amazing place for us to come experience mortality and live with a family. The most magnificent cycle of change in our environment reminds me of the slow and gradual progression of my spirit. In my life, I will go through period of intense heat, badgering winds and unquenchable storms. But there will also be times of mildness. In this generation, we have a comparable measure of peace! We have the opportunity to speak freely of our God and our religion. It is a wonderful opportunity to be a missionary! Last Monday at the end of the day, we had had little success finding a home to accept us and share time with us to come closer to Christ together, but we work to the end! This former investigator that had been dropped 5 years ago, because they were so difficult to get a hold of, was home! He said that he was a catholic minister! But that he was willing to meet with us the following evening. As we sat with him and spoke of the reality of our God, and His love for us, I felt the spirit so strongly! I testified to him that if he took our challenge to read the book of mormon and ask God the eternal Father in the name of Jesus Christ that God would certainly answer him! It turns out, he only had had a 6 month course to be a minister, and he said that he doesn't really even have time to read the bible right now, so he was unwilling to accept a copy of the book of mormon! That just breaks my heart! Something that has blessed me so greatly, to be taken as a thing of naught. Maybe someday, the spirit that he felt will soften his heart and he can take the chance to discover that he can come ever closer to his God through that book. No matter your understanding of God, your current beliefs or your past religion, that book can bless your life. It of itself has a power in its principles that I cannot deny. That is why we provide it for free! May everyone have an opportunity to read its contents, and come closer to their divine creator.