Super Cool week this week for Elder Moss and I. We had transfers today but luckily he and I are staying together. I was praying for that one. We had the baptism of our investigator named B this past Saturday and was confirmed yesterday. It is always so spiritual when one of your investigators is confirmed. I think it's because you know that the Spirit has to be there and you feel it so strong. Really a neat experience. B was one of the coolest miracles on my mission so far. He drove up from Colorado the same day that Elder Moss and I drove into St.Paul and we met him one day later. When B got to Minnesota, he was a smoker, a drinker, and deeply rooted in his Shaman past. It was amazing to see the change in him in only 5 weeks. The Lord truly can do his own work.
We had the coolest lesson yesterday with a couple of really funny moments that I wanted to tell you about. We taught a married woman named Y in her 20's a restoration on her doorstep on Friday and we were going back last night to teach her and her husband named P. As we sat in with them we learned that P's parents had been in a divorce and that he had felt so much pain from that in his life and also that one of his fears is that he and his wife will end up traveling down the same road. The initial conversation led to him asking, "So what makes your church so different then ours?" My mouth almost started watering at that moment. I truly felt like a spiritual hunter. We then taught him a beautifully constructed Restoration lesson and towards the end the Spirit was filling the room. I felt an overwhelming sense of love for this man and his wife. He had a question on priesthood authority when we proceeded to answer him like this P could your wife and you go in the woods out back and have her baptize you. He stopped for a second and then said of course not she doesn't have the authority, (I smiled so big when he said that), "P, there are one of two options here, seeing as two teenage white boys just walked into your house and made you completely rethink your entire life, either we are the best 2 lyers the world has ever seen, or this message is true." We then paused for about ten seconds and then watched as the Spirit hit him right in the face. It was so strong you could see it. We then said this, "P we promise you in the name of the Lord that as you are baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by someone holding the priesthood authority of God and then receive the Holy Ghost, the pain of your parents divorce will be lifted through the suffering and pain of Christ and you will be able to make correct choices to lead you and your wife to an eternity of happiness and life with God." Needless to say he accepted and can't wait for church on Sunday. Also after he said the closing prayer he told us all about how he and his wife were discussing why there are so many different churches on the earth and how they really felt like there was something missing in all the churches they had been to. It was one of the greatest lessons on my mission. I love the power of the Spirit and the peace that it brings to others lives. After the lesson Elder Moss and I walked outside and just couldn't help but burst out laughing. It is just the funniest thing to watch stubborn people get slapped by the Spirit and then humble themselves and come unto God. We really are just a couple of teenage kids walking around with blue books and ties, but what is great is when the investigator realizes that we are called of God to help them find the truth.
Dad my bike is actually doing good honest. For reals promise with a cherry on top. I love you all and I hope that you are having a great time back in SLC. Have a great week.
-Elder Henrie
P.S. Mom and dad you should follow Elder Ballard's advice and call up the missionaries and ask them to bring some investigators to your home so they can be taught their. If you do that, you can count it as my birthday present/Christmas present for the rest of my life. Love ya.
B is on the left. Love this guy
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