9th week/ last week at the MTC

December 11, 2008


I have seen many times this week where the Lord has shown His love by answering my prayers and giving me a lot of comfort by sending angels my way. In the R.C. (Referral Center) where people around the world can call and ask for free Bibles, Book of Mormons, and Church videos and we call to make sure they get them. People can also go onto www.mormon.org and ask us missionaries questions about the church. It is a great learning experience.

This week my companions were not with me because they were sick so I went with the rest of the Elders in my district and my teacher Hermano Gillis, there was a sister that was in charge of the RC that I sat by during my chats but it was difficult to answer these questions with no companion. During one of the phone calls in it was so bad I couldn't understand her Alabama accent and I was stumbling over my words because I didn't want to sound rude by asking her to repeat herself over and over again. So all of a sudden I heard a voice as if from heaven say "bare your testimony"...I was like WOW! So I stopped everything and I bore my testimony! Then the women said to me that she didn't want to be disrespectful but her ride just came to pick her up. So then I was at a loss of words again, so the voice told me this time "end the conversation"...so I stopped and told her to have a great day and ended the conversation. Ha ha ha! Later I found out that it was my Hermano Gillis listening in on the conversation. We talked about it and I re-listened to it to do better next time.

Then I received a call that was completely different. This woman called me and bore her testimony to me that the church is true and that she lost the church once, and she said the people are so nice that she would never turn her back on the church again, so I just thanked her for her testimony and committed her to share it with her family and friends so that they could be as happy as she was.

Then I got a call from a woman and she said that she had a question about Joseph Smith and I was so excited because I received my own personal testimony of Joseph Smith when I went on a family trip back East. But then she asked me "If Joseph Smith was a prophet of God then why did we break Gods commandment of not having multiple wives? She told me that he had 36 wives!!! I had never heard this before so I told her that I didn't know and that, I only knew of Emma. She told me that I had bad resources and that I needed to talk to my supervisor. So I was irritated and felt worthless not being able to answer the question. So all I could do is bare my testimony that I know that he was a prophet of God and that he followed his commandments.

My companion Hermana Griffiths was able to help me feel better by sharing the scripture of Nephi sharing Laban and how that was a commandment that we're not supposed to kill yet this was a commandment from God. Then Hermano Jensen bore his testimony about Joseph Smith, not even knowing my situation. Then Nathan sent me a letter bearing his testimony about prophets. What a great blessing!

I love you all! Have a great day!