I hope you all had a great week. Sister Dee and I are seeing many miracles and we are so happy to be here in Yakima. I know that the Lord is guiding us to the people who need the gospel and we just need to not fear and be willing to open our mouths and talk to those we meet.
This next weekend two people are getting baptized that we have been working with since December and they are both incredible and we have seen how the gospel has changed them. They are happier, you can see it in their faces. One of them is so excited to be able to be baptized and know that the past mistakes and things they've done in the past will be left forever in the past and that she can become a new person as she makes this covenant with Christ.
Yesterday my companion and I rescued the pet rabbit of a member from getting eaten by a dog. We felt like we should go by the member's house even though we were almost positive they wouldn't be home. We went though and were able to get the dog away from the cage with the rabbit in it. The dog had tipped the cage and probably almost scared the rabbit to death before we got there, but we were able to call the member and he came and was able to put the rabbit somewhere safer than their front porch where it had been for a while. So that was a cool experience to be able to prevent some heartache for the family- especially the kids- if the rabbit had gotten killed or eaten, by acting on the feeling that we should go somewhere even though it didn't make sense at first.
Also we had a broadcast from Salt Lake City as our stake conference yesterday and it was incredible. It was focused on the simplicity of the gospel and the spirit was very strong testifying of the truth of the importance of reading the Book of Mormon and really studying it and other scripture, praying, and going to church. I know that it is through experience that we can find out if the church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth. We have to be willing to act on the message though and accept the answers we will receive. We have to align our will with God wants for us, and the way we do that is being obedient to his commandments which we find in the scriptures and from the prophets- living and those who have already died. John 7:17 is one of my favorite scriptures because it teaches us that we can find out if something is true by acting on it.
I hope everyone has a great next week and that you take time to think about how you can improve. What can you be more exactly obedient in? Love you all!
Hermana Brighton
