So this week has been a decent week! We had a lot of
road blocks in the way though! and many things that could have worked
out a little differently but that is just how it had to happen! I am
working really hard to build back up the area to how it was. Its not as
easy as i thought though i am working as hard as possible to be A+
obedient and i just hope that i will be able to be the example to Elder
Mitchell as well! I believe if we can do that the area will grow and
prosper once again just like the Book of Mormon Promises us! If we keep
the commandments we will prosper and i know that the white handbook is
commandments that i must live right now for the two years! I am upset
and feel horrible about a huge mistake that i made this transfer that is
a disgrace before God and i know i should have been more careful! but i
made the mistake when i Baptized Shivanie Herecharran and i didnt look
at the birthday and it didnt even cross my mind to check it. turns out
that she was born in 2007 which means she is only 7 years old! I have
had this weight on my shoulder ever since i found out and i cant get rid
of it! i feel like i have not only disappointed everyone here but also
the Lord! i have prayed so hard to gain a forgiveness but i dont know
what to do! i know it is not a good thing that i allowed to happen! What
should i do?
So i want to tell you what i have learned about
and from the Book of Mormon. This past couple of transfers that i have
been reading it again i have gotten so much out of it. i also cant wait
to read it from the beginning again this transfer. The Book of Mormon is
a powerful tool. just like we are taught. lately i have seen so many
people begin to change as the read it, it also is so powerful that if we
can only get the people to read it it solves all the contention and
bible bashing that people come at us with! i even have had the chance
lately to see how it will work with one of our investigators who is from
nigeria! he told us it would be great if we could get it in his
language IGBO. i thought to my self we will never find it but it turns
out that the church has that language i cant wait to get it to him
because i know that his life will change because of this book! i have
also seen such a big change in my life. i have found so much comfort
from the words in alma about the Plan of Salvation as well as the many
parts that we can see the christlike attributes! i love to study about
how christ was and is! i cant lie the Book of Mormon is great at
chastising you as well. i have found many things that i must work on in
my life because of the way i feel reading the Book. as well as the
faults it points out to me, but my attention is always brought back to
what moroni said in moroni 10:32
that we can come unto christ and be perfected in him. we will never be
perfect before but only through christ can we be perfected! I have found
the way to find true happiness in this life and what i must do to reach
it! its not in the world in money or fame or power ,but it is in Jesus
Christ and our Heavenly Father. Eternal Life is promised to those who
follow christ and keep his commandments. He is on our side, but so many
people are left out because they havent learned about the Book of
Mormon. That is my Job and i want to fill it to the best that i can!
That is why i am here because of the Book of Mormon and that is What i
want to share with others! This book changes lives it has mine and i
know many others! i love this book!
I will be in guyana for
another 6 weeks which will bring me close to 6 months in the country!
crazy huh! i will be close to christmas as well. things are coming up
fast i hit the 13 months this week and keep going from there! i hope
things can be good this transfer and that we see success once again! i
love you so much and hope that you have a great week! till next week
Love
Elder Woodruff!
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