This P-day I'm making cinnamon rolls.
I'm almost done with them. In a few minutes they are going to be
ready to put in the oven. That will be fun. I made enough for the
whole zone. So that should be delicious. I made them way back in
Whitehorse one time. Elder Hartman is one of the zone leaders up
here, so he's the only one that has tried them, besides a couple of
other missionaries who are not in Fairbanks. But, anyway – that's
exciting, and then we will probably play basketball. We will probably
play games, too.
We had a good lesson with one of our
investigators. We felt the Spirit while we were teaching, and the Spirit was able to witness that it was true. We are
excited to see how things go from there. We invited her to read the
Book of Mormon, and pray about it. She said she would.
We were also were able to arrive at
this lady's less active house right after she had gotten off the
phone with some very sad news. It was good
to be there for her when she needed help. It was a neat experience,
because we arrived there (seriously) right after she had gotten off
the phone. We were able to talk to her home teachers, and sent them
over. They were planning on going over yesterday after priesthood.
There is another person we are teaching
who has a lot of stuff to work through. He's getting married and
needs to obey the Word of Wisdom. There lives are kind of a mess
right now, but they just need to see how resilient they are, and are
still progressing even though there is so much going on. Our
investigator is able to come closer to God and he is feeling the
Spirit and the peace and joy that comes through that. So they are
able to get through some of their trials and struggles. So, we'll see
how things go with them and hope for the best. We'll just keep
sharing the light with them. So far they are doing pretty good.
In my studies, I was thinking a lot
about the Holy Ghost; just studying about how I can learn to
recognize it more and be guided by it. So I thought of a couple of
questions that I'm finding the answers to. I was wondering why the
Gift of the Holy Ghost was not operative during the time of Christ.
Why he didn't just bestow it while he was there and wait until after
he ascended into heaven for the people to get the Gift of the Holy
Ghost. So that was my question. So that makes we wonder too, well
then in the Book of Mormon they operated under the Melchizedek
Priesthood. So did they have the Gift of the Holy Ghost? How did Lehi
get his Melchizedek Priesthood was the next question? They had the
temple, but he wasn't a Levite. And, they talk about the priesthood
in Alma 13, and they have high priests. So I was kind of thinking
when the Holy Ghost stopped being operative was when the people
rejected the higher law, and they got the Law of Moses; because they
lost the blessings and privileges of the Melchizedek Priesthood. So
they only had the Aaronic Priesthood, and when you only have the
Aaronic Priesthood you can baptize for the remission of sins, but you
cannot bestow the Gift of the Holy Ghost – that is a Melchizedek
Priesthood thing. So, I'm thinking it's then when it stopped being
operative. But anyway, that's kind of what I've been thinking about
lately.
I'm having fun up here in Fairbanks.
It's getting a lot colder. All the leaves are gone, and it's
frosting. Winter should be coming very quickly. But, it's exciting
(haha). Elder Beirne is not enjoying the cold that much, because he's
from Hawaii and Arizona. But, he's making it. Yeah, Fairbanks is
awesome. It's my favorite area. That's it, see you later.
Love, Elder Record
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