Hard Work and Diligence

Hey y'all, 

Another great week here in Gville. Elder Tuft and I have really learned a lot together. Many great life lessons and greater understanding of principles of the gospel. The greatest one being the importance of hard work and diligence. Each night, as soon as we get home to our apartment, we fall to our knees thanking the Lord for his blessings. We feel peace in our hearts knowing that we did our best that day, REGARDLESS the outcome. This week it hit us as we were reviewing our teaching pool and how we can help our individual investigators. Nobody is progressing. We've taught well over 100 lessons to people, feeling the spirit and having great conversations with people about the gospel, but no one has real intent to change. The greatest lie out there that has been created by Satan is we are all saved by 100% grace. That Jesus died for our sins and no matter what we do, as long as we believe in him and give God the credit for everything each day, we will be saved. Do not be deceived by cunning plan of the evil one. For believing once saved always saved, it then contradicts the purpose of life! Now is the time to prepare to meet God. This does not mean that we can do whatever we want throughout the week and remove any sense of responsibility, then the moment we go to church and worship, we will be forgiven and all is well. Brothers and Sisters, this life is about progression and constantly changing into the Sons and Daughters our Heavenly Father intended us to be. Do we realize our potential?? Life is hard yes, we all have trials and tribulations yes, but they are for our benefit! As we strive to live the principles of the gospel to the best of our ability, by obedience, study, prayer, service to others, magnifying our callings, etc. Then that is when the mercy and love of the Savior comes and makes up the difference. That is when our capacities will be expanded and our weaknesses will be made strong. I bare witness this is true and we will be sanctified by the spirit and our Heavenly Fathers love will be poured out upon us. 

Our Scripture study class went good. We had a turn out of about 15 and the discussion of baptism answered the questions and concerns of the investigators. This week we will be teaching about the spirit and the difference between the light of Christ, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. We will also lead the group into the chapel and have a less active brother, who happens to be a professional organist, play for everyone as they sit and ponder about their questions and feel the spirit to receive personal revelation. It will be great! 

We also started to run stadium stairs at UF every other morning. Fixin to shed a few more pounds here pretty soon! Love y'all! Talk to ya next week.