I saw a church this week, who’s name topped all church names
you’ve ever herd up until this point:
Christ Deliverance Temple Church Incorporated.
This week was very interesting. I only got to spend 3 days in my area, due to
various meetings & such. But it was
cool to see the Lord’s hand in our work, directing us to where we were most
needed.
On Tuesday we got word that our Chevy Cruiz had been
recalled, so we took it to a dealership in North Charleston. The service guy, Matt, took a quick look at
it, told us he needed to order some parts, and gave us back the keys so we
could go on our way. We drive back to
Summerville, and then called our vehicle coordinator, to update him on the status
of the repairs. He was nervous about us
driving the car, so he sent us back to N. Chuck to request a rental car, which
we did. We caught Matt, asked for a
rental, he fought us on it for a second, but then ended up getting us the car…so
now I’m feeling very adult in my new Chevy Malibu (seriously the fanciest car I’ve
ever driven…way horrible turning radius though…) and we have unlimited
miles! Seriously the best thing
ever!
Wednesday was MLC. I
love our Mission President, and am not looking forward to his leaving. I’m sure the new guy will be great, but he’s
got pretty big shoes to fill. We got a
call at the car place on Tuesday to train on “having a positive attitude”, and
because of all the mania with the car, we didn’t get to plan it until the car
ride there. We got up to train, nervous
but confident that we’d have Devine help.
(This is one of the things I’ve noticed change in myself…) giving
trainings used to give me serious anxiety…I think that’s why I’ve had to do so
many of them (I recently counted up how many I have given…over 50…crazy huh?). Now I’ve learned to plan to teach, and then
simply give those plans to the Lord & let him direct the training to where
it needs to go. It was seriously a
powerful training, and the Spirit was strong.
I’m so grateful that the Lord gave me this weakness, and the
opportunities to practice, and make it strong.
Thursday we invited a young man named Davion to be
baptized. Davion is 16 years old, very
very shy, and it’s hard to get any response out of him. We’ve been teaching him about the Savior; who
he is and his purpose & ministry here on earth. We talked about the Savior’s baptism, and how
we walked 90 miles to where John the Baptist was, so he could be baptized by
the proper authority…meanwhile, Davion was completely silent. We would ask questions and get a simple not,
or a thoughtful look, but other than that…nothing. We took a leap of faith and invited him to be
baptized the way Christ was. He was
quiet for a sec, and then agreed. We
were pretty surprised but we pulled out a paper calendar, circled the 24th
of May, and give it to him along with a green pen. We invited him to write across the top of the
paper why he wanted to be baptized, and sat there for a few minutes, wrote
something, stared at it for a few minutes more, then held up the paper for us
to see. In big, wobbly letters it said
across the top “It changes people”. Whoa! The spirit whoosed in at that moment and
testified that he understood, and that his Heavenly Father was so proud. Good day!
Friday was ZTM. Not
much to report except it was a good meeting.
Saturday we drove to the outskirts of our area and saw less
active members that don’t get much contact because they’re so far. Good day
Sunday was church. I
love church! Towards the beginning of my
mission I didn’t like it much, because it stressed me out. People would go into deep doctrine in their Sunday
talks, our investigators wouldn’t be fellowshipped like I would have liked,
etc. But now, I just enjoy the peace of
the spirit that is there.
To close, a quick thought about faith and work. President Holm told us a story about
President Monson as a mission president in Canada. He received a telegram from some of his
missionaries that read “President the temperature here is 40 degrees below
zero. Please advise.” President Monson quickly replied “Elders. My advice is this…Dress warm. Work hard.
And don’t look at the
thermometer. Warm regards, President.”
I love that! If we
have faith, knowing this is the Lord’s workk and he won’t let us fail, and work
really really hard, we can do tough things.
President Monson knew the Lord would consecrate their efforts for their
gain. I don’t know about you, but I want
to be like President Monson. I’d rather
wear out than rust out. I love though
things!
Y’all have a blessed week!
Love,
Sister Derrick
Bryndee with the Brimley Family
Good morning girls! Sister Glauser and Bryndee first thing in the morning in their very clean kitchen...this mom is impressed!
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