This week we were able to see many miracles. We had a super cool experience in our area after leaving an appointment. We left and a lady in the house in front of the house we were in said hi to us and said "Hola Elderes" and we turned to each other and said "She knows us or what?" We decided to go back and the sister let us in. Her name is Dina. She told us that she had been baptized with her family and they were inactive. We walked in to her house and we sang her favorite hymn. After the hymn, we asked her how she felt and she burst in to tears. She told us that she wanted to come back to church and that she missed it. We comforted her and talked for a little bit and we asked her when her husband would be there and she told us the next day. We went back the next day, sang a hymn, said a prayer and after, the spirit was very, very strong. We could all realize without saying anything that the spirit was strong. I asked "Sister Dina, can you feel something special in this moment?" we all agreed that we felt the spirit. We then explained that in John 16:13 it says:
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
I love that phrase. That the Spirit never speaks for himself. The Spirit is only a messenger from God.
Everything he tells us is exactly what God wants us to know. So we explained that to her and then we asked "What is God trying to tell you through his Holy Spirit?" She said "That I should go to church" and we were able to teach a powerful, beautiful lesson by the Spirit. The Spirit is the most important element in this work. The prophets and apostles have taught, that if you dont have the Spirit, you will never have success no matter the talent you have. That is why Pablo said that his "speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)
The role of the Holy Spirit in this work is essencial. I know this work to be true. When people become to understand this things in their heart is when people change. I am grateful for the spirit. Plead for the spirit in your lives because he will let you know exactly what God wants you to do and will guide you to be able to do it "for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." (1 Nephi 3:7)
I love you all.
Giddy Up.
Elder Smith
The role of the Holy Spirit in this work is essencial. I know this work to be true. When people become to understand this things in their heart is when people change. I am grateful for the spirit. Plead for the spirit in your lives because he will let you know exactly what God wants you to do and will guide you to be able to do it "for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." (1 Nephi 3:7)
I love you all.
Giddy Up.
Elder Smith