This week was pretty good! We had some really cool experiences, and i learned some amazing things.
First experience. We started teaching Tristian this week and we taught him the resoration. We told him to pray about what we were telling him and ask God if it was true. If Joseph Smith really saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We went back the next day and he said "I have something really cool to tell you. Last night after you left i was thinking, Noo it can't be true. I have never seen them, so i don't believe it. But i still prayed. And when i woke up, i felt like i was standing and floating on a cloud and i was so happy and it felt like people were singing tunes in my heartstrings. I KNOW it is true." It was seriously one of the coolest experiences of my life.
The next cool experience was this. We taught the Sheltons. Finally. They told us they want to belong in the church. The lesson went amazing and we are planning on seeing them this week and at all the fun activites we have going on. They are amazing and so prepared. More on them later.
Funny experience of the week: So we got in late one night because we went to Branson with an investigator and saw the Dutton Christmas show. So i turned on the alarm like we are supposed to. Then in the morning, we didn't excercise in the workout room because we were super tired, so we just stretched in our room. Normally on the way to the workout room i turn the alarm off. Well Celeste went to work and opened the garage door and pulled out of the driveway. Then the most loud siren went off. I booked it upstairs to turn off the alarm, but i couldn't remember the difference between the panic alarm and the false alarm code. So i just punched one in. Next thing i know, the security guys call and ask what the emergency was. I told them what happened and then we went back downstairs. Then...we hear a pounding on the front door, so i book it upstairs thinking, i bet it is the alarm company. NOPE. It was a sheriff. He didn't believe we were allowed in the house. And he asked us why our car had an Oklahoma license plate registered in Utah and we were in Missouri. All the odds were against us at this point. Frank wouldn't answer his phone because he was flying and we didin't have Celeste's phone number. So he had to call her at work and then she thought it was Frank teasing her. It was hilarious. So long story short. I called the cops on myself.
Now back to business. This week we have been teaching a lot of the basics. We call it spiritual CPR. When you are physically done for, you need CPR. Just like when your spirit is done for, you need spiritual CPR. that would be Church, Prayer, Read. A lot of people don't do those things and they are needing CPR. It is so important to go back to the basics. and to work and do those things every single day/week. Then in church we talked about eternal families. It seems like all the talks were on that and i had been thinking about that since Thanksgiving just passed and i am most grateful for my family. A speaker quoted a talk (not sure which conference) and said something that really struck me. "Our families are not ours yet. Heavenly Father gave them to us to see how we would treat them and care for them. Only after we are faithful, can we be with our families eternally." I want to be with my family for eternity. I want to be with all of you and see you eternally. So you know how i can do that, and how you can do that? CPR. That is so important. If we want to be with our families for eternity. We need to be faithful in the things Christ has asked us to do.
I know the importance of Church. I know the importance of Prayer. I know the importance of Reading out of the Book Of Mormon everyday. I know that my family can be together forever if i am faithful and if i follow Gods commands. I am and will do everything possible to make sure i am with them forever and all eternity. Because nothing matters to me more than that.
Much Love,
Sister Ritter
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All from Thanksgiving (:
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