Today is 16 months! Can you believe it?!
The biggest thing of the week was preparing for Jane's baptism which is coming up this next week! We took her on a virtual tour of the font area and she's so excited and we are thrilled for her as well. She came to in-person sacrament meeting yesterday so we got to meet her in person! I gave the talk for both sessions of sacrament meeting which was fun. I'll share a thought from it later :)
A mini miracle for the week: on Thursday night from 6-9 pm we had 5 lessons scheduled back to back and every single one worked out! What a miracle!
Now for my thought: I had talked a bit about the Anti-Nephi-Lehis and conversion last week, but I wanted to expound a little more on a fruit of our conversion, which is a desire to share the gospel. After the miraculous conversion of Alma the Younger and the Sons of Mosiah, this was said of them, "Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble." Once we have experienced a true conversion to Christ and the joy and peace that comes with it, we shouldn't be able to stand the thought that anyone goes without that same joy. I have found that as I have gone throughout my mission, and my conversion to Christ has grown, so has my desire to share the gospel. And sharing the gospel brings even more joy to our lives!
Love, Sister Potts
Sister Lifferth introduced me to fresh papaya! yum!
Still eating healthy!
FUN FACTS: (I don't know if I've shared this story before but I think it's a great example of what happens as we are truly converted.)
1. Soon after the church was organized and the Book of Mormon was published, Father Smith took ill. The same day, an acquaintance showed up and demanded a payment for a $14 debt that was owed.
2. The man had a constable waiting in the yard to haul Father Smith off to debtor's prison if he couldn't pay.
3. All Father Smith had was $6 in his pocket, but that didn't satisfy the debt. Not even Mother Smith's gold bead necklace would satisfy him. But he did give Father Smith another option. he said, "Immediately thou shall go to the jail, unless thou will burn up those Books of Mormon for it thee will throw them into the fire and burn them up I will forgive thee the whole debt." Father Smith replied decidedly with "that I shall not do."
4. They took the sick man to debtor's prison and tried to convince him to renounce the Book of Mormon the whole 11 miles there and stuck him in a cell with no food.
5. He was able to arrange to work as a cooper to pay back his debt, but his conversion didn't let him stop there. While he was there for 1-2 months he taught the gospel, and baptized two people when he was released!
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