Konnichiwa everyone! Elder Jeppsen and I are
getting along great! We've been working hard too. We have been trying to find
more investigators, and the least we can do is find potential investigators, so
we have been tracting each day to try and meet new people. We met a lady last
week who we think is a promising potential investigator, so we will try and
followup with her this week. Since we don't have any investigators at the
moment, we've got a lot of time to kill during each day, so Elder Jeppsen and I
decided that we are doing to knock on the doors of every single house in our
area! It may sound bold, but it has been done before, and we are going to do
it. Whatever it takes to find those people who are ready to hear the message of
the Restored Gospel!
On Thursday I had the opportunity to go on
exchanges with one of our AP's, Elder Memmott, in Rancho Cucamonga. We had some
cool experiences walking up to strangers and handing them cards.
I have a question for everyone: Are you really converted? Conversion
is not a one-time thing, but a continual process. If we do not seek to
strengthen our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His gospel, then we are allow
our faith to be weakened by lack of spiritual nourishment and put ourselves in
very serious danger of losing our faith.
In the words of a paragraph from the Mormon Channel website:
President Hinckley stated, “Faith is like the muscle
of my arm. If I use it, if I nurture it, it will grow strong. If I put it in a
sling and leave it there, it will grow weak” So if faith is a principle of
action, how we can act upon it? What are we doing in our lives to exercise our
muscle, so to speak? And are we exercising it daily to continue to make
it strong?
We may have received a witness by the power of the Holy Ghost
that the Book of Mormon really is the word of God, but what are we doing with
that witness? Are we acting on that witness and exercising our faith by
continuing to read the Book of Mormon, to be able to feel the Spirit more
abundantly in our lives, to learn eternal and valuable truths that we can apply
in our own lives, to receive protection against our temptations, and to find
peace and joy in this life? I know that all of us can receive these blessings
as we read from the Book of Mormon each day and study its profound teachings. I
have found these blessings in my own life as I have done so. I encourage you to
check out this talk by Elder David A Bednar called "Converted Unto the
Lord".
Reading it for the first time changed my whole perception on
having a testimony and being converted. I know that Christ lives and loves each
of us, and that we have a loving Father in Heaven knows and loves each and
every one of us and wants to bless us!
I really do love you all, and I hope you have a great week!
Elder Ruiz
Me, Elder Jeppsen, and our AP's Elder Memmott and Elder Wilhelm
I couldn't resist taking a picture of this car while I was in Rancho
haha!
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