Pretty early in the week we were riding our bikes through this apartment complex and this car just honked at us so we turned around and the waved us over. This small Hispanic lady rolled down her window and asked us if we speak spanish. She asked us for the address of the church and told us that she went to our church a few times when she lived in Oklahoma about a year ago, but ever since she moved here she hadn't been able to find it. We gave her and her husband the address and then they drove off before we could get any of there information. I was praying and hoping that they'd come to church so that we could get their information and begin teaching them, and then about 15 minutes into Sacrament meeting, they both walked in! It was great to see them there and we got their information so we'll try to set something up to visit them.
On saturday I was listening to a talk by Elder Holland called "Help Thou My Unbelief". It's about the story in Mark ch. 9 about the man who brings his suffering child to Christ. Christ tells him that if he believes, anything is possible. With the little faith and belief that the man had, he boldly declared "Lord, I believe", but realizing his lack of faith he desperately pleaded, "Help thou my unbelief."
I love the way Elder Holland describes this story. He related that all of us feel like this at some point. We all are desperate for more faith and knowledge to help us out. In his talk, he stated that just like this man, we should focus on what we do believe and hold on to that until more knowledge comes. I really liked that and I thought that was something that everyone could use. A lot of times we have doubts and we don't know as much as we'd like, but if we focus on what we already know and capitalize on that, our faith and knowledge will grow immensely in God's own time.
Not a ton really happened this week.. Sorry! I love you Mom! I hope you have a good week! Thanks for the pictures!
Love,
Elder Thayne
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