Prayer. Answered.

Hello Family and Loved ones!

Another week full of miracles and the Lord placing people in our path and softening the hearts of those who we teach. I'm pretty exhausted though. It seems like everyday when we got home I was just dead. All apart of being a missionary! I love it! 

Well first off with Humberto and Martha. A LOT has happened this week with them. At first, it was just Humberto who was on date for baptism and was progressing. But at the beginning of the week when we saw them, we were following up again on baptism and seeing how they felt about it. And then out of the blue Martha told us, "well, I've been thinking a lot about this church. I've searched around a lot in this area and none of the other churches are like this one. So, I'm pretty sure I want to be baptized." 

Prayer. Answered. 

We were very happy at that moment. We've been praying a lot for this family. Especially that Martha's heart would be softened so that they could be baptized together. So now they are both preparing for this Saturday to be baptized! We're very excited for them. In another lesson we had with them we asked Martha more about how she was feeling and she was telling us about the moment when she decided to she need to be baptized. It was after she had attended church last Sunday she had had a dream where Elder Schaefermeyer and I came and knocked on her door and began teaching her. The feeling she had during that dream lingered as she woke up late in the night and at that moment she knew she needed to be baptized.

Last week we were also able to set up a dinner/lesson at their fellowshippers home. It was a great lesson and everything went perfectly. Everyone please keep Humberto and Martha in your prayers that they will be ready for their baptism for this Saturday!

We had a regional conference yesterday that was super great. It was broadcast in from Salt Lake and Elder Renlund spoke. Really amazing talk and Humberto and Martha really enjoyed it too. 

Here's a scripture I read this morning in my personal study that I've never noticed this week but hit me very hard: Mosiah 4:26

"And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you—that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God—I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants."

I love King Benjamin's message so much about how if we want to be healed on the inside and be made whole, we need to forget of ourselves and render service unto others. Because that's when we truly become the Lord's tools and be able to teach others' lives. 

Thanks for all that you do for this great work! I love you all! And have a fantastic week! 

Elder Scott