Monday, January 28, 2013

Tere tere!!!
Itś been a great week!!! :) I´ll share two small experiences here:

We taught this one young man in his mid 20ś this week. It was a very good lesson about the plan of salvation where we likened the life on earth with a stay at a hotell (He´s studying hotel management) - There are restrictions and guidelines that we need to follow when we stay at a hotel so that everything works well and you can have an enjoyable stay (we have commandmends and guidelines given us by God to help keep us safe and make life more joyful) ..Off course sometimes we make mistakes and sometimes we brake something in the room we stay in and then we have to pay! (We all make mistakes in life and then we need to repent and make good what we "broke") Sometimes It can even be a big chandellier (spelling?!?) that we brake and there´s no way we can pay that back! But we have Christ who atoned for our mistakes, sins, pains and shortcomings, sorrows etc. He´s our middle man who goes in and pays for what we broke and if we repent and work daily to turn our lives toward him and change for the better. We don´t have to have the guilt in our life anymore and we will be forgiven! Our investigator got really excited and even helped building on to the analogy!! Such a cool experience!!! :D

A similar thing happened with a family we met up with. We taught them a first lesson and knowing that they have kids (4 daughters.. oldest about 10 and youngest about 1.5y) we wanted to focus it on a family situation!! We asked what would happen if you left your daughters home for a week without a babysitter? They said it would be chaos! "It would be horrible for them and us!" We then said, well it´s the same with God! From the beginning of the world He´s given us prophets who watches over us, lets us know God´s plan and has His authority. We need someone to help us let us know the guidelines and help us follow them ...When Christ and his apostles were killed the authority was no longer on the earth and the only thing people could turn to was the bible. I started my sentence: "That´s just like leaving your kids with.." and before I could finish the sentence the father finished by saying; "itś like leaving them with only a "post-it-note" on the refrigerator!" ..Then we could lead into God calling Joseph Smith giving us a "baby-sitter" who takes care of us and helps us live according to what the post-it-note says...

Both of these experiences were really cool! And it was SO FUN to teach lessons that they got excited about and really could relate to!! The gospel is awesome! and it´s TRUE!! :D

Have a great week, keep up the great work and let your lights SHINE!!! :D

Armastusega,

Õde Peterson