September 28, 2009

My Family,
Oh the greatest truth on the earth today, and we hold it right in our hands. What a blessing it is for me to share it with everyone i meet. This last week has been tons of fun, I've come to love the members in the Lake Mary ward. What amazing missionaries we have here. They are sharing the gospel with their neighbors like crazy and we are reaping the benefits. Ruffin i didn't quiet understand what you meant when you said the members were your best tool, although i thought I did. The members are my best tool here, but that means that i have to use them. So we have been challenging members to share the gospel and most importantly following up with each of them. We have seen success, and it has come in abundance.
I also didn't quiet understand what you meant Brent when you said that i needed to be bold and just tell them what they need to do. I had a member help me recognize it though. He said, Elder Judd you are to nice, I thought are you crazy. But i was in a teachable estate and he let me know that i needed to be more bold whether or not people liked me. The next day we went to a non commital investigator and asked them if they would be baptized in the church. She declined and we dropped her, because i have come to find I'm here to reap the harvest. If they are not ready than I shouldn't be wasting my two years with them. Just last night once again we had the same problem. We asked the guy we were teaching if he felt the spirit testify to him that the church was true that he would join the church. He told us no, so we dropped him.
I know that as I drop these people the lord puts more in our path. He's always just waiting to bless us and sometimes we get so frustrated. The problem is that we hold on to things, such as investigators, Movies, or our favorite sin, and don't allow the lord to bless us. May we always remember this and give up those things so that our heavenly father may show us his miracles. God is a god of miracles, but only according to our faith to act.
My love and prayers go out to you my family, may god bless you and may you be open to recieve.
Love, Elder Judd