# 46

Dear President,

This week was a very productive week. 

We met with our taxi driver and his family. We hadn't been able to meet with them for a few days and the meeting that we had with them this week didn't go as planned. He said that he didn't want to quit smoking, to read, to come to church or to pray. We talked to him a little bit about it, but he didn't seem very receptive to any scriptures we read or our testimonies. We honestly didn't know what to do. The elders were able to meet with them the next day and shared a lesson on having a desire to follow Christ. They showedthe picture of Christ knocking on the door with no handles, and explained that the door is like our hearts, we have to be willing to let Christ in. I think it helped a lot. They came to church on Sunday and afterwards we met with them for a follow up lesson and they prayed. The member we brought also bore an amazing testimony about the Book of Mormon and her conversion story. We also will be bringing the family to the Bishop's house tonight for Family Home Evening.

We also met with the single mother and her relatives this week. We started teaching her last week and have gotten through almost all of the lessons, and I am impressed at how much she has already read. She is almost done with 1 Nephi and can explain the doctrine back to us before we even ask questions about what she read. She also came to church with her kids (one of which was sick) and stayed for all three hours! Afterwards, we brouht the elders to her house to give one of her relatives a blessing of health, and she later asked for a blessing of comfort as well. She told us that she has no problems with  the Word of Wisdom, and she has a baptismal date in March, so hopefully she will reach her date!

We also met with our little 12 year old girl and her grandmother this week. They both came to church and the 12 year old has been coming to the daily activities at the church and has made great friends with the Young Women. The grandmother also knew some of the members before, so she has quite a few friends in the church. They both have bapsitmal dates for March and actually asked if they could be baptized sooner! My only concerns for their date is that the grandmother drinks coffee (but we of course, are working with her on that) and that she may not be able to climb the latter into the font. May we be able to use the Gyumri font?

(We are also teaching another elderly lady who is progressing and may need to use the Gyumri font to be baptized.)

We also went to Alaverdi this week and met with the family there. They are continuing to read and pray, but are still having some difficulty with the Word of Wisdom. So we are going to move their date the next time we visit.

While in Alaverdi, we also met with a 10 year old boy and his sister (whose grandma is a member). We are sharing them with the eders. They have been taught about the Restoration and a tripod and they both really want to be baptized. So the next time a companionship is up there, they will extend a baptismal date.

This week in personal study, I have been studying a lot about charity. I really love Moroni 7:45 where it talks about charity "rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things" and it made me think of  part of the 13 Article of Faith "We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things." That's truly what we strive for as saints! We strive to be Christlike and charitable and our efforts and lives should refelct that. As we strive to have charity towards others and seek to live Christlike lives, we will seek "virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy" things. 

I hope you have a fun time at your conference!

Love,

Sister Morreall