Arkansas Pineapple Whip

This week was awesome. Highlight of the week was Thursday!! We had a

leadership council meeting in North Little Rock and president Faulkner

drove us there from Memphis. We discussed deep doctrine from about 6am

to 9am in the car and then had a full day of spiritual feasting at

MLC. After our meeting we had our last interview with President

Wakolo. I cried like a baby. Thankfully after the meeting president

Faulkner took us to Arkansas Pineapple Whip (which is apparently like

dole whip at Disneyland). It was delicious and made us feel better. We

also drove the three hours back to Memphis with the windows down and

sunroof open. I had dreads by the time we got home and it was worth

it. On Friday we went to West Memphis to spend the day with the

sisters there and work their area. Since we were out of our area so

much this week we were just grinding to find new people to teach the

days we were in our area. We were feeling a bit distraught after

Saturday because basically NO ONE would talk to us, and if they did it

was to tell us to go away. Saturday night there was a huge thunder and

lightning storm that knocked out power in all of Memphis and the

surrounding areas. I've never seen anything like it. They cancelled

church in our stake so we ended up getting permission to go the YSA

branch in Walnut Grove. It was WEIRD hahaha I'm so thankful I'm a

missionary!! On Sunday night we had a miracle. We tried to have a

lesson with one of our investigators but she was avoiding us. We ended

up talking to her son and were able to teach him the restoration. He

truly wants to change his life. Another miracle was that earlier in

the week we were preparing for a lesson and invited a member to come

teaching with us. We had texted her the morning of to send her some

scriptures about the plan of salvation so that she could read them and

think about her testimony. She met us at our investigators house for

the lesson but our investigator wasn't home. We were pretty sad but

then the member told us that she had really been struggling the past

couple of days. She said her testimony of the plan of salvation was

being diminished by the trials, pain and suffering of those around

her. She said that when we sent her those scriptures she ran out to

the front yard to tell her husband. She said that she knew God was

there and that His plan was good.

Alma 7:11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and

temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled

which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his

people.

12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of

death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their

infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to

the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his

people according to their infirmities.

13 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God

suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins

of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according

to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony

which is in me.

14 Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the

Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of

heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be

washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who

taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to

cleanse from all unrighteousness.

15 Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every sin,

which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction,

yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to

repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his

commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the

waters of baptism.

16 And whosoever doeth this, and keepeth the commandments of God from

thenceforth, the same will remember that I say unto him, yea, he will

remember that I have said unto him, he shall have eternal life,

according to the testimony of the Holy Spirit, which testifieth in me.

GOD IS THERE AND HE LOVES YOU. That's all for today. I love y'all.

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Arkansas Pineapple Whip

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Many sister missionaries at the YSA branch