Week 43: June 11, 2018 - God's Work

Hello family!!!!
Sounds like summer´s started for yall! Crazy!!!
This week was actually super cool!!! We had a ton of lessons with members!!! We had a few that were extremely neat!!!! 

We went to teach this one family that we had contacted on the metro. The parents were super open and super accepting!!! They both had specific questions that were perfect for the messages we had! The spirit was super strong! I felt guided the whole time by the spirit!!! we also had another incredible lesson with another member that was perfect for this other family we are teaching! They were both evangelic, and the member knew exactly what to say to this family! It was seriously incredible! the members are so important in this work!!! Because of them, the lessons have been a ton more spiritual and the needs of our investigators have been more easily met. 

We had another super powerful lesson with an investigator that had pretty much disappeared before. Elder Egbert, the new elder in our house, was an AP and has given me tons of advice and inspiration to work with more urgency. We called this one investigator and he said we could pass by. His name is Paulo. He was super happy to see us. We went in with boldness and recommitted him to live the word of wisdom. He had been smoking 6 cigarettes a day. I felt inspired to ask him if he had faith to stop smoking completely that day. He said he didn't know. We testified of the power of the atonement and that all was possible through Christ. We gave him a few plans to help him stop smoking and offered to give him a blessing. We blessed him with tons of strength and health. When we ended the blessing, there was a pause. He looked up at both of us with tears welling up in his eyes. He thanked us and looked like he had tons of desire to stop smoking and to follow his Savior. It was an incredible moment; there was a new energy within him. 

It's amazing how empowered you can feel when inviting people the keep the commandments. Its truly a work of God. Without Him, we have no power and the work is impossible. 

Love you all so much!!!! Hope you all do well with things that are going on back at home. You all are super stars!!! seriously!!! I feel so blessed to have you all in my life!!!!

Love,
Elder Barton








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Tamra Zinn said…
Taggert is always positive and feeling blessed. I love that. He also sure loves his family!!! I am so proud of him. Thank you for sharing his letters with us. I Love them. ❤️❤️❤️
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