Week 57: September 17, 2018 - PP (Praise & Pray)

Dear Family,
It was a super packed growth week! We had some amazing experiences this week with some of the people we are teaching! 

We left with a member to go teach some friends we have. It went so well!!! I feel like the spirit made me more capable during those lessons with the member from our branch. His name is Bernardino (I saved a church video of him and his wife, Maria da Paz, on my google drive). We had an extremely powerful lesson with Bernardino and a less active member, Alfredo, and his non-member family. We talked about the atonement and shared Ether 12:27. I love that scripture! We told him how God would show us our weaknesses as we come closer to Him and that He would make us strong. Alfredo was brought to tears; the spirit was so strong. He has such a strong desire to return back to church. We were talking to him yesterday, and he told us how much he loved church that day and how he really wanted to be worthy of the priesthood again. He said how he had heard our branch president talk about the prophet, and he said how he was able to feel the spirit and how he believed everything. He is so amazing and such a huge example to me. 

I also had a bit of a rough patch this week. I have been really feeling incapable, and I´ve felt like I´ve been tried in a lot of my weak areas. I remember just feeling broken. It was a strong reminder of how important God is in my life and how much I depend on Him and Christ´s atonement. It was super humbling. I read mom´s letter and she told me the PP (praise and pray) lesson she gave. I loved that and I thought how much God has been blessing me to be able to grow into a better person. Prayer has been so important for me. Whenever I feel incapable or sad, I just pour my heart out to Heavenly Father. I always feel so much better afterwards and so much happier. God has plans and a way of thinking that is perfect and way higher than mine.
 
Love you all tons!!! You all are the best family ever!!! I love reading your letters!!!! Have the best week ever!!!!

Love always,
Elder Barton

Comments

Tamra Zinn said…
He turns his weeks into good weeks😊. I’m sorry when he is feeling discouraged...that is so hard, but I guess it is an important part of our growth. He gets strength from his family, that is sure. I’m praying for him.
September 21, 2018 at 7:31 PM
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