Week 70

Hello everyone! This week was awesome!! It was full of strange

experiences and cool experiences.

This week I attended my last zone conference. It was so sad! I gave my

"departing testimony". I went up there with no plan, and what came out

was a true, sure testimony of things I've come to know. One thing I

KNOW is God is a forgiving God. I have forgiveness from Father in

Heaven, and sure feels good! I  know we have the potential to become

like Him through the Atonement of Christ.

I learned today in Alma 33 why we pray in the name of  Christ. I had

studied this out about 6 months ago, and I couldn't find an answer

that completely satisfied me. I read in the Bible dictionary about when

we pray in the name of Christ, we pray in the mind of Christ. We pray

for righteous things that God would grant. That quenched my thirst a

little bit, but in verse 11 of Alma 33, it says, "And thou didst hear

me because of mine afflictions and my sincerity; and it is because of

thy Son that thou hast been thus merciful unto me, therefore I will

cry unto thee in all mine afflictions, for in thee is my joy; for thou

hast turned thy judgments away from me, because of thy Son." Heavenly

Father can grant us mercy because the Son satisfied the demands of

justice. It's so simple to me now! What an amazing truth the Book of

Mormon taught me. That Book is from God!

We got hardcore rejected by a lot of people this week, so that was a

bit sad, but along with the lowlights came the highlights!!

This week we had an awesome lesson with the man we met a few weeks ago

on his porch. He committed to being baptized when he received an

answer. He emailed us and said he was devoting all day after church to

read the Book of Mormon :) It's exciting when you see that kind of

dedication! The two young girls we're teaching came to church for the

third time. The older girl gave a talk on the Holy Ghost which we

helped her write. It just warmed my heart to see her teaching eternal

truths that will bless her life forever. They also attended the

baptism of an eight year old girl on Sunday. They absolutely loved the

baptism and expressed desires to have their own baptism by "the

Priesthood". I'm so happy for them!!

Okay well I have to go!

Love,

Sister Sparks

Ps. We got our hands kissed by a drunk man in McDonalds, so thereyago

 Sister Sibley!

 Dinner at the Aders is always fun...I won the contest if you were wondering