We are teaching!

Hello!!

Wow Centerville...... this place is weird... almost as many people over here  live on social security and disability as did in Pekin; 

 

No real progress on new people to teach we are having to spend a lot of time indoors because of my allergies out here, but I am getting a shot today to help with them. This really makes me excited!!!

 

We are teaching a few people though, the Rinehearts are an elderly couple in their 50's. We had an AMAZING lesson with them this week on the Plan of Salvation. We got there and we were just talking to them about how they were doing and how they have been recently, you know just good conversation. Somehow the conversation got turned to.... Wait for it... life after death!!!

She opened up about a lot of things that she believes about the after life.  The first thing that she said was "This might seem weird to you but I think that there is more than just 'Heaven and Hell.' I think that there is a place that we go right after we die. we go there to  continue to learn and to progress until something happens." 

Elder Holayter and I were smiling so big through the conversation.  The spirit had already taught her before we even had to try. I LOVE teaching really prepared people!!! At the end of our conversation on the plan of salvation we were talking about it and she said that about an hour before we came, she was out back working in the yard and she was thinking about what she would like to learn about today.  Life after death is what came to mind. During the lesson my favorite part was when we were talking about The Spirit World and I thought of my favorite scripture to explain it (Alma 12:24), I opened it up to there and had her read it with a little help from her husband, and as she read it and she came to the part that says "there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent" You could see her get excited because we had just backed up what she believed about the after life with a scripture and our testimony. I really felt like I was doing my purpose as a missionary!!!

 

We also taught one of our tenants in our same apartments, Liz Taylor (not the famous one). she is single (divorced) and is living by herself. so we meet her at a restaurant in town and taught her there. It was a great lesson but she rushed out afterwards and we haven't seen her since. We have texted her and she is going through some custody and visitation problems with her 8 year old son. So pray for her and hope things go the way that they need to for her to come closer to the gospel.

 

Well I have been really good recently except for the allergies and having to retreat indoors from them (I have gotten a lot of study time in... and a lot of showers). will you all please pray that we find some new people to teach out here and that the ones that we are teaching will be baptized or the ones the previous missionaries were teaching we will be able to contact them all.

 

Well hope everyone is doing good back home. its amazing how many people are out on missions right now, Mom will you please send me a list of anyone on missions from Star Valley and where they are serving? Thanks!!

 

Have a Great Day,

Elder Keeley