But I've kind of had a lot on my mind today. I had the opportunity to teach the lesson in Priesthood today, and I was really grateful for that. But I also had a chance to talk to a really good friend from my mission as well.
So she has had a lot of struggles since she has been a member of the Church for the last few years, and I have always admired her for sticking to it and working through the adversity, no matter the outcome. She kept on trucking. So today I got on facebook and I saw that she had made a decision to leave the Church. I was pretty disappointed, but I didn't want to preach to her or be all missionaryish, but just to be a friend and talk to her. But, I didn't have her number, so I just wrote her a message. I just kind of talked about some basic principles that I felt were important, especially as she was making a very big decision. It was amazing though that as I wrote, I realized how much the gospel really does mean to me. Sure, I have messed up a lot, and done some stupid things and I have fallen in more ways than one, but as I was thinking about everything, I just really realized how integral the gospel is in my life, and how it has really shaped everything that I believe, and everything that I am.
Anyway, she wrote back and told me to call her, and so I did. And we talked for an hour or so. It was an amazing experience. I hadn't talked to her since my mission, so it's been at least a year and a half. But she is so awesome. She had a lot of questions, and she is very open minded to everything, which is so great. But to make a long story short, I wasn't trying to persuade her one way or another, but just to give her the tools and the information necessary to take before the Lord to make her decision. It's kind of amazing how the things that I studied for my lesson in Priesthood was exactly what she needed to hear too. I'm not sure what she is going to do, but I'm definitely going to pray for her and I just hope she knows that I care about her and hope that she'll make the right decision.
Well, this is definitely different than most of what I post on here, but that's how I am. Sporadic.
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"Sure, I have messed up a lot, and done some stupid things and I have fallen in more ways than one, but as I was thinking about everything, I just really realized how integral the gospel is in my life, and how it has really shaped everything that I believe, and everything that I am."
... all in favor of naming drew as my hero, say aye.
you may be sporadic... but this was a good read. if this is what i get to read about when i suggest you update your blog, maybe i'll say it more often.;)
it is official that
a) missionaries are the coolest thing ever, and
b) you are amazing, and
c) i am so glad i randomly got to become friends with you in biology (of all places)
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