{Letter #89} Hail on a Tin Roof
Hi everyone! I hope this week has been great! What is the most exciting thing that happened to you? What are you looking forward to?
It has been a good week here! We had a pretty low-key week filled with lessons, service, nine friends that came to church, and lots of rain like normal!
In one of our lessons with our friend Kasey we were sitting outside on her back porch with a tin roof like we usually do. It was particularly rainy day out, so it was pretty noisy with the tin roof. (Going inside wasn't an option). We were practically yelling at each other even though we were sitting about 5 feet away from her and someone from the local church.
In one of our lessons with our friend Kasey we were sitting outside on her back porch with a tin roof like we usually do. It was particularly rainy day out, so it was pretty noisy with the tin roof. (Going inside wasn't an option). We were practically yelling at each other even though we were sitting about 5 feet away from her and someone from the local church.
After
we prayed, it started to hail. We could hear literally nothing. I
couldn't even tell what I was saying. It was insane! It continued like
that for about 5-10 minutes. we thought we were going to have to cancel
and reschedule.
After a little while it just switched back to pouring rain so if we were yelling we could hear each other. That's when our friend Kasey started telling us that she had been praying all the previous day and most of the night asking God to help her know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and if the church was true. She said that she never really felt anything in that moment, and she was asking God to tell her "loud and clear" that these things were true.
She the said that she was pretty sure what we just heard was the loudest thing that she had ever heard in her life. She said that God spoke to her through the rainstorm and told her that it was all true!
After that, the rain stopped and the sun came out and we had a great lesson with her!
It was awesome the she was able to recognize the voice of God speaking to her. Although she didn't literally hear His voice, she was able to trust that that was the answer to her prayers. Which goes along with my spiritual thought this week.
In a couple verses Nephi teaches us these principles. Nephi said:
After a little while it just switched back to pouring rain so if we were yelling we could hear each other. That's when our friend Kasey started telling us that she had been praying all the previous day and most of the night asking God to help her know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and if the church was true. She said that she never really felt anything in that moment, and she was asking God to tell her "loud and clear" that these things were true.
She the said that she was pretty sure what we just heard was the loudest thing that she had ever heard in her life. She said that God spoke to her through the rainstorm and told her that it was all true!
After that, the rain stopped and the sun came out and we had a great lesson with her!
It was awesome the she was able to recognize the voice of God speaking to her. Although she didn't literally hear His voice, she was able to trust that that was the answer to her prayers. Which goes along with my spiritual thought this week.
In a couple verses Nephi teaches us these principles. Nephi said:
"the
Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men
according to their language, unto their understanding." (2 Nephi, 31:3)
"for
when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the
Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men" (2 Nephi, 33:1)
God does hear prayers and He does answer them! He will speak to each of you to your understanding by the Holy Ghost. It is our choice to choose to recognize it as God speaking and answering our prayers! It can be hard though to recognize His voice at times!
I invite you all to listen to this talk from General Conference. It helped me understand how to recognize God's voice better! I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Pillars and Rays
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/04/15dushku?lang=eng
I love you all! I'm praying for you! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Goold
A glimpse at our family phone call this week: Ellie in Rexburg, Mom, Emma, and Spence at the Copper Onion in SLC eating Spence's birthday dinner, Dad in Saint George, Me in Canby.
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