Questioning Life

Felicidades to our good friend Oscar!!

That's right, my friends! He got baptized! The drought in Worcester has passed! Haha! He was beautifully confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sacrament yesterday, so it's official! It has been a pleasure to work with him and guide him to the truth. Sometimes people are just prepared to hear and accept the gospel, and Oscar was one of those people. First Peruvian prophet? eh? :) But really though, guys, he is that amazing. 

Also! Update on my girl Janise: she gave up coffee! We hadn't had an appointment with her for like a week and a half and her baptism is in less than a month and I was worried that the Word of Wisdom would trip her up. But during our appointment we followed up with her about how the coffee thing has been going and she asked, "What coffee? I gave that up a few weeks ago after you guys told me I needed to." And we were just like WHAAAAAAAAAT? 

BRILLIANT!

We were so shocked and excited for her! This is going to happen folks! She is experiencing repentance and the atonement of Christ working firsthand in her life. It is amazing to see the change in her. 

And now, for the part of the show where I question life:

So the other day we were taking a few pictures and we left Sister Martinez' camera case on top of the car. Note: her temple recommend was inside the camera case. We drive off, go to a few appointments, and then it hits Sister Martinez: "MY TEMPLE REC!!!" We freak out. Lol, ok so we drive off calmly to where we were taking pictures. We re-trace our steps! Nada! Ok, so at this point it is approximately 9 pm and gettin close to curfew. It's pretty dark. So we start driving home, a little sad, but hey, it's not the end of the world. I was pretty sure Sister Martinez could still pass a temple rec interview, so all wasn't lost. BUT THEN!! All of the sudden the police car equivalent of the Spanish Armada goes racing by so we have to pull over. Who knows what kind of shady business was going on up in here...

And right ahead of us like 15 feet away is a small little black object in the middle of the road. 

I turn to Sister Martinez and say, half jokingly, "Hey! Mira! Your camera case!" hahahaha. haha. ha. Then not so jokingly I inch the car forward, put her in park, swiped up the little black thing from off the road, and what do you know? IT WAS HER CAMERA CASE. 

Holy Moley Cow. 

Has the day of miracles ceased? 

God is good my friends and He is ever concerned about us, His precious children. I know without a doubt in my mind that God exists. Many of you might say, hey. That's a cute story, Sister Frei. What a coincidence. But as a representative of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I give my testimony and witness that that was no coincidence. If you need more evidence, look to the scriptures! In the Book of Mormon there are 20 passages that can help you begin to understand the atonement of Jesus Christ and God's love for us. Here is the list:

Twenty Teachings in the Book of Mormon on the Atonement of Jesus Christ

1. Nephi’s record of the “God of Nature” suffering and the first of Isaiah’s testimonies of the Messiah (1 Nephi 19, 21)

2. Lehi’s patriarchal blessing and discourse (2 Nephi 2)

3. Jacob’s two-day sermon (2 Nephi 6-9)

4. Nephi’s final testimony on the doctrine of Christ (2 Nephi 31-33)

5. Jacob’s “few words” (Jacob 4)

6. King Benjamin’s sermon (Mosiah 2-5)

7. Abinadi’s declaration before King Noah, including Isaiah’s prophetic testimony (Mosiah 14-16)

8. Alma’s testimony to the Church in Gideon (Alma 7)

9. Alma’s and Amulek’s teaching to Zeezrom (Alma 11-12)

10. Amulek’s discourse to the Zoramites (Alma 34)

11. Alma’s counsel to his son Corianton (Alma 39-42)

12. Samuel the Lamanite’s prophecy (Helaman 14)

13. Jesus’s introductory discourse to the Nephites (3 Nephi 11)

14. Jesus’s definition of “My Gospel” (3 Nephi 27)

15. Moroni’s call to believe in Christ (Mormon 9)

16. Jesus’s own pre-mortal testimony (Ether 3-4)

17. Moroni’s message to the world on faith, hope and charity (Ether 12)

18. Moroni’s summary of his father’s teachings on faith, hope and charity (Moroni 7)

19. Mormon’s epistle to Moroni regarding little children (Moroni 8)

20. Moroni’s invitation to come unto Christ (Moroni 10)

I apologize for the novel! Have a great week!

Con amor,

Hna Frei