el arrepentimiento, el bautismo, la recepcion del don del Espíritu Santo

April 15,2010
I love being a missionary.

I remember sitting in Preach my Gospel class, staring out the window at the leaves spreading down the hill and wondering HOW I was supposed to teach my investigators. I could feel the burning of my own testimony and sometimes I knew how to share it, but teach the Doctrines of Salvation?

I love my teachers at the MTC, Hno. Frandsen and Hna. Keller. They knew just how to help us discover the words of our testimonies. Little by little, they patiently taught us how to simplify the doctrine, by teaching us the simple truths of God's Plan of Happiness. They taught us Spanish patiently, a few principles at a time, until suddenly now, (we still wonder that it is possible!) we are ready at a moments notice to teach and testify, for any length of time, in Spanish or English, on just about any precept of the Lord's restored Truth.

I am learning that the How of teaching is 'here and little and there a little.' To teach of God's children, I share just some small part of the glorious Fullness of the Gospel, and together we 'are both edified and rejoice together.' Yesterday I taught a one minute lesson on Keeping the Sabbath day and Baptism, a short lesson on the Book of Mormon and Baptism, a lesson on Diesmo and Baptism, and shared brief messages about The Gift of Tongues, Diligence and the Gifts of the Spirit, and Obedience and the Holy Ghost.

"Line upon line, precept on precept... Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause! Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren: and on to victory!" For we are the investigators of God; we are the students of the most High and here a little and there a little the Lord is teaching us the Fullness and the Mysteries of His Evangelio.

"Let your heats rejoice and be exceedingly glad!" (see D&C 128:20-24)