My first week with Elder Strong was really fun! And just great. We got to see almost all of our Amis and taught them all and it's so cool to help others to know Christ and begin this path for themselves!! Because that's what we do, we invite and they commit themselves and discover God. That's my invitation, to come to know God's love for us all for yourself, and that He loves you.
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| Another gorgeous Manosque sunset |
I had a good week and really got to see awesome things. Our ami Jean Luc has a daughter (who we recently found out from him) has been listening by the door to our lessons each time we would teach Jean Luc. Haha, so we invited her to sit in recently and she did; she told us she was interested and wanted to know what we were teaching. So we started by teaching her to pray and though it was a simple lesson it was one of the best I've had. She's really coming to follow the example of her father and has seen how his life and joy has improved so drastically and taken a 180 degree turn and it is so cool and makes me so happy to help her find this happiness too. She's already started to recognize the spirit in our lessons. I'm so grateful to God to serve in such a wonderful area and to meet such awesome people and get to know them all.
I want to leave my message this week with a scripture on love. In Matthew 22 a lawyer asks Christ "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" Christ responds as follows:
" Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
I know that this is true because it's been my experience these last 2 months. I have been studying and trying to know how to love God because I know it's so important. As we try to love God by following His commandments He'll help us and we will start to love everyone else too.
Our mission motto is: " Love is the key "
I know it is and no matter what walk of life you are in or follow or situation, love is the answer to everything, all we do that is good will come of this and I know it's true. May we all love God, and love everyone as we try to help people all the time. We will want to help others when we start to love everybody, no matter who they are well make that right choice in any situation if it's out of complete unselfish love for them and their eternal well-being.
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| Beautiful church in Manosque |
I invite you all to help someone this week! It doesn't matter in what but just be a helping hand and I knew you'll be so happy and so will they. I love it whenever I get to help someone because it's just awesome. Have the best week everyone!!
Love,
Elder Laney
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