Email from Elder Lofthouse 3/3/14 Another Week

Hello!

M Q is finally out of the hospital. She's still a little sick, but she was tired of being there and she has all the medication she needs now. They said she should be completely fine in two weeks. What a relief! Hopefully we'll be having their baptism this weekend or next, depending on how she is feeling.

We had Stake Conference this Sunday.  None of our investigators came sadly, but it was a really great conference all about Hastening the Work of Salvation.  There were some really great talks, including from President and Sister Gelwix (they live in our Stake).  

Not much else happened this week.  We had a really great drop lesson with Hector.  The last few times we've gone over we've just been teaching the restoration over and over.  He says he knows the Book of Mormon is true, and that he got an answer that he should get baptized in our church, but he's still not sure about it.  We told him we weren't sure what else we could teach him or share with him.  It's on his shoulders to act on the knowledge he's received.  He understands that.   I don't know how to describe it and I'm not explaining the lesson very well at all, but there was so much love in that room.  The Spirit was strong.  It just felt right.  We told him to give us a call if he ever needed anything or if he decided he wanted to get baptized and he said he'd be calling us.  He also wants us to be sure to stop by and say goodbye before we get transferred.

Sorry for the poor quality letter.  I'll do better next week.  Oh, we get transfer calls on Saturday.  I think I'll be staying, but we'll see.  

Today I was studying about faith and how to increase faith.  According to the Bible Dictionary, faith is confidence in something or someone.  So faith in Jesus Christ is confidence in Jesus Christ.  So if we want to increase our faith in Christ, we really want to increase our confidence in him.  How can you be confident in someone you don't know?  How can we come to know Christ?  Well, the best way to get to know someone is to talk to them.  We talk with God through prayer and He talks to us through the scriptures.  As we study the scriptures, we get to know God better and our confidence in Him grows.  Then, as we apply what we learn and we live His gospel, we become more like Him.  And the more like Him we become the more we know Him, the more confidence we have in Him, and the more faith we will have.

I hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Lofthouse