Elder Christian Fyffe

08/05/2013

            Well thank you much for the update for this week! I honestly feel like the earth is spinning a little faster than usual, one week seems more like 3 days right now. But this week went by pretty dang well! I saved a few lives, spiritually and physically! I shall explain... this week we fixed a lesson with a less active family, the parents and 1 child are active in the church, yet three of their sons are heavily into the things of this world. I can easily see how well Satan does his work in destroying families, at times it is extremely discouraging how weak and vulnerable we can become, and how fast Satan is there to take advantage of our weakness. Anyway, as we entered into their house is said the usual "how’s it going," stuff like that, and the Father of the family said "not good at all," and then kind of stormed off and sat down in the living room. Obviously something was up so I asked him to explain to us what was bothering him. He explained that his family’s objective is to be sealed in the temple this December, but their children are doing everything but preparing themselves spiritually.

            So my companion turned the time over to me and I was prompted to talk about the plan of salvation and our divine objective to live eternally with our Heavenly Father. I explained how lucky we are being members of the only true church, and how the saving ordinances we have can only be done with the proper authority. I explained that Satan will do all he can to destroy your family, and I told them up front that it’s working, but it’s never too late to ask for help. I then asked the kids to share their testimonies with their father, yet we came to find out that they don’t have one. To finish my lesson, I bore testimony of eternal families, and the importance of a testimony in conversion, of course while talking about eternal families I got teary eyed, but I know they understood and felt how important it was, and how they could be throwing away the biggest blessing they could get in this life, which is an eternal family!

            At the end, the father bore testimony and said that he was sorry for being angry at his children and sorry that he lost his cool. He said that the message I shared softened his heart immensely, then he said something that surprised my companion and I, he said that if we hadn’t have come, and If we hadn’t shared that exact message with him, he would have burnt his house down that night, just to get his message across to his children... Crazy the thoughts that Satan puts into our minds when were weak, or overwhelmed! Burning a house down won’t change anybody’s mind, yet Satan makes us think that it’s the only way. That was definitely one of the biggest experiences of my mission thus far! God is really letting me know that I am exactly where I need to be at the exact time.

            I love My Heavenly father, and I am so honored to be giving all of my time for him and his son for these two years! There is no other place I would rather be! I love you all and hope that you are keeping safe! 

Elder Fyffe
As for the photos, just a few of the sunsets that we were blessed with this week, also a branch meeting that we assisted, those are all of the leaders here.