hello fam

Well let me just tell you. I have grown soo much on this mission it feels like 5 years have gone by. Especially in the knowledge of the gospel and all the scriptures. Things are going great with my companion and she has opened up alot. She's awesome. 

       This past week I was able to have the most intellectual/spiritual lesson of my life thus far with a couple the Williamsons. The Williamsons were raised in the Baptist faith (they are in their 40's) but have since determined that all churches have man- made properties involved which has transpired into them no longer affiliating with a specific religion. . but they are true lovers/believers of the bible and say that they are "saved". 

    I went through the lesson trying to teach about the restoration of the gospel.. that Jesus Christ had set up his church on the earth with all the ordinances and leadership necessary. That an apostasy had happened which can be read about in Amos 7- 11-12.. That there would be a time again when the church that Jesus Christ ( and the preisthood) had set up would need to be restored.. not reorganized or changed. We went through the possibility of a living day prophet.. I said that in Mathew 7 we can read that "by their fruits ye shall know them".. So what is the fruit of Joseph Smith?? We have determined two major fruits.. 1. The Church   2. The B.O.M.. now we must analyze these two things and study, ponder and pray about them to determine if the fruit is good or bad. If it is good then Joseph Smith was a prophet. . and everything else that goes along with that is true. If not the latter.. right?

    Well Mr. Williamson believes the bible to be the only necessary tool to read and therefore be saved.. and will not come to a church meeting until he embraces that Joseph Smith was indeed a prophet.. So I thought.. well lets read in Alma 32. We read the whole chapter together.. analyzing the doctrine of faith. . that it is not to have a perfect knowledge.. but if we start to feel the swelling motions of a good thing.. it will sprout .. it will grow into something great. . So then He said.. Sister Davidson.. will you come prepared next time to answer What Jospeh Smith has revealed that is not in the bible.. and why we need a latter day prophet? I answered of COURSE!! 

I have studied and found many scriptures to back the truthfullness that the gospel needed to be restored and that the church is necessary and that we must take the sacrament weekly and continue.. that the preisthood needed to be restored and that a prophet is always the spokesperson for the Lord. 

But no matter what I have researched.. no matter how prepared I am to try to doctrinally prove that Joseph Smith was a prophet.. the spirit of truth.. asking God for yourself.. is the only thing one can do to gain a testimony of it. I am so grateful to know that personal revelation exists.. that we can actually pray to God and expect an answer back if we sincerely desire the answer. . and even that answer we receive may not be what we want.. but it WILL come. 

    I am excited to teach more lessons.. but more importantly to learn and grow more in the truth that i have found.. and the happiness and contentment that comes from living the principles of the scriptures. 

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    Love Sis Rachelle Davidson