Read the Book of Mormon!

Hey!

Can I just stay here forever! Sister A** and I are just having too much fun! We love it here in Moorpark. The hottest it has been here so far is around 87. Our ward boundaries have a lot of neighborhoods that are gated, then a couple that have a lot of houses with cars lining the streets. And a lot of Hispanics...So when tracting, we either stumble through conversations, or walk around the gated neighborhoods only talking to those outside. It's great though! We've been giving a lot of referrals to other missionaries. The work goes on!

The ward is still amazing. We are going to start something with the active members called the "one-pager". It has had a lot of success in other areas so we are excited! It's a page to fill out to help them to know what to do with their friends and family to bring them closer to Christ. It has ideas from getting to know/spending time and serving them, to inviting them to things. It's nice because most people think that missionary work is just inviting them to be baptized and it's not! The first step is loving and serving them!

We, as missionaries in the Great CVM, are reading and finishing the Book of Mormon by the time President and Sister Felix go home (3 more weeks:(). While reading, we are marking the characteristics of Christ. It is so incredible to see just how many there are. I am almost done and the pages are just filled with highlighted words and phrases. The Book of Mormon is so powerful and it truly is another testament of  Jesus Christ. If you are not reading it, I invite you to start doing so! We have been promised that our testimony will be strengthened, we will be able to handle whatever the adversary puts in our path, and we will never go astray. And if you think about it, everything the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is rides on this very book. EVERYTHING. Isn't it important to read it? If it's hard to understand, please mark the characteristics of Christ as you are reading. I have never understood The Book of Mormon more.

I hope you all have a great week. Please remember that we all have a part in assisting in the Lord's work. We are all needed in this fight for truth and righteousness. No one else has the talents and abilities that the Lord has specifically blessed you with. YOU are needed:)

xoxo,

Sister Groneman