Secret Panels?

Spiritual: One of my favorite things this week was something I found in my personal study. It is in Alma 5:12. That scripture says "And according to his faith there was a mighty change wrought in his heart. Behold I say unto you that this is all true." I really like that because it feels like a direct comparison to me. That as much as our faith goes up, our "mighty change" goes up. It also means that as soon as you can see yourself start to change for the better, you have an assurance that you are having an increase of faith. So if you can see change or if you can see your faith growing, the Lord is bound to fulfill the other part of his promise. When I first skimmed over that verse i thought it said "because of" instead of "according to" and I have realized how different those things are. We don't change after our faith is perfect or because our faith is increasing. It is according to the faith so we can progress line upon line, precept upon precept and have lasting conversion.

Funny: We went to dinner with us and a few couples in the ward. We were having a good talk when the conversation turned to guns. The brother hosting us went to his wall, opened a hidden panel, and took out an old pistol. We were shocked. Then he handed the pistol to one of the other girls there and then went back to the same hidden panel and took out a legitimate, really old rifle. Now, I have been to this house many times and I had never ever noticed the hidden panel. He told us about the guns and how to load them and somebody else contributed the information on how to make a gun out of bike spokes. I am absolutely certain that there are more secret panels in that house. It was so crazy.

Where I'm at: We are so excited for the holidays, especially Christmas with the #LIGHTtheWORLD initiative. We were able to go talk to the Henderson State University campus representative about the rules of being on campus and proselyting and we have decided to spend a day hosting a table (for a fee 😒) and passing out #LIGHTtheWORLD cards! The Branch President is going to oversee everything, but we are really excited to reach out to the college kids and invite them to learn more! We anticipate this to be really successful! The weather isn't bad and we are still praying mightily for 80 baptisms by the end of the year! We got 22 as a mission in October and we are going to keep working hard to get the rest of those souls!

Have a happy Thanksgiving!