Sister Kendra Reynolds: Episode 9: Come, Follow Me...We Can Do Better and Be Better--President Nelson

Hello Everyone!

This week just flew by!! We have continued teaching Jay Reed and he is so ready to hear the gospel!! He has a baptismal date set for May 18 and is so ready for that to happen! He came to church this last Sunday and loved every minute of it. It was especially great for it being Easter Sunday too! My love for the Savior has grown so much this past week. From reading and studying from Come Follow Me and my own personal studies of His life...it has been amazing.

We have been tracting a lot this week, and the scripture we have been sharing is 2 Nephi 2:8--"Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise." I love that it starts out with "How great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth" and it's true! Knowing that we can be cleansed, forgiven, saved, and resurrected because of the Savior is what keeps me going from day to day. Because of Him, all things are possible! Sharing this message with everyone we met was so special. We got to see and hear so many testimonies of those from other faiths. It was interesting to see that the faster you brought Jesus Christ into the discussion the more willing people will talk to you! haha Our companionship goal is to do the exact same thing every week! To pick a specific scripture which focuses on Christ and share it with everyone. People don't realize how much we do believe in lol. It's funny to see them accuse us and we testify against some weird stereotype or whatever it be, and they are more willing to talk to us once they see we are "normal."

With General Conference still fresh in our minds, and with this past week being Easter, we have also been focusing on President Nelson's talk, "Come, Follow Me" and how he states the difference between salvation and exaltation. Salvation is a personal, individual matter, but exaltation is a family matter. There is a distinct difference between the two! We recently taught our new convert Bro. Don Steed the Plan of Salvation again and had a member come with us. Her name is Sister Hutchinsen. She had a powerful testimony of being sealed in the temple and exaltation. Through her testimony, Bro. Steed has us now praying for him to find a wife to take to the temple!! haha He has so much faith. I aspire to have faith as he does! He understands, in the most simple and childlike way, what needs to be done in this life in order to go to the Celestial Kingdom. It really is simple. My question that I have been asking myself lately is why do we make it seem like the hardest thing to do?? But it's not us necessarily, it is Satan. He also knows what needs to be done and he is going to fight just as hard, if not harder to get us to break and keep us from making and keeping our covenants and going back to our Heavenly home...but because of Jesus Christs' Atonement, we can do it. We ALL can receive these blessings! I know this to be true. And I know that it is through this gospel, the gospel of Jesus Christ that we can do so. I hope we all can learn from this past Easter what we need to do to keep on that straight and narrow path. I love you all! Until next week!!

Sister Reynolds