December 9, 2013

Hello everyone!! Hope you all are doing wonderful. This past week we have been tracting in -10 degrees on a regular basis....I can HONESTLY say I have never been so cold in my life. No exaggeration necessary! But we have seen miracles for not locking ourselves inside to stay warm! We bought some foot and hand warmers too, which help a bit. Not the cheap lame kind. The Canada kind :) And it is snowing right now! The first snow of the season! Very fun :) It is beautiful!! I just pray I never get transferred up north....:)

I want to share an experience from this past week that made a VERY big impact on me. We were out tracting one night, and a woman opened the door and invited us right in because it was freezing outside. Well, below freezing for that matter. Anyway, she looked at us and asked us what we believe about our Savior.  I said "He is our Savior and Redeemer. He died on the cross for us, and because of His suffering, we are able to one day make it back to live with our Father in Heaven." Appearing to be satisfied with our answer, she invited us to come in and have nightly scripture study with her family, as they do every night after their dinner. Well, the Spirit was almost screaming to me to not go in. But what did I do? I ignored Him, thinking, I can help this family! It was a mother and father, and 2 small children. They read a story from a children's Bible, and discussed it a bit. Things were going great. We talked a bit about the story, then continued to talk about the Bible. Of course, we then brought up the Book of Mormon and how it is an additional testament of Jesus Christ. Oh how things changed at that point. They began to contend with our beliefs in the Book of Mormon, and told us there was no way it was of God. They said the story surrounding Joseph Smith was too unreal. They said God doesn't need a "clarifier to the Bible". As they stated these things, when we had the chance, Sister Tutt and I bore powerful witness of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. Then, we asked them if they had read it? Of course, their answer was no. They said they didn't need to read it to know it was not of God. My heart began to ache. The Spirit was no where to be found. This man looked at me in the eyes and said, "one day, young lady, there will come a point in your life where you will question whether the Book of Mormon is true, and I pray that when that day comes, that you hold on ONLY to the Bible to be the word of God. I will pray for you to do so." Well, with aching heart, I stared at this man and told him that that day had already come. I have already had to question the truthfulness of The Book of Mormon. And after reading from it, pondering its message, and praying about its truthfulness, the Spirit has testified to me SO strongly that it IS indeed also the Word of God. Never, in my entire life, will I deny its truth. The day of questioning has already past, never to be brought up again. The decision has been made - IT IS TRUE! Looking frustrated, they did not have much else to say, as Sister Tutt and I bore powerful witness. However, when we left, we found that the Spirit needed to be brought back into our hearts. How I pray that I would have listened to Him when He first warned us to not go in. Driving away from their home, Sister Tutt and I played quietly on a cd, "Praise to the Man". "Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah, Jesus annointed that Prophet and seer. Blessed to open the last dispensation, kings shall extol him and nations revere. Hail to the Prophet, ascended to Heaven, traitors and tyrants, now fight him in vain. Mingling with Gods he can plan for his brethren, death cannot conquer the hero again!" People are still trying to kill Joseph Smith. Praise to the Man.

This week's challenge is to watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. And if you have already watched it, watch it again! And the second part of the challenge, is to post a link to it on your Facebook. PLEASE use Facebook as a tool for helping others find the Lord Jesus Christ. He has created things to help His work move forward!

Anyway, that about sums up my testimony. Jesus Christ is my Savior. I KNOW that He lives and that He suffered for my sins personally. I know that one day I will meet Him face to face, and speak to Him as a man speaketh to His friend, and I pray that when that day comes, I will hear the words from my Savior, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." May each of  you desire that as well! I love you all so much!!

Love,

Sister Biggs