Holla from Houston!: THE BERG #24

hello family!

#1 sister lenhart and i will be staying together for my last couple weeks!! THANK THE DAYLIGHTS!

ok...now that we've settled that....this week was glorious!!! it all started with an interfaith thanksgiving celebration we had the privilege of going to! it was sooo fun to come together and worship with catholics, methodist, hindu, lutheran, jewish, etc. believers! id be lying if i didnt say i shed a tear or seven million!!!!! the spirit was just happy and it was awesome to see God's children come together and thank/praise him :) religion may divide us, but we are all sons and daughters of the same Heavenly Father!!

i thought that devotional would be the highlight of the week...but then WEDNESDAY HAPPENED!!!! so yall remember Mandi right? angel of a human that we have been teaching for a while now..she is the one that watched all of general conference and comes to church etc....well last sunday she came to church and asked for a blessing...a blessing to get divine help in receiving an answer in regards to her baptism....we were more than happy to set that up!! ;) our 1st counselor and SPIRITUAL GIANT of a man did an amazing job talking/counseling with her before the blessing and then giving her powerful advice DIRECTLY from the Lord. at one point before the blessing though mandi did bring up the fact that i go home soon and that she knows thats why i want her to be baptized......it caught me a little off guard. 1 becuase i keep forgetting my time as a full-time missionary is coming to a close and 2 because that thought hadnt crossed my mind...i couldnt forget her comment though so i decided to take it to the Lord...i doubted a little my motives for wanting her to be baptized. "do i really just want to make it happen before i leave? does God want her baptized NOW or can she wait a little longer? i mean why not give her more time to think and pray?" i pondered these questions in my heart as i went to bed tuesday evening and as i started my study wednesday morning....as i opened the scriptures to Alma 34 (where i had been reading consecutively) i was SHOCKED by the direct answer to prayer that i received.....Alma 34: 30 "And now, my brethren, I would that, after ye have received so many witnesses, seeing that the holy scriptures testify of these things, ye come forth and bring fruit unto repentance.

31 Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts any longer; for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation; and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately shall the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you." NOW IS THE TIME. those words hit me like a ton of BRICKS and made me GIDDY for the lesson we were about to have with mandi because i KNEW that this was God's will for her--not mine! AND HOW CAN YOU DENY THE LORD?!?!?!

so we went in and began to teach her and testify and invite.....sister lenhart started crying the second we stepped foot in her apartment because she had the spirit witness to her that mandi would decide to be baptized! but it wasnt a quick thing..mandi has fears and doubts that are all reasonable and understandable..but we boldy testified of trust in our Lord and faith and so on....when we first invited her to be baptised she responded

"i dont know"

to which i asked "you dont know? or you are scared?"

"im scared."

"do you trust God?"

"yes."

"do you know he loves you?"

"yes."

"do you know he wants what's best for you?"

"yes."

"do you know he wants you to be baptized?"

".....yes."

"will you be baptized?"

"YES!"

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we literally bursted into tears and had a little dance party of pure joy in her cute little apartment!!!!! she is going to be the most AMAZING member and is already planning packages she will send to her boys when they serve missions!!! (they are 6 and 7 years old ;) haha)

AND THE WEEK JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER!!!

--three thanksgiving meals

--departing temple trip

--new investigators accepting christ and baptisms

THERE IS NO BETTER WORK IN THE WORLD I TELL YOU WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and no better time to share it! if you havent already, go onto christmas.mormon.org and watch the video and then show/share/tell it to EVERYONE AND THEIR DOG because it is AMAZING!!! A SAVIOR IS BORN YALL!! AND WE ARE SOOOO BLESSED BECAUSE OF IT!

have a blessed week!! ;)

xoxo

hna hull

ps president J U S T called! sister lenhart and i are TRAINING!!! together! im STOKED FOR ANOTHER NEWBIE!!!!!!!!!