Ojai rocks!

Hey guys!

 Ojai rocks. It's the best!

 

We taught Janice the plan of salvation this past week… we brought one of our ward missionaries, sister Stillman and they connected so well. It turns out they have mutual friends and have met briefly before! small world. Janice seems a little hesitant about the commitments with extend, but she is progressing well.

 

We have a new investigator named Dee! It was a miracle.. she just showed up to church and asked, "How do I join?" We got our planners out to schedule an appointment with her.. we are pretty busy tonight and tomorrow, so we asked if we would be able to meet Wednesday.. she said, "Is there any way we can meet before then?!" She is so eager to meet with us and learn about the gospel. We're having a lesson with her tonight :) She is new to Ojai, just recently moved from Maui and went to the church there. We're excited to teach her.

 

 This past week we met with Brother Vanfleet (he is a less-active member). We centered our lesson on a talk given by Elder Scott titled, "Make the exercise of faith your first priority." We talked about daily scripture study and prayer.. he had us pull out his Book of Mormon. It was fully marked, with cross-references and insights in the margins.. it was amazing. He told us he hadn't read in years. He committed to read every day this week and we too committed to feast upon the words of Christ. I feel so blessed to have a specific time set apart in my day to study the scriptures, but I realized during this lesson that  reading them every day is not enough. We must FEAST upon his word and pray fervently that the spirit will teach us what we need to learn. Elder Scott said that daily scripture study is more important than work, school, social media, sports, and even sleep.. We absolutely need that spiritual strength that comes when we read every day.

 

Something I also read in my studies this week was Mormon chapter 9. That is one amazing chapter!  I love vs. 19, "  And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and IS a God of miracles."

 

His ways don't change. His love is eternal!

Love,

Sister James
4-27-15

Mabel's!
 

Lys