We saw a sweet miracle this last week from using the Book of Mormon in our ministry. This miracle helped one of our investigators, Emilia (name changed), get closer to God.
Emilia is a 40 year-old Ecuadorian widow who lives with her gringo boyfriend Terrry (name changed). In our first lesson, we soft-invited her to be baptized and she volunteered to us that she couldn't because she was "living in sin." We have barely taught her the full Restoration, but we *did* give her a Book of Mormon and promise her that she would grow closer to Jesus Christ by reading it.
This last week, we weren't able to see her in person at all. Be we asked her, via text message, what she had learned and felt as she read.
Her answer? "About the greatness of God, that when you pray, the Spirit of God gives you what you need. That God reveals Himself when you keep His commandments."
On Saturday, she sent us a text message that shows that she is applying what she is learning: "It's important that I stop living with Tommy. I've lived with him for a year and I've realized that God doesn't want this kind of life for me. I know I put myself in this - it wasn't God - and that's why I want to leave this situation." Mind you, we hadn't met with her at all week! But she was reading the Book of Mormon (about a chapter every day), which invited the Spirit, and the Spirit can teach us all things.
This story is one of the reasons why I don't nag people about commandments, but instead invite them to read the Book of Mormon and pray to Heavenly Father every day! It works!
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