Hello 3/3/14

Hello everyone,

Well this week has been a crazy one due to the weather. It has been snowing a lot! Temperatures are supposed to go down to 7. But we are keeping warm and continuing in the work. We have been finding new people to teach this week, which is exciting. People have been giving us referrals :) We have also been teaching some former investigators the discussions. We have one family coming back to church- the Lestors. They have been wanting to move to Texas and start a new life there, but it seems like things have not been going their way. We have been visiting with them weekly.

I love talking with people, getting to know them and what they are looking for. Some of them are searching for that truth but know not where to find it. I heard that in two minutes people are able to discern whether or not someone is telling the truth. The very moment we meet someone is the most important of all because of this. It amazes me the different responses we get from them when we first introduce to them the Book of Mormon. I can remember this one woman saying , "So they knew the Messiah's name would be Jesus Christ? That's interesting because it doesn't say His name in the Old Testament, and that was 600 years before He was born." You get all types of responses, but the thing that stuck out to me the most is how many people are looking for that proof. I received this beautiful testimony from this one ward member one time that always reminds me of this. It goes:

"When I was investigating the Church, I expected that I would read or discover some "proof" that the Book of Mormon and words of latter-day prophets were true. But I soon discovered that there is no proof great enough to prevent doubt Matthew 16:1-4; Alma 30:44. Instead, it requires a leap of faith. I decided to take the seed of faith I had and experiement upon it, to see if it would end in unbelief or end in greater understanding, as said in Alma 32:21-43....

I love this testimony. It reminds me all the time of how we need to take that faith, even if it is a little faith, and nourish it. And other times, we need to take that leap of faith when we are unsure about a matter. We can end either in doubt or a greater belief of what we had planted. I tetify that if we take our testimonies and nourish them, that we will end up with greater faith. Heavenly Father knows each and every one of us and how much we need. He tests us, but it is because He knows what we can become. these things I say, in His sacred name, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Hello! 2/24/14

Hello everyone!

This week has been great. I have a new companion- she is great. Her name is Sister Pierson. We have been going about trying to find new people to teach. We wanted to make that a goal for this transfer and it looks like it is happening :) I am so grateful for that. The people of Ashland are wonderful. The ward is great. New people are moving in, so the ward is getting bigger. We are having some less-actives come back to church. One of them came back to church after a few years, which was awesome! So it has been good here :)

How is everyone doing? Have to run but wanted to say that I miss you all and love you!

Love,
Sister Habibpour