The Restored Gospel Of Jesus Christ

Hello friends, family and more! I hope you all are doing great! I am so glad I get to share things with you every week! Here is a little bit about my week! To help you get in the right spirit while reading this I am going to share a scripture! 1 Nephi 22:3 -  "Wherefore, the things of which I have read are things pertaining to things both temporal and spiritual;"... I would like for you to read this as Nephi read the brass plates, with intents of knowing this spiritual and temporal. To start our week we went on exchanges with Elders Cullen and Sanders! I went with Elder Cullen! We went to high-school together! That was so much fun! He had been preparing to teach a specific family for two weeks and I got to be at that lesson! It was amazing. We were able to boldly testify and invite. The family is progressing towards baptism now and learning what they need to be baptized and make more covenants with God. Following that great day we were about to go to bed and Elder Cullen's companion forgot his medicine and was having scary reactions without it so we rushed over at 11pm to give him medicine just to get home before midnight for bed. He got better within minutes thankfully! Life is so precious! We have got to be careful of our spiritual and temporal needs! Pay attention to the changes we need to make in our lives, it can bring huge blessings! The following days we had many lessons of great worth! My friend Bradly was bashing us and I was able to testify and soften his heart to hearing the true words of Jesus Christ. He was humbled and quieted. I am grateful the spirit can be with us to help us in our lives to guide and protect us from harm! Then we had more exchanges later in the week with our Zone Leaders, Elders Sellick and Kidd, I was with Elder Kidd and one of my companions Elder Steckler. They are so great! We had an amazing lesson with one of my progressing friends and he is just like the family I taught on my previous exchange! Ready and wanting to be baptized we just need to teach him the last of the commandments! The rest of my week was great! I taught two part-member families at once! And got to share The Message of The Restoration of The Gospel of Jesus Christ, resolve concerns and set up a lesson to progress them toward baptism and reactivation. We are seeing so many miracles in the areas we are working in, in the Rainier zone. Today we get to throw pottery! I am so excited to make some things on the wheel! God is good brothers and Sisters. He loves you and wants you to have place for joy in your heart always! This week I learned much about Joseph Smith and WHAT A TESTIMONY BUILDER! He is amazing! He proclaimed the "Standard of Truth" and I am so happy to see Joseph Smiths prophecy fulfilled as he suffered much and the church at the time and still was able to bring God's work to pass, I know that the Restoration of The Gospel of Jesus Christ goes forward through continuing revelation and proclaim that no unhallowed hand can stop this work from progressing! I love you my friends, brothers and sisters, and most of all family! I know the Gospel of Jesus Christ is real and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has the correct authority given by God to saves and protect souls from the adversary! Please Come unto Jesus Christ and join His Holy church on the earth today so that you can have blessings on high and learn of the things He wants for you! He is perfect. You will have happiness in your heart and a knowledge that God will bless you with the greatest gifts both spiritually and temporally! I say this in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, and amen.

-Elder Caleb Holt

Washington Vancouver Mission

2/21/2022