January 10, 2012

Hello! The weather has been beautiful here. I hope it has been elsewhere.

This week we had a lesson with one of our investigators. We were teaching her about faith from Alma 32. We read the whole chapter and discussed the meaning of it. In our discussion she said that the soil in the desert is so different from the soil in New York, where she is from. But, she said, you can grow almost anything here, it just takes a lot more care and effort.

I thought that was so true. Just like our faith, sometimes we leave room for a seed of faith to be planted but our soil is hard and not easy to grow in. And, sometimes our soil is fertile and the seed grows quickly with little effort. But regardless of your soil, how much room you leave for a seed to be planted, the seed can grow and you can come to a knowledge of the truth of that which is planted.

Leave room in your heart to plant a seed for the Book of Mormon. If you already have, continue to nurture it by reading and praying about it. Test the Book by living its principles and you will see that it will begin to swell, enlarge, enlighten, and become delicious to you. Follow the admonition of President Henry B. Eyring and "drink deeply and often from it's pages."

The gospel is in place to bring us happiness. If we live the principles taught by the Prophets and Apostles then we will have lived an exemplary life and will have no regrets for what we have done.

Love Elder Fagersten