Section 111 in the Doctrine and Covenants is a pretty obscure section but this week we had an interesting experience that highlighted a principle found recorded there.
Verse 8 of the revelation states,
"8 And the place where it is my will that you should tarry, for the main, shall be signaled unto you by the peace and power of my Spirit, that shall flow unto you"
In the dark of Monday night at around 8:30 we were driving to an appointment and took a turn onto a side street on our way. As we drove down I felt a resounding impression from the Holy Ghost that prompted me to stop the car. We didn't have very much time at that moment but we felt prompted to knock the only house with a light on. We talked for a few minutes with the guy there an left a copy of the Book of Mormon. We planned to come back and knock the street, a finding technique I haven't really used since before Christmas last year, the next day. We were busy but had a few minutes at 7pm the next day to do some knocking. We taught the first door we knocked on for a few minutes and set a return appointment. Our second door we meet Delfino and had an awesome lesson. We knocked his door and he invited us in. As we taught him about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ you could just see the gears turning in his mind. We invited him to be baptized and he said he would have to talk to his wife, who wasn't present at the time. We asked him if he knew anyone who might be interested in learning more and he said his whole family lives next door and that he would invite them over next week!
Referrals are fun. I've recently learned you just have to be terribly persistent. We meet with William and Carolina and the last four or five visits we've asked for referrals and have always got the, "we don't know anyone." Our last visit they said that they had asked a few people but they all said no. Persistence brings actions, eventually action brings results.
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