Raise your hand if you have ever tracted in 98 degree weather with the heat index making it 115 degrees for 2 hours.... *raises hand*. That was a good time. The humidity was so bad you could literally SEE it! Basically you can't ever get ready here because you walk outside and are instantly wet. It's always fabulous showing up to a house looking like a dog :-) We had a great week! I handed out 4 Book of Mormons and the best part was two of them became new investigators! We had some great experiences, but i'll just focus on one for today, my first Book of Mormon lesson- I'll be real honest, before my mission I was never very good at reading my scriptures; Feasting on the words of Christ. Something I've always heard is, "There is power in the scriptures", and I believed that to be true. Power to me meant that I felt the spirit while reading, or I got an answer to a prayer through a verse. I didn't understand what 'Power' truly meant until Tuesday this week, when I left it all on the field: Before every soccer game we are told to leave it all on the field; have no regrets, have no fear. When I step foot onto the pitch, I grab hold of my passion for the sport and my love of the game. When you find passion for something, you allow yourself to be vulnerable; take shots on goal, try moves you've been working on, make breakaways. You give everything you have for 90 minutes because you know leaving it all on the field will never leave you with regrets, and only provide you with a positive outcome. I love putting on my cleats. I love making breakaways and running towards goal. I love taking shots and putting my work to the test. I love being exhausted from sprinting and running for an hour and a half straight. I love working with my teammates and celebrating after a victory. These loves gave me power on the field, it gave power to my teammates, it's what drove us to victories and triumphs, and that power came from being vulnerable. From giving it our best and leaving it all on the field. For the first time in my life I laid my entire testimony in the hands of the Book of Mormon while teaching our investigator. I bore testimony on the truthfulness of every word on every single page. Because of this one book, we have the fullness of the Gospel and absolute undeniable evidence that the Savior lives; this Gospel is the way and only way. Without this one book we would have nothing, we would NOT have all the pieces. I left my entire testimony on the line when I said, "If this book is false, everything I have ever told you is false too. Everything I believe is wrong. If this book is false then I do not know my Savior... but I KNOW it is true. Joseph Smith gave everything for this one book. He DIED so that we could have the words on these few pages. I would not be sitting in your living room today if I didn't KNOW that this book is true. Every word." In that moment I learned that 'Power' in the scriptures is being vulnerable to it's truth. Allowing yourself to give 110% faith that every word is true, translated and will continue to stand the test of life/time. When I found that power, found that vulnerability, I knew of my Savior; I felt him next to me as I testified. I did not have one doubt or fear leaving it all on the field because the power of the scriptures was manifested when I put my faith in them. Before we started our lesson, our investigator said, "I want to read it. I want to know if it's true. I just don't know how to know." That's when I left it all on the field and put my vulnerability in the scriptures, and asked her to read Moroni 10:3-5. After she finished reading, the room was silent for about a minute or so. She looked up at me and said, "all I have to do is ask?" The spirit absolutely flooded the room. It was such a neat moment! I urge you all to be vulnerable- something that is much easier said than done. Allow yourself to figure out what you believe; what are you willing to stand up for? What do you have complete faith in? Are you willing to leave it all on the field? With love, Sister Montgomery 7501 Trafalgar Circle #212 Hanover, MD 21076 [email protected] Leaving it all on the field in soccer and in DC!
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