June 8, 2009 Frustrations and Forging Ahead

Hi Everyone,
This week blew by! Its been good though. One of our baptisms, Ronald, fell off date and isn't getting baptized anymore. His mom said she doesn't want him to be, which is really annoying. She's a member too! She doesn't think he'd be able to keep his baptismal covenants...load of crock, but he'll get baptized when he's older and moves out. Kinda frustrating, especially since the real reason she doesn't want him to be baptized is because she got offended by the bishop! Argh, anyway, back to good news.
Yesterday at church we were able to commit two more people for baptism! Their names are Kate and Clayton. They're going to have the bishop marry them real soon. Their date is for the 27th of June, along with their friends, Stacy and Jolyn. They're all middle-aged and Native American, so its pretty exciting. They're doing really well!
So that's the big news for the week. Not too much else happened. Some investigator's that weren't progressing are starting to do better, and some that were doing good, like JD and Donny, we haven't been able to get a hold of for about 2 weeks! So that's really frustrating, but the work goes on.
Well, spiritual thought for the day. I was reading in the Doctrine and Covenants today during personal study and was reading in and around section 60-70 and came across a verse I really liked. I believe Jesus is speaking in the revelation to Joseph Smith and he is talking about his Father and describes Him as "the Father of lights." I thought that was a really interesting title. The footnotes cross-referenced it to another verse in the Doctrine and Covenants talking about how whatever is good is light and whatever is light comes from the Father. I just made me think more that whatever is good in this life comes from our Father in Heaven. If it promotes us to live happy, fulfilling, righteous lives, it have been provided for us by our Father. On the contrary, the father of darkness only provides things that allow for instant gratification which generally lead to lasting sorrow and guilt. I loved the description though, "Father of lights." Let us all seek for things that bring light in our lives. And what is the thing that can bring us the most light? Our Savior Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world. I hope we all look to Him as we go thoughout our days for comfort and support, so He can help us find true, lasting happiness(I hope that all made sense).
Well I'll get off my soap box, I love you all, have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt