"Them That Will Receive You"

This week has been good, we were able to successfully introduce our friend Peter to the Elders of the Warwick branch, he should be getting baptized this weekend if everything goes well. He is amazing. Its going to be awesome, we're going to get to drive over there to see it with a few of the members here who got to be good friends with him while he was here. In our own area, we are going to need to be focusing on getting our recent converts further integrated better into the ward (thankfully we have ward council this week, that should be good) and at the same time finding new people to teach and baptize. I am excited! The work of the Lord is good. 

I was particularly inspired by one passage as I studied from Preach My Gospel this morning. "You are to build up the Church by finding “them that will receive you” (D&C 42:8). Such people will recognize that you are the Lord’s servants. They will be willing to act on your message. Many of these people have been “kept from the truth [only] because they know not where to find it” (D&C 123:12)" (p. 156). This made me think of how the people we have been able to teach and baptize recently have been so prepared by the hand of the Lord to receive and act on the message we had to share with them. It is so awesome, and there are so many more people who are ready for it. And with the Lord's help, we will find them!

Love, 

Elder Poulsen

*Mother's note - bonus pictures this week emailed to me from Sister McSweeney, one of the members in Elder Poulsen's ward.  She made a special birthday meal complete with a cake to celebrate his birthday which is on Wednesday of this week.  Happy Birthday Elder Poulsen!!!