On Saturday, he focused a majority of his instruction on the Atonement of Jesus Christ and I know for a fact that my testimony/conversion has deepened as I listened to him testify and use hundreds of scriptures as he invited us to individually come closer to Christ and help others do the same. Throughout the day, he had some missionaries come up role play teaching scenarios ranging from the Book of Mormon to the Law of Chastity. As a precursor, Elder Klebingat is a very bold, straightforward, and tells it how it is kind of General Authority, so it would have been a little nerve-wracking going up and teaching him Gospel principles. Anyways, my companion and I were called up to take two minutes to teach the Law of Chastity. We taught, testified, and invited him to obey the law, and then he told us to sit down. He then joked with us that he wished we would've messed up somewhere, so that he could give us some more feedback, but he was complimentary and we were able to move on! He taught us that "we don't need to wait until a future day to know that we are acceptable before the Lord." Through genuine repentance, the Lord forgives us, but we must not short-change the Atonement of Jesus Christ by not accepting this forgiveness. He taught us that we are on missions in order to fulfill a pre-mortal covenant that we have made to gather Israel. He explained many doctrines of the pre-mortal existence, which helped me understand better why I was sent to this Earth at this time.
He told us that "everything that happened in the New Testament, happens in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, but we just don't cast it out to the world...yet." He has been with the Apostles of Jesus Christ when miracles have happened and "the roof has come off."
He gave us a blessing under the keys that were delegated to him by the Quorum of the Twelve. In this blessing, he told us that if we accept the many invitations that he gave us, then we would be able to better know the Savior and His Atonement and we will know that when we are repenting and the Spirit can work through us, then that's a sign that we have been forgiven. He blessed us that we would be able to listen to the voice of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and be able to ignore the adversary in order to get us through the darkest times of our lives.
It was the most spiritual meeting of my mission and then we capped off the day with the baptism of Briana. It was short and sweet, but the Spirit definitely was present and helped the family see the importance of making and keeping covenants.
Some of the best news I got this week was that Rosa, (Raquel's sister) from my first area Hemet, will be getting baptized. Through all of the Lord's miracles, I was able to baptize Raquel February 2018 and now over a year later, I will be going back on Saturday to baptize Rosa. They are some of the best friends I have made on the mission, so it will be a great reunion.
It has been awesome applying what we learned from Elder Klebingat's trainings. The Spirit has been stronger and it was great to be rejuvenated going into the last 6 months of my mission. The Lord is so kind and aware of what we need and when we need it. There isn't a more perfect plan than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Making and keeping covenants with God is what will exalt us. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can overcome sin and death. There is nothing worse than being spiritually separated from God AND there is nothing better than knowing that you are worthy and acceptable before Him. The Atonement of Jesus Christ can change everything about us, every day of our lives.
Elder Moon
Brianna's baptism
Easter Day
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