Update: the gas kicked back in sometime during the last week, so warm showers are again a reality. We only had to go 11 days without a stove and warm showers (that's not entirely true, we spent two nights in Bratislava for District Conference.)
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Nephi, one of the early writers in the Book of Mormon, plays a sneaky trick on all of us in the last chapter of his book. He tells the skeptic, "If ye believe not in these words believe in Christ" (2 Nephi 33:10). So after we've established that we believe in Christ, Nephi reveals the plot twist: "And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they teach all men that they should do good."
So we all fell into Nephi's trap! Well-played, Nephi. I testify with Nephi that if you believe in Christ, you will also believe the Book of Mormon, because they are His words. They invite us to believe in Christ, to change through repentance, to be baptized so we can have the Holy Ghost more abundantly, to help one another, and to endure to the end. That way, we will be prepared to live again with our Heavenly Parents one day.
So we all fell into Nephi's trap! Well-played, Nephi. I testify with Nephi that if you believe in Christ, you will also believe the Book of Mormon, because they are His words. They invite us to believe in Christ, to change through repentance, to be baptized so we can have the Holy Ghost more abundantly, to help one another, and to endure to the end. That way, we will be prepared to live again with our Heavenly Parents one day.
Stanislav's humble abode
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