Living like a Narnian

Hallo,

We had a pretty great week! We talked to a lot of really cool people and have lots of appointments with new investigators set up for next week, which is always a good feeling. (Although, statistically, about 50% of all appointments fall out, but that's why we make back-up plans!)

I just wanted to share really quickly how much the Book of Mormon means to me. I read something in Ether a few days ago that I want to share:
"And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and floods which shall come..." (Ether 2:25)
In this verse, it's talking about how God literally prepared the people to cross the ocean to the promised land, but I though it fits really well figuratively as well. The 'Great Deep' can also represent life. The waves try to bury us, the winds blow, and the floods come. But God knows all of that, and he will "prepare us against these things," so that we can "have light when [we] are swallowed up in the depths of the sea."

There is so much to learn in the Book of Mormon. And the best part is that it's not just beautiful literature that could possibly be true. It is true. It comes from God. And that means that when it says in the Book of Mormon that there's life after death, there IS life after death. When it says in the Book of Mormon that prayers are answered, prayers ARE answered. When it says that keeping the commandments of God will lead to happiness, it WILL lead to happiness. When it says that Christ is real -- and that he really came, and that he really saved us from sin, and made it possible to change -- then it's true. We can count on it, and we can live like it's true.

There are so many different opinions and philosophies in the world, and if I tried to test them all out, I would get so confused and twisted around, because a lot of them make sense, at least partially. But luckily, I don't have to! I can trust every word on every line on every page of the Book of Mormon.

Sometimes I just want to go up to people, hold up the Book of Mormon, and say, "You should read this book. You don't know it yet, but it will change your life. I said goodbye to my family for 18 months just to give this book out to people... for FREE, for heaven's sakes. What can you lose? Read it, and ask God about it!"

Something I hear almost every day is, "You can't know that there's a God. What proof do you have that there's a God?"
To that, I quote Alma and say, "What proof do you have that there's NOT a God? "The scriptures are laid before thee, and all things denote there is a God; even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, and its motion, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator."

There's a quote from C.S. Lewis, from one of the Chronicles of Narnia books, that says, “I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.” That's how I feel about my faith sometimes. People can say what they want, but I'm on Christ's side, and I'm going to live like a Christian, no matter what.

I love you all so much! I hope things are going well at home. We're still hearing stuff about Mitt Romney every day. I'll have to study more about it when I come home.

All the best,
Sister Jensen