The gist of the week revolved around teaching simply to the most complex people. It still amazes me to see when the understanding of a doctrine increases, the ability to teach it simply is magnified. Before the mission if you would have asked me, "Teach me the Gospel of Jesus Christ," I would have been uhhhhhh go to church, keep the commandments.
Now I can honestly say that by living the Gospel to the fullest of my capabilities, teaching the Gospel comes sometimes without even using words! And when words are required I often don't need to think a word of what to say because the Gospel is as much a part of me as my heart. I've been studying the Book of Job recently and his life and thoughts exemplify the conviction a follower of Jesus Christ needs, even in the presence of pain and pestilence:
27 Whom I shall see for mysel
Whether they be hillbillies, hippies, or horse masters, man or women, black or white, old or young, our Savior Jesus Christ can appear to our hearts individually. Like Job, who had never physically seen the Savior yet, I can still declare, "I know that my redeemer liveth." Elder Teh of the quorum of the 70 told me a couple months ago, "If all you know is what you see and what you hear, you will not know much." Sometimes the best way to know is to feel in your heart.
xoxo
Elder Burgess
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