Agents VS Objects And Asking Inspired Questions

Hey Everyone, 

This week was pretty good. There's a lot of zone conferences and exchanges. With the formation of the England Bristol Mission in a couple of weeks, it's been crazy. I'll only describe the highlight of the week and the name of the email. We have been learning recently about the power of helping people be agents and not objects, or acting instead of being acted upon.

On Friday when we got back from all of our exchanges, we had a lesson with a new person we found last Sunday named Connie. It was pretty cool because we found her while looking for the home of a member we hadn't met. We taught the Restoration on Friday and it was powerful. As I had mentioned about being an agent, we did our best to help her not be an object. When she would ask us a question, we would not just simply give her the answer or tell her what to do(as to not make her an object). We would acknowledge the question and then ask an inspired question in return based on her question. As she was an agent and started thinking and answering the question we asked, she would answer her own question. It was cool because then she owned it instead of us controlling it. Instead of us telling her she needed to pray about our message, she was coming to the conclusion herself. She got excited as she was discovering, not just being told. 

The spirit was so strong, and she was getting so emotional as we testified. It's so cool to see the Savior's hand touch someone's life. She is coming to Church on Sunday and she may set a Baptismal Date soon.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Elder Wilhelmsen