Book of Mormon Miracles

Hey Fam!

Okay this week was so awesome!  There were so many incredible things that happened this week!  First off, I heard yesterday that it has already snowed 49 inches this year... that's 49 inches in 12 DAYS!! Sooo much snow... but it has been fun helping people when they get stuck :)

One of the guys we are teaching has been having troubles quitting smoking cigarettes.  He has been smoking for a long time and has tried to quit multiple times.  There are many different methods people use to quit smoking but the one I ALWAYS turn to in helping someone quit their addiction is the Book Of Mormon.  How can the Book of Mormon help someone quit smoking? It turns them to Christ!  A good friend recently sent me some really cool facts about the Book of Mormon.  Out of the 531 page of the Book there are 6,604 verses.  3,340 of those verses have at least one reference to Christ.  Within those verses, there are 3,925 references to Christ.  On average, every 1.7 verses make reference to Jesus Christ!  The book was written to help people come unto Christ!  So last week I made our investigator a promise, as an Emissary of Jesus Christ, that if he would read the Book of Mormon each time he had a craving to smoke the craving would leave him.  We met on Saturday and when I asked him if he took me up on my promise to read he said it worked!! It was funny because he said it didn't work for very long.  When he had a craving he would read and he said it was amazing because the thought and feeling to smoke would completely leave him but then it would come back 30 minutes later.  I laughed and told him that is how God works.  We told him at first he will have to read tons to get away from his addiction but we promised it will get easier as time goes on.  We related this to enduring to the end and how it is not enough to just go to church once or read the scriptures once.. they are things we do throughout our lives because they turn us to the Lord.  He was very excited and happy to have finally found the way to break free from his addiction.  He will be baptized on Jan 31st :)

I am so grateful for the scriptures.  I LOVE the Book of Mormon.  I literally CAN'T go a single day without reading it.  It is the vehicle to receive the spiritual sustenance each and every day.  I hope and pray you all take the time to read it every single day. Even if it is just a few verses :)

I love you all and am so grateful for your great love and support!

Elder Holland