Teaching a lesson but minus the teaching

Great things are happening down here in RICHY!! I'd say that one of the only things greater than that us missionaries are eligible to get the COVID shot soon is that I made and ate brussel sprouts and actually enjoyed them. I have now awarded myself with the sous-chef award despite my burnt quesadilla. To report, Adriana is progressing so well for her baptism on the 4th of April (Easter, General Conference, her son's birthday, and her baptism... shall there be a better day than this?). AND we had a stellar lesson with Nichole to prepare her for her baptism on the 17th of April. We decided to teach the law of chastity and we invited this AMAZING member to help us out. Before we got on the lesson, the member had a conversation like this with us: Member: "So I have been studying, reading in Preach My Gospel, and even researching on the churches website. I am going to teach Nichole the Law of Chastity, read some scriptures, and then I will turn the time over to you all to decide what the next move is and to wrap things up." Us: *jaw on the ground* And that is exactly how the lesson went. The member taught one of the greatest lessons on the Law of Chastity and we were able to testify to what the member said. Infact, last minute the scripture 1 Nephi 3:7 came to my mind. This is a classic scripture and I felt that Nichole NEEDED to hear it. I pulled it out and I had no idea how impactful and powerful that scripture is. I guess it's because I see it with new eyes but listen to this line... "The Lord giveth NO commandments, save he SHALL prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." What a promise? What does that mean for us then? It means that if you have no money to pay your tithing, PAY IT. The Lord will provide a way. It means that if you need to decide between living with your boyfriend or finding out a way to live separately to keep the law of chastity, DO IT. And it means that if the world thinks it's cool to disobey and disrepect your parents--backstabbing, gossiping, etc--reread through the 10 commandments and LIVE THEM. I love that we are invited by modern day prophets and apostles to "choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong." Love you all! Elder Gardanier