This week was such a good week. The highlight, was defiantly General Conference! We also went on splits for the first time in my mission, Had interviews by President Lee, had an awesome game night, and met a cool guy who was from Ghana.
I will save the best for last so I will tell about Splits! Splits are where the 2 missionaries in a area split up and go with 2 members. The 2 members we went with were 2 soon to be missionaries. I went with Jeff Jacobs and Elder Gibby went with Colt Mills. We decided to do some tracting which was unusual especially for going with others. We have some events coming up at our church for a 4 week counting so me and Jeff decided to invite people to church. In about 1 hr., we invited over 20 people to church. It was a good experience for Jeff to get to talk to people and get out of his shell in a way. I remember taking to people being one of the hardest things to do and it still is. We defiantly felt strength from the Lord as we went out of our way to talk and invite people. It was awesome!
Once a transfer, President Lee will interview all of the missionaries and make sure they are doing good. Our district has 16 missionaries and interviews usually go from 5-20 min. After 2 hours, we were just starting on the 6th missionary! It was going so slow. We started our district meeting at 11:00 and finished around 4:00! It was such a long meeting and to make it even better, I got to give a training. I think it went well even though thoughts were a little scattered. I trained on why Members of the Church need Investigators. There are so many blessings from doing missionary work and Investigators give us the opportunity to receive those blessings and feel of the spirit more in our lives. One quote from power of every day missionaries that is talking about balancing Church Callings and missionary work said:
"I decided to search the Doctrine and Covenants to see what guidance it might offer our ward and stake leaders for balancing these trade-offs to achieve proper focus. We found that the Doctrine and Covenants, as the instruction that God gave us for building the kingdom of God in the latter days, is filled with remarkable promises that God has offered to those who accept His call to share the gospel. Far from putting the kingdom out of balance, if our ward and stake leaders were to focus on leading their members to share the gospel, many of the other problems that fester in our hearts and homes, and in our wards and stakes, would resolve themselves through the blessings that come from accepting the call that God has given each of us to be missionaries"
This really stood out to me as why missionary work is so important. We all except the call to serve the Lord as we are baptized. Do we fulfill that call every day? I know that as we do, our problems in our day to day life will in time solve themselves and decay into nothing. It is so important to do missionary work. Also, we are able to practice teaching what we are living and practice the gospel more fully as we teach it to others. Lets all make missionary work the focus of our every day lives and I know our lives will dramatically improve and flourish
On Thursday, we had our 2 monthly game night. It had around 30 people and it seemed as if everyone was having a great time. We only had 1 investigator there but we had a lot of members who got to know each other better which is always good. It was a fun time and I almost memorized how to completely solve a crazy 12 sided Rubik cube.
We met some people from Ghana as we were going to a dinner appointment. We were 2-3 minutes early so we started talking to this guy and his wife. They were moving apartments within the apartment complex because their old apartment flooded. They had just finished moving all of their stuff over so we weren't able to help in that way. We got talking about something and it lead to talking about wood work. He mentioned that he was trying to find a space to set up his machine shop and get some wood working done. This guy was really into lathe work and so we got talking. He had built his own lathe and made a living from making chair legs and vases. It was cool to get to know him and talk about a common interest. He invited us back to come talk with him any time we are in the area. Awesome experience!
So, last of all General Conference was so spiritual. For me the most spiritual part was the sustaining of the Church Leaders and The Prophet. As I stood and sustained the Prophet, the spirit hit me so strong like a huge wave. At that very moment, I had gained a witness from Heavenly Father that Russell M. Nelson is called by him to lead the church today. The spirit was so strong. It was probably one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. I have a testimony of Latter day Prophets. President Nelson is a Prophet and I sustain him with all my heart. I hope you all were able to feel a similar spirit as you sustained President Nelson. There defiantly is a sweet spirit that comes from General Conference and I know that as we study and ponder the talks given throughout our daily lives, that we will find power and peace as we live by the council of the Prophets and Apostles of the church given to them by the Lord himself. Please heed the words of the Prophets and keep them alive in your hearts and homes. They will bless you and your family in every aspect of your lives. I know this to be true and leave you my testimony In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
I love you all and hope your weeks are full of the spirit. Keep pressing forward and working each day to be the best you can. That's all the Lord asks.
Quote of the week:
"Look after the man behind the one in front of you."
- Harold B. Lee
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