It was insane! The reason it was so good was not that
anything to big and amazing or fun happened but that the Spirit was there this
week unlike any before! I had a Spiritual experience that started Monday night
and went all the way to Saturday before it dropped a bit! And it only dropped a
little and then Sunday was another great day! It wasn't so much just one
experience but it was one after another after another! Being that these
experiences were super personal to me and that there were so many I don't think
I can adequately explain what happened this week. But I will try!
It all started Monday night..... I wrote in my last email
about the blessing I received from Bishop Bluthe! That was the spark! After
that I was on a Spiritual level that I have never been on before and everything
was great! It has fantastic! Tuesday was a good day! We did a lot of cool
things and then we went on splits with the Ward Mission Leader and the Elders
Quorum President in 6th ward! It was very successful and we were able to meet a
lot of people and set up many appointments! We also had our first lesson with
our new investigator named Julie! She is awesome! She has a testimony of the
Book of Mormon and the church already and is so ready to join! There are other
circumstances that will postpone that a little but we will keep teaching her!
That lesson was a great experience!
Wednesday was amazing! We were going to do an exchange with
Elder Maughan and Elder Johnson sometime the week but Elder Cooper
"randomly" decided that we should exchange after district meeting. We
did and it was great! It was definitely inspired as the whole day we had cool
experience after cool experience that wouldn't have happened if Elder Maughan
and I weren't together! Elder Maughan is one of my best friends and it was
super fun to teach with him! The best part is that Wednesday night we trained
the Safford side of things and having Elder Maughan with me was an answer to
prayer! He was able to testify of certain principles that really touched the
other missionaries! It was so cool as 6 of the missionaries came up to each of
us afterwards and said that was what they needed and asked for advice on how to
get there. I have never had that effect on people and I know that it was
because Elder Maughan was with me! The coolest part of Wednesday was after that
though. When we went home we started discussing the gospel and the Plan of
Salvation. That night and discussion was one of the most Spiritual experiences
of my life! I have never had the channels of revelation open like they were
that night! One after another! The feeling of that room was super sacred afterword
and felt like a holy place! So much that the next morning when we woke up the
same feeling was there! It was amazing! I love the Spirit!
Thursday was good as well! We had some cool experiences and
were able to have a lot of fun! We also went on tracting splits with Jared
Wright and Blaine Taylor! That was interesting! I tracked more this week then I
have in my entire mission! It was fun!
And then Friday was the culmination and best part of the
whole week! We had MLC (Mission Leadership Council) and it was the best meeting
I have ever been to! It was so cool! The whole way there, the whole time there,
and the whole time back were great experiences and discussions of the gospel!
It was really fun as we were able to go down with President Larson and Sister
Waters and Sister Lagunez! That was a great experience to talk about a lot with
them! It was so cool! And then everything we talked about in the meeting was
great and different answers to prayer and everything! The best part of it was
the doctrinal training that President Killpack gave at the end! It was on the
Character of Christ! If you look back at all the emails I have sent my whole
mission you will realize that topic has been a study of my whole mission! It
was amazing! The coolest experience ever! That is the one and only time that I
was so full of the Spirit that my body was shaking! It was great! I love the
Spirit! Having the Spirit with you is the best thing ever! It changes
everything! Revelation was amazing! I wish I could explain to you some of the
feelings that were felt this week! It was amazing!
We also moved over 635 boxes on Saturday in about 110 degree
weather! What is weird is that didn't even feel that hot to me. I am in trouble
going home! Ha-ha and we had a really good day yesterday!
Sorry this is probably a weird email but I can't even
describe anything that happened this week!
I love this Church! I love being on a Mission!
Elder Banner
