I loved Conference! I hope that all of you really
appreciated the opportunity that we had this weekend. Think of how many
billions of people have populated this earth since Adam and Eve. Now imagine
how many prophets there were and that, up until around just a few years ago, to
hear the voice of a prophet explaining the will of the Lord you would have to
be in a place that you could see him or have a letter or an epistle directed to
your area. If you add all of that up it is a small small percentage of choice
individuals that have had the opportunity to listen to the voice of a modern
prophet! We are a unique bunch! What is sad is that the majority of the earth
does not even know that a prophet of the Lord spoke yesterday! The opportunity
to listen is greater than ever before with the Internet and satellite
broadcasting and yet there are millions upon millions of people that have no
idea that there is a prophet on the earth today! Therefore it becomes our
opportunity and duty to "warn every man his neighbor" and let them
know the good news! These people are our friends! Our family! And our brothers
and sisters! We have found the pearl of great price, the answers to the very
questions that have plagued humanity since the beginning, questions such as
"What is the purpose in life?" "Where did I come from?"
"Where am I going?" "Is death the end?" and most
importantly "How can I know?"! We have that! The answer to the last
one was demonstrated this weekend in fact that we have a Prophet! Now it is our
turn to share these answers with those that "are kept from the truth only
because they know not where to find it." That, as President Monson stated
in Priesthood session, is our watchword in this church! I encourage all of you
to go and bring those you love back into the fold!
Conference really is the best thing ever on a mission! And
what makes it even better is the opportunity to watch it with those you come to
love! We were able to watch conference with those that we have been teaching
and helping for the past 4 months! It was really cool to hear their takes on
conference and what it means to them! I love the people here and appreciate
their hospitality towards us! They do so much for us as missionaries and as
friends! I love this area and all that implies! I am looking forward to
finishing the semester here and hope that we will be able to meet and help many
more people come back or join the fold!
It was a good week for us! Transfer week is always crazy and
then, on top of that, we had ZLC and conference so that our Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday were filled. It was still fantastic! It was the best ZLC I have been
to on Friday being that I learned more then I think I have before at one of
those meetings. President Killpack trained on Priesthood keys and I learned so
much that I have never thought of before! It was great! We were also able to
start teaching a new investigator! His name is Will and he is also on the
football team. He was at Nicole's baptism being that they are friends and he
had a good experience there. He and Nicole were talking later and she invited
him to come to her lessons with us! She is such a great missionary already! I
wish that I was as good as her at it! Ha-ha But the lessons went well! There
was a great feeling in the few lessons that we were able to have with him!
Hopefully he will continue to progress as he finds the truthfulness of the
things that he was taught and the spirit he felt! Some other good things are
what are happening with the people we have been teaching! Tyler is going to
receive her patriarchal blessing tonight!! We are so excited for her! Tashena
will be receiving hers next week!! And Nicole will be getting hers before the
month is finished!! It is so exciting! Larry and Nicole both were able to get
their temple recommends this week and both will be attending this week for the
first time! I am so excited for them! It is cool to see all of this that is
happening right now! I love it! There is no greater joy then to see your
friends find true happiness and fully embrace it!
That will be all for right now! We are looking forward to a
good week ahead of us and hope it is the same for all of you!
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