Holy cow we have been so busy!! 2 exchanges and a meeting on Thursday. We do a lot of tracting and personal contacting. haha this next week we will be working much more going out with members and visiting perspective elders.
While we were weekly planning at the end of this week we noticed the name Colin in our planner and we couldn't remember who he was. So we called him and set up a church tour for that day! While he was walk in the church we remembered that we had met him a few weeks back while walking in the park! He is a sophomore at the college. The tour and lesson went perfect! The spirit was strong and he could feel it. He was eating up every word about what we had to share. I am so excited to see his faith grow as he learns with us! We will be meeting with him this week and putting him on date for baptism (thats the goal;)! What a miracle!
We had a "Why I Believe" fireside last night with recent converts and investigators from our stake. I enjoyed all of it! Each person who spoke stayed focused and bore a powerful and simple testimony. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
We do service at a food bank every week and at 12 oclock we have a prayer circle. It is neat to see how other people pray!
In the meeting we had with president we talked about... everything! The main idea was personal accountability as missionaries. We need to spend our time doing the BEST things we can, not just the good or better. President is seriously beginning to CRACK down, no more "wasting time" as he puts it:))))
If we want to see the promised blessings from the Lord as we serve we MUST be obedient to his laws and principles. We can’t expect those blessings without being obedient and diligent. There will always be some ups and downs in this work, but His promises are sure if we will only be obedient to his commandments. It reminds me of the "Grace Triangle," Grace= Faith+ Obedience+ Diligence. Remember His words, “if you love me, keep my commandments.” I ask you, how much do I love the Lord? If you want to increase your love for the Lord, improve your scripture study!
D&C 58:30-32
D&C 82:10
D&C 131:20-21
D&C 18: 15-16
My scripture of the week is one of my all time favorites... 2 Corinthians 5:9. We labor diligently to do that which is good, whether others are watching or not, for the Lord.
Fun Facts:
1. We were at the church 11 hours yesterday.... my brain was pretty much mush afterwards....
2. I ordered a German name tag because we teach a German exchange student!
3. SHOUT OUT TO MY DAD FOR CATCHING SOME SICK AIR ON THE RAZOR
crazy story!!!! last week we did an unannounced visit at 9pm to a set of elders (we will be doing that more) and caught them sleeping and found a pg-13 movie on their tv.... ha!! dang we threw down, then president called them on the phone that day rebuked them..... i felt bad but they needed it. President told them to go home if they wont be obedient, that the Lord or him doesn't want them out here if they wont keep the rules. One of the elders called us up the next day and thanked us for it. it opened his eyes of why he was on a mission. now he has changed his attitude and working hard! the other elder.... not so much. he is still way mad hahah. but we aren't on a mission to 'be cool' we are here to be disciples! we have a zone meeting thisFriday and we are giving a training called, "Can you feel so now?" It is from Alma 5. It is going to be a sweet motivational training hah. I cant wait :) Acts 5: 41-42
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