10.5.15
Hey everyone!
We've
stayed pretty busy all week this week, with new missionaries coming in,
planning the new transfer, district meetings to attend, and conference. There
wasn't much time for a dull moment! Thats what you like as a missionary though,
a busy schedule! hah
Wednesday
we had a bunch of new missionaries come in, 3 new spanish elders and 2 new
spanish sisters.(as well as many other English missionaries) Elder Littleford
and I helped the AP's the night they arrived. He did a baptismal interview with
one of the AP's (a man named Chris who was baptized on thursday!) whilst i
stayed and helped shuttle the new missionaries to the hotel they stay in on the
first night. Were very excited to have them in the mission! Specifically there
is a super awesome elder being trained in lorna by Elder Bartlett. We work
often with them so it will be great to have him.
Along
with the coming of a new transfer, we have decided to make a bit of a theme for
the next six weeks. That theme is "Believe", although inspired
by a josh groban song, it is not meant to promote a theme of Christmas, but
more so faith!! We are focusing on believing in the power of the savior and
what he can do through us! Believing in ourselves, our companions, and our
investigators. Believing in the new missionaries, the old missionaries, and the
wards we serve in. I fully trust that if we really put our faith in the lord
and really believe that through him we can do anything. (Philippians 4:13)
Then we can do anything! Faith is real and very powerful! :) The
scriptural part of this is found in Alma chapter 32...
27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to
an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye
can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even
until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words.
Hopefully
we can believe to increase our faith and if we do, we will see miracles!
This
last week was, as you all know, conference weekend. It was such a blessing for
us to be able to listen to all of the prophets and apostles!!! We are
especially excited for our 3 new apostles. I am 100% certain they are called of
god and will serve wonderfully as his special witnesses on this earth! However,
one of my very favorite talks, did not even come from an apostle. It came from
Devin G Durrant ( 1st counselor of the Sunday school general presidency) and
was titled "Ponderize" It is a concept that I have never thought of
before, but makes great sense. To choose one scripture a week and ponder and
read it every day. as you do, not only will the spirit be more often with you,
but also you will be able to more easily memorize scripture passages and where
to find them! I invite everyone to listen to all of conference, but
specifically to listen to this talk here.....---> https://www.lds.org/general-conference/watch/2015/10?lang=eng&vid=4531487647001&cid=4 <---- 32:27.="" a="" about="" above.="" actually="" alma="" already="" and="" awesome="" be="" bit="" by="" each="" hopefully="" i="" ill="" is="" it="" learn="" love="" me="" monday="" more="" much="" my="" nbsp="" nd="" next="" o:p="" one="" ponderize="" scripture="" share="" shared="" so="" the="" then="" this="" to="" week="" will="" with="" yall="">
Other
then those things, the mission is wonderful here in Alabama (Roll tide). I love
all of you and hope your doing well!
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