Transfer doctrine came in last night and I'll be here in Del City for
another transfer! I'm excited- it should be a good time! My companion is heading
out though, so I'll have to take control of the area, but it shouldn't be too
bad.
So this week was fun! We got to go to the temple on Tuesday which was super
nice! That was my first time going since my first transfer out here, so like
since the middle of July. So it was really good to get back there. I learned a
ton from that- it was awesome!
Wednesday was pretty good. Most everything fell through, but we were able to
teach a couple people a quick spiritual message. It was fun! We had a good day Thursday too. We stopped in and an investigator finally had time to meet with us
so that was nice! I studied a ton about the Holy Ghost for my training this
week. I realized how often the Holy Ghost is with us, and I really reflected on
how the Holy Ghost works in my life. I was able to pinpoint and listen for the
Holy Ghost a lot more during my study time and during any downtime I had. When
we can recognize how the Holy Ghost plays a role with us, we can then help
others (friends, children, family etc.) recognize how they feel it. I was always
frustrated because usually at church they described it as a "burning in the bosom" or
something similar. I spent a lot of time looking for the spirit to work with me
like that, so I probably missed a lot of experiences. It's important to figure
out how the spirit works with each of us. Then we can go about being "wise, yet
harmless" (Alma 18:22) meaning that we can help them understand how the Holy
Ghost is working with them without being manipulative. That's been a huge
benefit to me out here!
Friday I did my first baptismal interview, which was great! The guy has
been married to an LDS woman for 8 years, and has always been very impressed
with the church. He's a fugitive investigator, and does a ton of stake outs and
such. Anyways he told me that he always believed there should be multiple
glories of heaven, and when he heard that and that he could be with his wife
forever, he knew this is where he needed to be. He is going to be an awesome
member of the church! I get to do another one here on Wednesday. It's a great
experience to see people find the gospel and act upon it.
After the interview I was on exchanges. I was with Elder Hoddy. He's a
really hard worker! Anyways we saw a few small miracles. We were trying a member
family, and we couldn't find the address so we just knocked on a door, and turns
out it was a less active member who they didn't have the records for, and she
wants the missionaries to come teach her again! And then right after we tried a
less active member, and turns out her fiance wants to take the discussions as
well with his son! It was pretty sweet how the Lord put us where we needed to
be, not where we wanted to be. It wasn't in our area, but still cool to see the
little miracles.
We also visited a member family and had a great discussion on focusing on
the little day-to-day conversion experiences, and not basing our conversions on
huge "Saul-Paul" conversions. President Uchtdorf gave a great talk and Mormon
message about not waiting on the road to Damascus for a conversion like that,
but continuing on in faith and hope, and noticing the small daily spiritual
experiences that let us know He's there, and aware of what we need. Anyways
that's something I've been doing with my journal is taking the time to write
little spiritual moments I had, even if they're just for a second.
Sunday was an awesome day at church. It was one of those meetings where the
spirit was there, and so the spirit taught me a lot of things that weren't being
said by the speakers. It was cool! The talks were on temples though, and it
brought to my memory a scripture in Revelations 11:1-2. It says, "And there was
given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and
measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
"But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not;
for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot
forty and two months."
I thought about that and what we talked about in institute one day. The
measurements are covering the temple, and the inside. Anyone can walk the temple
grounds. It's living so that we have a temple recommend, and that we can enter
into the temple that saves us and protects us.
In Elders quorum we talked about not putting off repentance. Everyone was
talking about how important it is to repent, because we don't know when our time
will come. I think that's true, but we learn in the scriptures that "wickedness
never was happiness" (Alma 41:10) and so if we put off repentance, all we're
doing is putting off happiness. The quicker we align our will and our lives to
God's will, the quicker we'll be happy. Just a couple of the many things that
ran through my head this week.
Well, I'm ready to get the new transfer started here in Del City! I hope
that it keeps picking up like it has been here recently. Hope all is well back
home! Have a great week!
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