Hello all,
This has been a crazy week! I literally cannot remember what happened
before Thursday, and even the last two days have felt like a blur.
Confession:I almost sent the email after I had written those two
sentences; alas I decided all of you beautiful people deserved more
from me...
Life is still good here in the Scioto ward. The highlight of this week
was Zone Conference. Thursday morning we got to get up, take a one
hour road trip to Hughber Heights, and then sit through 7 hours of
meetings with an assortment of other missionaries serving in the areas
around Columbus. During the conference we got training for our new
drivers awareness program. We got a new friend installed in our car
that keeps track of our speed, location and has sensors that can sense
aggressive driving maneuvers. I think they are called TIWI's
officially, but Sister Corbett and I named ours Stewart. Stewart has a
really creepy robot voice but he has been good to Sister Corbett so
far. She only got yelled at twice for speeding but it was just because
the GPS database has the wrong speed limit for White Rd. Stewart is
scary but we love him, I'm just grateful I won't have to drive for at
least 6 more weeks. President Daines taught us about the importance of
faith in working miracles. In Ether 12:12 it says;
12 For if there be no faith among the children of men God can do no
miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their
faith.
If we do not have any faith, we limit God in the miracles and
blessings he can give us and in reality any success in missionary work
is a miracle! Sister Daines taught us about the importance of the
Restoration. We watched some excerpts from the latest seminar for the
new mission presidents that were taught in July. Elder Ballard(one of
the modern day 12 apostles) had a pair of RM's (return missionaries)
teach a short condensed lesson to Elder Cook (another one of the
modern day 12 apostles) and his wife. They taught the whole lesson in
under 5 minutes, and had Elder Cook and all of us in tears because the
spirit was so strong. We then practiced with our companions teaching
short, simple lessons on the restoration so we could do the same
thing. During our role plays, President and Sister Daines picked a few
companionships to teach them in front of everyone. He picked Sister
Corbett and I, I was super terrified, but all was well. We taught them
with the spirit and committed them to be baptized! Woo hoo! We
converted our mission president! It was a really cool experience and
good to feel the spirit so strongly. It was definitely the highlight
of my week.
In other news, we watched all of the newer Mormon messages on Gospel
library one day during dinner. There's one about families where the
dad has to can salsa and take care of the kiddos, and it ends at an
awkward point that doesn't feel very finished so Sister Corbett was
really mad and really concerned, when I asked her how she felt about
it she said, "Did he finish the Salsa?!" It was obviously a very
spiritual experience for her ;) #missionaryproblems
Barbara is still on track to be baptized, we took her to the baptism
of a young girl in our ward and she really enjoyed it. Her biggest
concern so far is that she will drown during the 15 seconds she is
immersed in the water during her baptism. She's GOLDEN people. WE ARE
Spiritual thought of the week;
I've been studying charity a lot this week a and thinking about what
it really means to love people. In the bible Christ tells us that
(John 15:13)Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
I believe this is true. The greatest act of love came from Christ when
he lay his life down for us with the atonement. He's the greatest
friend we could ever ask for. He can't be here on earth physically
with us though, so he sent us our fellow men. In one of his last
earthly discussions with Peter, Christ taught him what it meant to
love someone. He asked Peter 3 times if he loved him. Peter was
dumbfounded and sad that Christ would even question his love. In one
of my favorite talks given by Elder Holland (another one of the modern
day 12 apostles), he puts Christ's response to Peter after the third
time he asked the question into modern day words saying;
"To which Jesus responded (and here again I acknowledge my
nonscriptural elaboration), perhaps saying something like: “Then
Peter, why are you here? Why are we back on this same shore, by these
same nets, having this same conversation? Wasn’t it obvious then and
isn’t it obvious now that if I want fish, I can get fish? What I need,
Peter, are disciples--and I need them forever. I need someone to feed
my sheep and save my lambs. I need someone to preach my gospel and
defend my faith. I need someone who loves me, truly, truly loves me,
and loves what our Father in Heaven has commissioned me to do. Ours is
not a feeble message. It is not a fleeting task. It is not hapless; it
is not hopeless; it is not to be consigned to the ash heap of history.
It is the work of Almighty God, and it is to change the world. So,
Peter, for the second and presumably the last time, I am asking you to
leave all this and to go teach and testify, labor and serve loyally
until the day in which they will do to you exactly what they did to
me.”
I know that Christ gave his life so that we could finish his work here
on earth. He needs each and every one of us to be disciples. He wants
us to take care of each other. As someone who has layer down 18 months
of her life for her fellow men, I can say that the truest happiness
comes from service 😊 What are some ways you can lay down your own
lives for your fellow men this week?
The transfer is almost over. I have been in Ohio for a whole month!
Woo hoo! So much has happened, and there's so much left to happen
here. I'm so excited! I love you all. I'm jealous of my B2 Ghost
Family that is headed back to school soon. I hope W&M is as glorious
as I left it. Love you all!
This has been a crazy week! I literally cannot remember what happened
before Thursday, and even the last two days have felt like a blur.
Confession:I almost sent the email after I had written those two
sentences; alas I decided all of you beautiful people deserved more
from me...
Life is still good here in the Scioto ward. The highlight of this week
was Zone Conference. Thursday morning we got to get up, take a one
hour road trip to Hughber Heights, and then sit through 7 hours of
meetings with an assortment of other missionaries serving in the areas
around Columbus. During the conference we got training for our new
drivers awareness program. We got a new friend installed in our car
that keeps track of our speed, location and has sensors that can sense
aggressive driving maneuvers. I think they are called TIWI's
officially, but Sister Corbett and I named ours Stewart. Stewart has a
really creepy robot voice but he has been good to Sister Corbett so
far. She only got yelled at twice for speeding but it was just because
the GPS database has the wrong speed limit for White Rd. Stewart is
scary but we love him, I'm just grateful I won't have to drive for at
least 6 more weeks. President Daines taught us about the importance of
faith in working miracles. In Ether 12:12 it says;
12 For if there be no faith among the children of men God can do no
miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their
faith.
If we do not have any faith, we limit God in the miracles and
blessings he can give us and in reality any success in missionary work
is a miracle! Sister Daines taught us about the importance of the
Restoration. We watched some excerpts from the latest seminar for the
new mission presidents that were taught in July. Elder Ballard(one of
the modern day 12 apostles) had a pair of RM's (return missionaries)
teach a short condensed lesson to Elder Cook (another one of the
modern day 12 apostles) and his wife. They taught the whole lesson in
under 5 minutes, and had Elder Cook and all of us in tears because the
spirit was so strong. We then practiced with our companions teaching
short, simple lessons on the restoration so we could do the same
thing. During our role plays, President and Sister Daines picked a few
companionships to teach them in front of everyone. He picked Sister
Corbett and I, I was super terrified, but all was well. We taught them
with the spirit and committed them to be baptized! Woo hoo! We
converted our mission president! It was a really cool experience and
good to feel the spirit so strongly. It was definitely the highlight
of my week.
In other news, we watched all of the newer Mormon messages on Gospel
library one day during dinner. There's one about families where the
dad has to can salsa and take care of the kiddos, and it ends at an
awkward point that doesn't feel very finished so Sister Corbett was
really mad and really concerned, when I asked her how she felt about
it she said, "Did he finish the Salsa?!" It was obviously a very
spiritual experience for her ;) #missionaryproblems
Barbara is still on track to be baptized, we took her to the baptism
of a young girl in our ward and she really enjoyed it. Her biggest
concern so far is that she will drown during the 15 seconds she is
immersed in the water during her baptism. She's GOLDEN people. WE ARE
Spiritual thought of the week;
I've been studying charity a lot this week a and thinking about what
it really means to love people. In the bible Christ tells us that
(John 15:13)Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
I believe this is true. The greatest act of love came from Christ when
he lay his life down for us with the atonement. He's the greatest
friend we could ever ask for. He can't be here on earth physically
with us though, so he sent us our fellow men. In one of his last
earthly discussions with Peter, Christ taught him what it meant to
love someone. He asked Peter 3 times if he loved him. Peter was
dumbfounded and sad that Christ would even question his love. In one
of my favorite talks given by Elder Holland (another one of the modern
day 12 apostles), he puts Christ's response to Peter after the third
time he asked the question into modern day words saying;
"To which Jesus responded (and here again I acknowledge my
nonscriptural elaboration), perhaps saying something like: “Then
Peter, why are you here? Why are we back on this same shore, by these
same nets, having this same conversation? Wasn’t it obvious then and
isn’t it obvious now that if I want fish, I can get fish? What I need,
Peter, are disciples--and I need them forever. I need someone to feed
my sheep and save my lambs. I need someone to preach my gospel and
defend my faith. I need someone who loves me, truly, truly loves me,
and loves what our Father in Heaven has commissioned me to do. Ours is
not a feeble message. It is not a fleeting task. It is not hapless; it
is not hopeless; it is not to be consigned to the ash heap of history.
It is the work of Almighty God, and it is to change the world. So,
Peter, for the second and presumably the last time, I am asking you to
leave all this and to go teach and testify, labor and serve loyally
until the day in which they will do to you exactly what they did to
me.”
I know that Christ gave his life so that we could finish his work here
on earth. He needs each and every one of us to be disciples. He wants
us to take care of each other. As someone who has layer down 18 months
of her life for her fellow men, I can say that the truest happiness
comes from service 😊 What are some ways you can lay down your own
lives for your fellow men this week?
The transfer is almost over. I have been in Ohio for a whole month!
Woo hoo! So much has happened, and there's so much left to happen
here. I'm so excited! I love you all. I'm jealous of my B2 Ghost
Family that is headed back to school soon. I hope W&M is as glorious
as I left it. Love you all!
This is one of our ward member's license plate
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