Whattup Y'all,
So, I met Elder Holland on Saturday. I could
pretty much just stop the email right there. He came and trained us as a
mission. He is really short, but he has some fire. He went from laughing to
banging the pulpit to crying very quickly. It was an emotional roller coaster!
He talked a lot about the profound impact that missions have on each of us. I am grateful for the change I have seen in myself. He counseled us to teach as the Savior taught to those in the New Testament. The phrase he used is "Go where you investigators are," in other words, teach to their understanding. I would like to comment completely off topic that he had such a nice handshake. His hand was soft but very firm; I'm not exactly sure why it was so pleasing to me but it was.
We also heard from the presiding Bishop Gerald Causse and a member of the seventy Ian S. Ardern. They all gave great counsel to us as a mission.
Other than that we met with our friend Nemo and talked more about baptism and he wants to push it off a little bit :(. We also met with Allie and taught her about the plan of salvation and she loved it! Things are looking good with her except she is moving out of our mission for 5 months in a couple weeks.
We also had a cool table display on campus this week and gave out every Book of Mormon that we brought! We found a bunch of people to teach so I'm excited about that!
He talked a lot about the profound impact that missions have on each of us. I am grateful for the change I have seen in myself. He counseled us to teach as the Savior taught to those in the New Testament. The phrase he used is "Go where you investigators are," in other words, teach to their understanding. I would like to comment completely off topic that he had such a nice handshake. His hand was soft but very firm; I'm not exactly sure why it was so pleasing to me but it was.
We also heard from the presiding Bishop Gerald Causse and a member of the seventy Ian S. Ardern. They all gave great counsel to us as a mission.
Other than that we met with our friend Nemo and talked more about baptism and he wants to push it off a little bit :(. We also met with Allie and taught her about the plan of salvation and she loved it! Things are looking good with her except she is moving out of our mission for 5 months in a couple weeks.
We also had a cool table display on campus this week and gave out every Book of Mormon that we brought! We found a bunch of people to teach so I'm excited about that!
We did not bless any dogs this week :(
One cool story of this week: we are working with a
less-active girl. Her goal is to get to the temple and we wanted to help her
with that! She drinks coffee and struggles with that. I love diet coke probably
50x more than she like coffee but, she said she would quit if I quit drinking
soda! I have now been 5 grueling days without a carbonated beverage.. Pray for
me y'all!! Mom you better be proud. You've been trying to get me to quit for
years. It is a happy sacrifice for eternal blessings :)
My favorite favorite phrase from Elder Holland was that on a
mission "We can promise God one convert." We may not baptize, but we
can promise to convert ourselves to the gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ and
never let go. Elder Holland bore powerful testimony about being converted. He
also said that if we go less-active and he sees us walking down the street he
will chase us, tackle us, and put his knee in our chest. That is plenty of
motivation for me. I pray that we all make a promise to Heavenly Father to be
better followers.
Quote of the week "Discipleship is a state of being" -Robert D. Hales.
Quote of the week "Discipleship is a state of being" -Robert D. Hales.
I LOVE EACH OF YOU. Work hard and focus on what matters
-E.Rapier :)
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| The Cheney Elders |
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