Hello everyone. This week was pretty good! Monday was Elder Rose's birthday, so he and Elder Carter came down and we had Waffle House for his bday lunch and played some basketball which was really fun. On Tuesday we went with Brother Singer to do some service. That was pretty fun. He had gone the day before to cut down a bunch of trees and he cut down 10 to 12 trees. So when we went we just took all the parts of the tree and put them in a big burn pile. The pile was taller than me and probably 6 feet across so it was huge. Sadly we did t get to burn it though haha.
Then on Wednesday we had a worldwide broadcast from the executive missionary council which consists of Elder Oaks, Elder Bednar, Elder Anderson, and a few other church officers and general authorities. That was awesome! They trained us a little bit on our purpose as as introduced a new mission schedule. It isn't to crazy. Before we had a schedule that had us doing certain things at certain times every day. We still have everything to do but now we get to pick when we do them which is nice. It was a very uplifting meeting and I am very grateful for it. Them on Thursday we went to Charleston for zone conference and Elder L.Whitney Clayton of the presidency of the seventy was there as well as president and sister Turner and Sister Clayton (Elder Clayton's wife). And that was awesome! We talked a little about about the broadcast from Wednesday and then we talked about what we do as missionaries. Elder Clayton explained that missionaries have an angelic calling and a special mantel placed upon them to carry it out. We talked about how every missionary, for the most part, is a good missionary. We all come out to serve and dedicate our lives to the Lord and that is good. But there is a difference between a good missionary and an angelic missionary. So we talked about what makes a missionary angelic and it was really cool. I am so grateful that we have the opportunity to have leaders in the church that can constantly receive revelation to help us improve and serve the Lord. And I am grateful that there are men like Elder Clayton that are willing to accept the call and do everything the Lord asks them to do.
Then Friday and Saturday were pretty slow. We had a while list of appointments set up and people to see, and we only got to see like 2 of them. So that was a little disappointing but that's alright! There's always next week! There was one super awesome thing that happened on Saturday! A little bit of backstory, on Sunday nights we try and confirm all of our appointments for the week and seek members who we think would be a good fit. On Saturday we felt like Brother Dalling should come with us. So we contacted him but he was supposed to be in Virginia on Saturday so he couldn't come. Then on Saturday night, we had just finished dinner and were about to bike out then door when he texted us and asked if we could open the church for him. And it was on our way so we said yes. And when we got there he said he was going to do some cleaning but afterward, if we still had an appointment, he would be happy to take us! And we did! So he came with us! And he really connected with the person we went to see and it was awesome.
Sunday was pretty good! I gave a talk as well as Sister Julander which was really fun! Sister Julander's talk was great. We both spoke on preach my gospel. I focused on chapter 9 (finding) and the faith to find! I used the story of the sons of Mosiah for most of my talk and I think it went pretty well! Sister Julander focused on chapter 4 (recognize the Spirit) and she did awesome! Luckily I went first so we ended on a spiritual note haha. After church we tried to visit a few people that weren't home. But on our way back in to the apartment one of our neighbors starting talking to us and asked what makes our church different. So we talked a little about modern day revelation and he had a few more questions that led us into the start of the restoration! We told him it could take a while to explain so he asked us to come over sometime and have a lesson with him so we set up an appointment! So overall good week!
I love you all and miss you so much!!! Please pray for missionary experiences and try to spread the gospel! Have a great week!
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it"
Elder Dowell (2)
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