It was such a fantastic
week and I was able to learn so much!
On Monday we were able
to meet with a few of our great investigators. We were able to start by
eating some really good peach cobbler and then we were able to teach the plan
of salvation! It was really good and we committed them to come to read
Alma 40-42 and to pray about the truth of it. They were able come to all
3 hours of church and they really seemed to like it. The talks were
really great and we were able to have a good 3rd hour where we spoke about the Self
Reliance program. On Monday night, we were able to meet with a new
investigator that we found on the street a few days before. He is really
open to learn and wants to find out if there is a good, in his words, "I
want to believe." We spoke about the Restoration and he liked it, we
are going back tonight.
On Tuesday we were able
to meet with someone else who was given to us by the sisters. She is
older and we are really trying to find out what her needs and concerns
are. She has been taught everything and just has a few things that are
holding her back from being baptized. I really think she can get there, she
is reading daily and she is praying about baptism. We were also able to
meet with another of our families as well. They are striving to have family
prayer together every single day and they told us they were all going to come
to church.
On Wednesday and
Thursday we were able to have the Zone Conferences with Elder and Sister
Johnson. They along with the Szabadkais were able to instruct us so well
and I really left the conferences being filled with the spirit. Some of
the quotes from him that I really liked, were, “We can’t learn the Gospel
without living it…In order for someone to have a converting testimony he/she
needs to live what he/she is learning" (he compared this to wanting to go
to the NBA without putting in any work), “In
order to understand teaching, we need to understand learning... We are not here
to just teach the gospel but to ensure that these people are learning”,
“Being a perfectionist is a losing proposition,
you can’t do it, but Christ can." Sister Johnson said, “Life
is hard, not the Gospel”, “We need to obey with honor and exactness”, “We can’t change others, but
we can change ourselves, and when we change ourselves, others will be sure to
follow.” President was
able to speak about how as missionaries we are participating in every part of
the harvest, not just planting the seeds or harvesting, but every part (and
every part is so wonderful). Sister Szabadkai was able to speak of
Humility and how to combat pride. We spoke about some of the points in my
favorite talk, "Beware of Pride" by President Benson. It was
amazing. On Wednesday, President Johnson had an interview with elder Lowe
and I and then us together and then he was able to come and inspect the
apartment (he said he was impressed).
On Friday, we were able
to have the MLC meeting and there president Johnson spoke on leadership.
He said that the way he can tell if a mission is good is if he would feel
comfortable having one of his grandchildren serve there. He then told us
that he would love to have one of his grandkids serve here. I am so
blessed to be here with the Szabadkais, they are amazing! We were
also able to give a training and it went well.
I love you all so much and have a great week!
Gentry elder
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