Hey everybody!
How are you all?? I'm doing awesome! This week has been a good one, so I'll jump right into it.
So first off, we have a new investigator!! WOOOOHOOOO!! Her name is Sam, and she is the best friend of our WML. Honestly I'm not sure why we haven't been teaching her this whole time. She goes to church at least once a month, attends seminary often, and has been to at least one Youth Conference. We've talked to her a couple times before, but nothing really extensive. But they invited her to dinner on Wednesday, and afterward we watched The Restoration. She absolutely loved it and had a bunch of solid, searching questions. She enthusiastically agreed to take the discussions and to read the Book of Mormon. Yeah. She's pretty solid.
Aside from that, not much happened. Oh wait I'm forgetting something. What was it.....oh yeah CONFERENCE!! :D I think it's probably needless to say, but it was awesome. If you were to ask me which talk was my favorite, I'm not sure I could tell you. There were so many that were just amazing. But I do have to say that Elder Dale G. Renlund really hit it home. I love how he talked about how through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can literally be transformed. "Twas I, but tis not I." I really loved that line. God doesn't care about who we were, so much as who we are and who we're becoming. Awesome stuff. And then of course Elder Holland was as epic as always, and I really loved President Uchtdorf's talk on grace. Overall, let's just agree that conference is awesome and the fact that we have a prophet on the earth today is probably the coolest thing ever.
However, I want to share a quick experience with you all. I've had my testimony challenged by people this transfer than any other time on my mission, especially this last week. The adversary has been doing his best to tear me down as much as he can, and, as much as I hate to say it, he's taken a toll. I didn't really realize it, but my faith was weary and shaken. The final blow, though, was during the sustainings during Conference when that small group voted against the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve. That really disturbed me, more than it should have. I was filled with a lot of doubt and fear. I began to doubt the Church and why I'm on a mission. But as the session went on, those fears and doubts were calmed. Each of the talks that session carried at least one sentence that built me back up and helped calm my troubled heart. By the end, I walked out of that session feeling much better than when I'd gone in. I gained a stronger testimony that God knows what we need better than we do. I went into Conference with questions, and yes they were answered in one way or another, but He answered a question I didn't even have until the moment of. He met a need that I didn't have until He was going to answer it. That was pretty awesome.
Anywho, that's all for this week! I hope you all enjoyed Missionary Christmas! Make sure that you continue to ponder and pray about the answers you recieved this weekend :) Remember how much the Lord loves you, and I love you all as well. Have an inspiring week!
Love,
Elder Brennan Jon Rosenlof
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