It's been a weird week and almost nothing went according to plan but it's been awesome anyways!
Tuesday we had a lesson with an investigator and right as we were starting his friend walks in who lives with him! So we ended up teaching both of them and getting a return appointment. It was unexpected but cool. I just remember the second guy walking in, Äldste Stapley and I just looked at each other, silently just kind of both went 'aaaalright', turned back to the other people and kept teaching. It was a little funny.
Wednesday we had a member meal with two Phillipino ladies. They are hysterical. They also needed help changing a light bulb but they didn't want Äldste Stapley to get his shirt all dirty so she put an apron on him. The sisters got a picture of it. We also had a really good talk with them about personal revelation.
Thursday we had a zone training. The Church's Easter Initiative goes live April 1st and the video is awesome. They also talked a lot about hope and goals. As Äldste Stapley and I talked about the training that night that hope is a trait of a lot of the people I look at as excellent missionaries.
Preach My Gospel says:
Friday we had a lesson and then a member meal. We watched a few Mormon Channel videos and some of the new ones right now are fantastic. Just go to the website and start watching. These videos are so well done, invite the spirit and really give you something to ponder for the day, most of them aren't too long either. Imagine your week if you were to watch a five minute video every day that you could think about for that day. Just think about how a little bit of pondering every day could change your perspective in life. It's the same principle behind reading scriptures daily. We gain more understanding and perspective as we review the Gospel everyday.
Saturday we had another lesson and member meal which both went really well.
Sunday we had Ward Council and leaders from the stake came. One of investigators came too! It was awesome! There is a really good video that one of the speakers showed during the third hour. It is Elder Bednar visiting missionaries in England but he describes an experiment he did while president of BYU Idaho. He had 250 student leaders tell 5 friends to come to the next devotional prepared and in their Sunday best and then go get 4 more friends to got get 3 more friends etc... A few days later the entire campus was in suits and nice dresses in preparation for the devotional, over 12,000 students. Elder Bednar's point after the story was that missionary work is all about one person who will find a one, who will find a one, etc... It's a really good video if you can find it.
"Hope is an abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill HisI love this quote. As missionaries, if we master hope, hope that someone is ready to hear us and we can work patiently to find them, it will help us to go out and talk to everyone we see even if only one person listens to us. I have focused a lot on hope recently and I absolutely love it. It helps to keep me going even when it seems as though nothing is happening.
promises to you. It is manifest in confidence, optimism,
enthusiasm, and patient perseverance. It is believing and expecting
that something will occur. When you have hope, you work
through trials and difficulties with the confidence and
assurance that all things will work together for your good.
Hope helps you conquer discouragement."
Friday we had a lesson and then a member meal. We watched a few Mormon Channel videos and some of the new ones right now are fantastic. Just go to the website and start watching. These videos are so well done, invite the spirit and really give you something to ponder for the day, most of them aren't too long either. Imagine your week if you were to watch a five minute video every day that you could think about for that day. Just think about how a little bit of pondering every day could change your perspective in life. It's the same principle behind reading scriptures daily. We gain more understanding and perspective as we review the Gospel everyday.
Saturday we had another lesson and member meal which both went really well.
Sunday we had Ward Council and leaders from the stake came. One of investigators came too! It was awesome! There is a really good video that one of the speakers showed during the third hour. It is Elder Bednar visiting missionaries in England but he describes an experiment he did while president of BYU Idaho. He had 250 student leaders tell 5 friends to come to the next devotional prepared and in their Sunday best and then go get 4 more friends to got get 3 more friends etc... A few days later the entire campus was in suits and nice dresses in preparation for the devotional, over 12,000 students. Elder Bednar's point after the story was that missionary work is all about one person who will find a one, who will find a one, etc... It's a really good video if you can find it.
[With the magic of having Mom as editor- here is the video!]
We also had a ward lunch after church which was a lot of fun. Later that day on our way home, and we were way off schedule, we ended up talking to people our entire way home. I feel like it wasn't on accident. We were at the right time and place to talk to these people. It lined up to perfectly. It's interesting how the Lord works in mysterious ways, yet somehow it works out. A couple more people had a good experience with missionaries and possibly a growing interest in Christ because of it.
I love this mission and I know that as we open our mouths, the Lord will fill them with what we need to say to others, and the more we do it, the more opportunities there will be to do so. Have hope and press on! I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
The pictures are of a bunch of us on a bus to the train station after zone training and Elder Stapley in an apron. [Mom's Note: there were issues with the second photo, hopefully we will get it next week.]
I love this mission and I know that as we open our mouths, the Lord will fill them with what we need to say to others, and the more we do it, the more opportunities there will be to do so. Have hope and press on! I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
The pictures are of a bunch of us on a bus to the train station after zone training and Elder Stapley in an apron. [Mom's Note: there were issues with the second photo, hopefully we will get it next week.]
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