August 2, 2106
This
week has been a bit slower in the terms of finding and teaching. Sometimes it
just becomes hard to teach each day because people just won’t accept you but
alas you keep trying.
This
morning I read the prophesy of Samuel the Lamanite. What he does is rather
quite interesting. He teaches in the city of Zarahemla and is rejected so what
does he do to get the people to hear his voice? In Helaman 14:11 he states,
"And ye shall hear my words, for, for this intent have I come up upon the
walls of this city, that ye might hear and know of the judgments of God which
do await you...." He shouts the message to all the nonbelievers! He goes
to extreme lengths to do as the Lord commands him to do.Sometimes
in the mission that is all you can do! Instead of asking to teach them a lesson
you just have to go in and share it dayon! Give everyone a reason to why you
believe what you do. The thought always reoccurs to me as a missionary DL. In
my past 3 workshops the thought is always said that "If these people don't
accept this message they are NOT going to the kingdom of God." They don’t
go to heaven, it’s as simple as that. Every person that rejects this message
doesn't receive salvation in the kingdom of the Father, a complete and total
happiness. It kind of motivates us to do a bit more, try a bit harder.
Any-who,
a few interesting things happened this week. I found a new starfish and I baked
him in our toaster so that he will be preserved and not stink haha. I found
like 4 big spiders that I brought home with me. They died (whether intentional
or unintentional I will leave that unanswered ;)). I will glue them on paper so
that I can keep them because they are REALLY COOL!! Like these spiders look
awesome! Also had
some fun hair fights last week. I will teach you all about them when I get home
:).
A
main big thing that is on my mind is lately I've been reading the general
conference talks from last General Conference. The messages from our prophets
and apostles are really helpful! How often do we just read the book scriptures
and say "Oh a prophet helps us in our time" but don’t read the words
of our living prophets? Ask yourselves if you remember what the prophet of the
Lord spoke of last April? If you remember, great! If not, he talked about
choices.
I've
also been inspired by Deiter F. Uchtdorfs talk "He Will Place You on His
Shoulders and Carry You Home". "If man can take the ruins, rubble,
and remains of a broken city and rebuild an awe-inspiring structure that rises
towards the heavens, how much more capable is our Almighty Father to restore
His children who have fallen, struggled, or become lost?" And Elder Holland’s talk "Tomorrow the
Lord Will Do Wonders Among You". "Only the adversary, the enemy of us
all, would try to convince us that the ideals outlined in general conference
are depressing and unrealistic, that people don’t really improve, that no one
really progresses. And why does Lucifer give that speech? Because he knows he
can’t improve, he can’t progress, that worlds without end he will never have a
bright tomorrow. He is a miserable man bound by eternal limitations, and he
wants you to be miserable too. Well, don’t fall for that. With the gift of the
Atonement of Jesus Christ and the strength of heaven to help us, we can
improve, and the great thing about the gospel is we get credit for trying, even
if we don’t always succeed." And lastly, Elder Oaks' talk "Opposition
in All Things". "Some of you may at times have cried out in your
suffering, wondering why our Heavenly Father would allow you to go through whatever
trials you are facing. …Our mortal life, however, was never meant to be easy or
consistently pleasant. Our Heavenly Father … knows that we learn and grow and
become refined through hard challenges, heartbreaking sorrows, and difficult
choices. Each one of us experiences dark days when our loved ones pass away,
painful times when our health is lost, feelings of being forsaken when those we
love seem to have abandoned us. These and other trials present us with the real
test of our ability to endure.”
Sometimes
we forget the wisdom of the Lords holy anointed. What they share is scripture.
We need to study it to grow in our testimonies of the restored Gospel. Knowing
the truth of our leaders is a very important thing to know when finding out if
our church really is true or not and I know that it is true.
If
anyone needs help confirming their testimony take this advice - Elder Dallin H. Oaks talks about opposition so
look for it. If you can prove that there is a devil, si Satan, then you can
know that he has an opposite. The Lord lives. His name is Jesus Christ and He
loves each and every one of us. Sometimes we are too lost in trying to prove
the divinity of a God that we end up helping prove the divinity of the
adversary and don't even see it.
I
hope that in this last 10 months that I have left that I can become a true man
of God, someone who doesn't fall when the trials come. I also hope to return
and see my friends and family stronger in their faith.
I
hope you all are doing great! I love you all back at home! See you in 10!
I
HAVE SPOKEN!
-Elder
Morris
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