Monday night we had a really good lesson with 2 of the people we are teaching, Alvinia and Kardan. We taught about the Plan of Salvation and about Jesus Christ's role for us individually. We were able to testify very powerfully about Jesus Christ's love for them both. The spirit was very strong and they could feel the love of Christ for them from the spirit. It was a really cool experience to be with them.
This week we also had zone conference. It is always a good time to learn and grow, as well to see a lot of past missionaries that I served around before. Always really fun and learn a lot.
A funny coincidence was this week I was talking to Elder Jenson. He and his wife are senior missionaries in my zone and also in my district. I was talking to them and asked where they grew up and he said "Draper" and she said "Sandy." So I asked where they went to school and they both said "Jordan High school" which I thought was cool. Not only that, but I found out that his dad is the same Jensons who live on 7th west and own the farm right by my house. So he grew up 5 or 6 houses away from where I live right now. I thought that was so cool.
We had the opportunity to have dinner with one of the Hmong families here. Their son is leaving for his mission this upcoming Wednesday. It was really fun to talk to him and see how excited he is to go serve a mission in Fresno California Hmong speaking. I am super excited for him.
On Sunday he gave his farewell talk and also another Sister in our ward did too. So we had 2 future missionaries giving farewell talks which was so cool. I really enjoyed listening to them. Neng who is going to Fresno I was really impressed with his talk. It was very short but very powerful. He talked a lot about how the gospel has blessed his family and his reason for wanting to serve a mission. He said "I am going on a mission because of God. I am going to help others because of what God has done for me. I am going to bring others to the gospel because of God." I really liked that, and even though it was so simple, it was really powerful. God really has done so much for us and blessed us with so much. We can't even count all the many times he has patiently helped us and blessed us even when we didn't deserve it. It made me think of the true simplicity of the gospel. Everything we do comes down to our love and respect for God and all that he has done for us. The reason we follow his commandments, the reason we go to church, is because we love him. I hope we can all remember that this week.
Love,
Elder Rich
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| Neng who is leaving for his mission to Fresno this week |
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| Found this huge icicle while tracting. It was even bigger - about 1/3 of it broke off when it fell |
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| Neng's sister |
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| Elder Taylor |
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| Got to talk to my sister Sadie on her birthday last week. |
