another great
week here in wyoming!
we got to teach
jontay the restoration and the plan of salvation this week. he loved both of
them and said they made so much sense! he agreed to be baptized on april 12th!
we would have set the date sooner, but we can only meet with him a few times
cuz he is so busy with his school musical. and the next week is general
conference. but he is great! he read the BoM and it totally answered his
questions. he was even bible bashing with his mom a little about it! haha I guess
i shouldnt be happy about that...?
anyway, things
have been good! we had a half mission training this past week that elder pena
and i presented at and it went well. those trainings are always spectacular. i
finally saw elder devan peterson! after 9 and a half months!! haha we were so
stoked to see each other and it was a great reunion!
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| Bingham Baseball Buds Reunited! |
I went on my
last companion exchange of the transfer with elder wright (used to be my zone
leader when i was in kalkaska and he was in traverse). it is his last week in
the mission field this week! so its way cool i got to go with him as his zone
leader and him being a district leader in this zone. it was great to talk with
him about his mission and things. what a unique experience.
one thought
from the week. president hess is such an inspired and great teacher. he taught
at half mission a little about how we can only use our agency in the present!
we cannot use our agency in the past or in the future. we can plan for the
future, but we still must act today! think of how many problems would be
eliminated in our lives if we correctly understood that principle. we would all
live each day more fully and let go of things we couldnt control. we would not
be worried about the future because we would understand that right now is the
only time we can choose to act in. i thought that was so profound and that will
be something i am working on for the next few weeks! try to live that way as
well with that as your mindset. we can only choose what to think, say and do in
this moment, not in the past nor in the future. think about it. i wish i had
more to say here, but it is still a developing idea in my own mind.
also one more
miracle! we went with the stake president yesterday to do his home teaching. he
home teaches a part member family named the strong's. sister strong is from
london and has the BOSSEST accent haha. but as we spoke with her wonderful
family yesterday, we ended up talking about the temple and how families can be
together forever. no other church believes that. that is actually something
people use as anti-mormon literature! haha that we believe our families can be together!
crazy huh? but anyway, we are going to begin teaching brother strong and their
children. they are a great family. the cool thing about the temple is we want
EVERYONE to enter. but in order to be in the presence of the Lord, you need to
be clean. just as you would need to shower and get ready to go to a fancy occasion,
it is the same with entering the Lord's House. we need to repent, get clean,
and be spiritually ready to enter! i pray that everyone will do what it takes
to have their family and marriage be eternal through the power of God! wish i
had more time to elaborate on this idea!
have a great
week! love you all,
elder green
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