Hey everybody!!
what a week. wow. i had the supreme
privilege of going through the temple with Sue Nelson this week! it was
incredible. I think I got a small taste of what the Celestial Kingdom will be
like, because there were so many people from the Kalkaska branch there, people I
had loved and served with and had not seen in over a year. It was a joyous
reunion. So awesome to see Sue again. She has grown so much. Her fiance’ Dan
was also there, so that was cool that we got to meet him. After she received
her endowment, they left for the airport and flew to Florida! haha that is
where Dan lives. They will be sealed for time and eternity on Valentines Day in
the Ft. Lauderdale Temple. This is what missionary work is all about.
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| Sister Sue Nelson at Temple. One of the best days of Parker's Mission! |
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| At the Temple with Brother and Sister Hoover. Bro. Hoover is the Mission Presidency and is the one who visited our home and brought Parker the University of Michigan football helmet. |
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| Parker and Elder Norton, who was his comp when Sister Nelson was baptized so it's really awesome that the two of them got to go to the temple with her! |
Xiang Li gave a talk in church this week and did soo well!! he is so incredible and an inspiration to us all. Mark is also doing well. They will hopefully both be attending the temple this month. Derek Martindell is great. He got his patriarchal blessing yesterday and is preparing to attend the temple later this month as well.
funny story really quick: we
attended a mega church this week. it was crazy. its called south church. we got
invited by two of our investigators. there was a rock band and everything. the
preacher was teaching about how we can know the truth of any sermon. i think he
put some extra emphasis on a few things because he saw us there: "there
are NO APOSTLES! there hasnt been an apostle since the early church! there is
no revelation! there is only the bible. I am not going to tell you anything
that is equal to the canon. nothing i say should be recorded in your bible and
compared to the bible! it is the only word of God!" it was good to go to
our church after and here everyone talk about how to gain a testimony through
prayer and from God. haha
Our Heavenly Father loves us so
much. How incredible is the Plan of Salvation? We have a loving Father who has
given us an opportunity to become like He is. We are here truly to have joy! He
does not give arbitrary commands which, if obeyed, will allow us to live in
'heaven." Rather, He sends us to earth and tells us what we need to do to
live happy and meaningful lives. If we will but heed His counsel, upon
returning to His presence, He will give us Eternal Life. He will give us what
we ask for. This world is a cruel place. All around us we see suffering and
pain. This is not because our Father wills it to be this way. Listen to how He
feels about our current condition:
32 The Lord said unto Enoch:
Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and
I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the
Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency;
33 And unto thy brethren have I said, and also given commandment,
that they should love one another, and that they should choose me,
their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and
they hate their own blood;
...wherefore should not the heavens
weep, seeing these shall suffer?
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