I looooved conference (haha). Conference was really good. I liked Richard G. Scott's talk about revelation – I thought that was really cool. I liked it how he made the link between humility and receiving revelation. I think it has a lot to do with some of the miracles we are seeing. We are just kind of in the right place at the right time, and we just kind of know what to do sometimes – probably mostly due to my companion (haha). I have noticed a difference.
This week one of our appointments
canceled so we went over to go see [name withheld], who we hadn't
contacted in a while because he was kind of hard to get a hold of. We
drive over there, pull up, and he's standing right outside, and we
are like, “oh!! there he is!” So we wave at him and get out to
start talking to him. He doesn't speak very good English. He started
telling us something, but I didn't quite catch it – like something
hard was going on and he felt kind of heavy. I read Matthew
11:28-30 that talks about what to do when you feel heavy. We gave
him a “plan
of salvation” pamphlet in Samoan to look over and setup an
appointment to see him again. The cool thing was when we got there he
was like, “how did you guys know, who called you, who told you to
come over?” We're like, “nobody, Heavenly Father just lead us
here.” He's like, “ah, man! That's cool!”, and we're like,
“yea, I know!” It was kind of neat because he was wanting to see
us because he was having a hard time, and we came over just at the
right time. I think that is just an example of how when we are able
to be humble, the Lord just puts us where we need to be. As long as
we are doing our best, he helps us to make the right choices. And, we
did. It was pretty cool.
I also like President
Eyring's talk on Saturday, and Elder
Rasband's talk, and some of the other ones. I took a ton of
notes. It was all good, I enjoyed a lot of it. When I was in the
priesthood session, I was getting so pumped. I was like, “man! I
want to go out and do stuff!”, but then it just exhausted me. By
the time the session was over, I had no energy left (haha). It still
felt really good. I noticed they didn't announce any temples, which
was a bummer.
The highlights of the week are we were
able to see a lot of people and teach them. Elder Wright's become a
pretty good teacher (haha). He's very good. I noticed a lot of
missionaries kind of already know the lessons as the come out. It's
just a matter of sorting their thoughts out. He's doing great! We
hope to have a really good week coming up.
It is a ton warmer up here. Everything
is starting to melt, and everything is slushy; but it still gets cold
at night. So everything freezes in the morning, so there are like all
these ruts and everything – like really bumpy. It's all good.
Everything is starting to warm up. Looking at conference, it looks
like things are starting to blossom down there. Out here there is
still snow covering everything. Some of the trees are starting to
bud. It will probably be a while before the snow completely melts.
I'm excited for P-day today. We're
going to go have some fun and play basketball.
I just want to bear my testimony that I
know prayer is a big thing. If we pray and study our scriptures, we
can find the answers to our prayers, and get the help that we need;
because life's
not easy, but it is possible. With the
Savior's help, we can get through things, and we can get through
challenges and trials. But, it takes a lot of faith. One
thing I have been studying lately is about hope. If you want to
get through your trials, you can't just study and pray, but you also
have to develop hope. I think a lot of that comes through service and
through prayer, and through studying the scriptures. I think as you
go out and start to forget about yourself, you start to get more
hope. Anyway, that is what I have been thinking about lately. I love
reading the Book of Mormon.
I hope you all have a good week, and
take care, and talk to you next week.
Love, Elder Record
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