We had exchanges this week. Being a
district leader, I have to exchange with every missionary in the
district, besides the sisters, at least once per transfer. It is fun
to help strengthen people and help them to just be their best as
missionaries. I'm not going to lie though, I still like being in our
area the most (haha); because that's where we get to get a lot of
work done and help a lot of people.
We are starting to develop a ward
mission plan. I actually train on that in district meetings on how to
mobilize the ward and develop a ward mission plan, and who to work
through. I use a lot of leadership
training videos on LDS.org.
We started doing next level goals in
district meeting. We will set a goal; it can be about anything; like
pushups, or I want to wake up on time, or any kind of next level
goal. You go throughout the week doing your best at that next level
goal, then you come the next week and report on how your goal went,
and then you set a new goal. I hope that will help everybody have a
desire to do their best.
We have been meeting with this awesome
family. We helped split wood for them. The dad is now reading the
Book of Mormon. He actually has the same name and middle name as
you dad (haha). He started reading the Book of Mormon. The whole
family is kind of looking into the church a little bit. The daughter
probably more so than the rest of them. She is really into reading
the Book of Mormon and really curious. We are really excited to see
where things go from there. We love being over there (haha), they're
really good.
We also met this one guy who in two
weeks read half of the Book of Mormon, so we hope to go see him
again.
We got to do service at the
food bank too. We got to package boxes and help out other people.
We worked so quickly and efficiently that finished an hour early. We
were only there for like two or three hours.
We had several people at church, which
was really good. We are doing a lot better at that; at helping people
come to church. It's really good, because that's where a lot of
blessings come from.
We had some really neat experiences
with some other investigators who are preparing for baptism.
The
fair is going on right now in Fairbanks, so we may stop by there
today. We'll see. I'll have to take a couple of pictures and send
them home. I going to probably send home my SD card.
I just want to bear my testimony that I
do know this is the Lord's work, because we're guided every day as to
where we need to be. I am thankful for how much I'm growing as a
person. It's really, really satisfying to be helping other people
progress
towards exaltation; towards eternal life with our Heavenly
Father, and helping out as many people as we can. It feels really
good when you are able to see a lot of people and get a lot done
(haha). So I really enjoy it. We've been super busy the time we've
been here, and I really like this ward. I know that the Book of
Mormon is true. I know that what we teach is the way we can gain
access to the atonement; and that's through faith, repentance,
baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to
the end, and receiving those other ordinances in the temple. If I
didn't know that, I wouldn't be here, because it would be a complete
waste of time if it wasn't true. I mean it would be nice and
everything, helping people out, and helping them become better
people, but I could do that in Utah. I wouldn't be spending $10,000
to be out here just doing good and helping people; I'd do that in
Utah. But, I'm out here because I know these ordinances are necessary
for their salvation. I'm learning more and more to desire others'
salvation. It really is a neat thing we get to do. For anybody who is
considering going on a mission, I highly recommend it (haha). It's
very fulfilling, and you get a lot done. You learn a lot for life
ahead. I say that in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Love, Elder Record
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