The week for us was a really crazy one. I honestly can't
even remember everything that we did. The wedding and the Baptism were both
really good though! It is really cool to see how the Atonement can work in
everyone's lives. As long as we are trying our best and striving to follow
Christ, then we can all be changed and become more like him every day. We
helped out a lot with setting up and taking down for the wedding. It was really
cool to see how the Relief Society rallied around each other and did an awesome
job of making sure that there was enough food and everything. Some of that
stuff was kind of last minute, but that is just a testimony builder of the
truthfulness of the church, because most people don't work the way they did to
make sure everything went perfectly. The Baptism was really good too! There
were probably 25-30 people there, which was awesome. It is really cool to see
how the ward really came together to support Shane and Cortni. We have a lot of
younger couples (Staci and Tiffany's age) that are all awesome in being
supportive and accomplishing all that they are asked to do.
On Sunday, the confirmations were done. But it was also
really cool because the four kids were all given blessings after church so that
they could be put on the records of the church. It is really cool to see Shane
and Cortni have a desire to go to the temple and be sealed for eternity in a
year. It is also really cool because Shane can't wait to baptize Eva, the
oldest, next year in June. He always talks about being able to baptize them and
how he can't wait for that.
Friday was also a really cool day. We had Zone training
meeting down in Redmond and then New Missionary Training right after that, so
we didn't have a ton of time to proselyte, but in the afternoon we saw some
really cool miracles and met a lot of people who were interested in learning
more!
I studied Alma 5 today and it was awesome to read. It really
makes you put things into perspective of how you are doing and how you can more
fully follow Christ. It talked about deciding whom you are going to follow and
how Christ is always going to be the Shepherd calling out your name. It also
talked a lot about being able to stand before God and how great the joy will be
if you are righteous, and how terrible it will be if you are not. It is all
about repentance and becoming clean through the Atonement of Christ! One thing
that I think Elder Bednar talked about was "knowing Christ" not
knowing about Him. That is one thing that I really want to continue to work
on.
I am grateful that Christ
was perfect in all that he did and that he never gave in to temptation of any
kind. He is the perfect example in every aspect and I come to realize that more
and more every day. In the MTC we saw a talk by Elder Bednar called the
Character of Christ, It is so important for us to act rather than be acted
upon. At the end of the day, we all have the opportunity to act and to choose
for ourselves, but it is up to us to be diligent in making correct choices and
keeping the commandments. When we are being casual about making those choices
and acting in accordance with God's will is when we begin to slip backwards,
even if just a little.
This week will be interesting. We have District meeting down
in Redmond tomorrow and then drive all the way out to Newberg on Wednesday for
our Tech meeting so that I can get my iPad on Wednesday. I can't wait for that!
Then we have transfer calls on Saturday or Sunday. I am pretty sure that Elder
Halaeua and I will both be here still.
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