Lessons Learned

The week went pretty well. It went by really quickly. The trip to Newberg and the mission tour was really good! Elder Whiting was a really good man and he taught us a lot. I learned a lot from what he taught and I’m grateful for the chance to have been there and learn. I think I learned the most, however, during a few minutes that President instructed us. President told a story that I have heard him tell a few times, but I learned a few more things from it this time. He told a story of when he was sick right before a Stake Presidency Meeting. Sister Tateoka had to take him to the hospital and he was in pretty intense pain, and he cried out to Christ just as Alma the Younger did when he saw the angel. It stuck with me a lot this week. I was thinking about Alma the Younger and what he said about his experience. He said that his mind caught hold of the thought (the thought being that of Jesus Christ coming to atone for the sins of the world), and that is what led to his joy and peace. 

Church yesterday was really good. We had a really good ward council and a great Sacrament Meeting. I definitely felt edified from church. I learned a lesson in ward Council. We are working on the Melchizedek Priesthood Rescue. We have a bunch of names, but were going to start with the first three. The third name on the list was a name that a lot of people thought had moved and wasn’t in our ward anymore, so we skipped to the fourth. Well... when church started, guess who showed up to church with his family? The third man on the list! His kids are not members, and after Sacrament, the mom asked if we could start teaching the kids the lessons. So we were excited about that!

On Saturday, we had a great experience doing a Book of Mormon study class. This was our first class. There were about 10 of us there. But it was great! At first, one of our investigators got sort of contentious. He sort of felt that God was both good and evil, but as we read in 2 Nephi 2, his heart softened and he totally changed his outlook! That was pretty cool to see.