November came fast.
Last night was my last
fireside, and it was amazing. My group sang "Jesus, Savior Pilot Me"
and it went well. We had a good group. I don't know what else to say
about the firesides- except how much I'm going to miss them, they
have such a special place in my heart.
We had our Halloween! It was a great day, huge success in my opinion. We had our zone meeting from 3-4:30,
which went well.. I very much enjoy training
missionaries, and feel confident doing so. Fortunately I'll get to do a
couple more. We have a good zone, and everyone participated and contributed, and really made it good.
After we finished Zone Meeting, we had a mission wide conference
call, where it was announced that one of the 12 Apostles will be
visiting our mission in November. We're absolutely stoked. Elder
G and I have been doing a logistical run of the 12 to try to
determine who will be coming, but no one knows for sure yet.
After the conference call, we had a number of zone
activities Elder G and I set up. First we had Singing Time with
Lonas, then we had a Book of Mormon Scavenger Hunt (I did all the
scripture referencing and putting together of the clues, and Gregersen
was in charge of making the map and having everything in place around
the church. Good teamwork :)
And after that we played a variation of Mafia, called Werewolf,
where we made a bunch of other jobs besides mafia and townsperson. so that
was fun, I think everyone had a good time. Afterwards we watched
Ephraim's Rescue, provided by the Weavers. During the movie, a very
sweet missionary couple in our stake provided pizza, salad, and drinks
for us. So kind :)
We had a few minutes left at the end of the movie
before we were supposed to go home, so everyone voted to play another
round of Werewolf. I would like to state that I was a great Werewolf,
and won every single time, except the last round where I lost on a
technicality. (so really I won.)
Transfer calls will be this week- everyone pray that
I'll get Elder Bowen! There's a lot I want to accomplish in these next
weeks, and I need someone I can work easily with :)
I got to interview 2 young girls for baptism the other day, ages 10 and 9. I don't know if I've mentioned this, but I
love doing interviews. The spirit was way strong as these 2 little
girls passed their interviews, and I got to hear their sweet, unadorned,
and unadulterated testimonies. They were both baptized on Sunday,
and their missionaries came up to us after the fireside to tell us how
great the baptism was. There is such a special, sacred feeling at
baptisms. I just love it.
In other news, the other week Elder G and I
successfully named all 150 of the original generation of Pokemon, so
that was good.
I was reading in Ether chapter 8
this yesterday morning and this morning. I think verses 8 and 9 are
hilarious. Totally missed the point of the scriptures haha. It's the
equivalent of us reading about Amalickiah and coming to the conclusion
that, "ya know, minor details aside, Amalackiah's plan basically worked,
we should definitely try that"
Reading the scriptures isn't enough. They need to be understood,
and applied by living the principles, and that's where we see change.
I
love the Book of Mormon. I also love 1 John. If you haven't First
John recently, you should read it this week. I think it's one of the
best parts of the New Testament.
Time for me to go, Love you!
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