2011 September 27
My week was productive! I prepared for my talk, taught
lessons and did service splitting wood and building a wall. We had a good time
doing all of it. We have had a great time with the Spanish missionaries who
live in our apartment; we have a greenie who is a very good Elder.
We taught a lesson on Wednesday and a family gave us some talks.
One of them is Hugh B Brown a profile of a prophet. It is an amazing talk. We taught
a part member family, they are cool and we enjoy doing it. We read from the Book
of Mormon and talk about what it is saying. We are good friends with the
wrestling coach and football coach. It’s fun to talk with them, about the sports;
they help with referrals and Sister Wise the football coach’s wife gives us haircuts
at her salon. We are working with a family to get the daughter baptized, and praying
the mom comes around. It has been a good week.
Yes I am still in the garland area; we just live out of town
about ten or 15 miles. My talk was good. I gave a pretty good 10 minute talk;
it would have been a better one if I hadn’t ran out of room writing it, and
less time to fill. I had to get 15 more minutes. That impromptu talk dad taught
us saved me, as I was the last speaker! But it was a good time out in the
country, and then we came home for a youth conference and refreshments. I ate
an incredibly hot pepper the other day, I now know what spicy is. Oh it takes
an hour and a half to get to Park Valley.
I have both little journal and a big journal, and a more
secular part can be found in my big journal and a mores spiritual part in my
little journal. Actually I am behind in my "journal" and need to catch
up, I of course have kept detailed or as detailed as I could, record of when
the apostles come, but I write so much and have to catch up! The little plates
(it was a quote from Nephi) are my mission memory book.
Here is my official statement:
I do well in keeping a record in my journal all though I do
miss days and have had to back track, it is good to be detailed in the spiritual
accounts of the days, if I miss a day and it was little down to my opinion (important
wording here) I make a lesser account of that days proceedings. And if I deem it
credible a greater amount, usually on days I have missed, if I do not miss I
make a full and rather accurate account of that days proceedings. I find when I
write down things of the day I learn more from those experiences. It is
important to do this because we need help in remembering such things. And to
review those things which strengthen our testimonies of Christ. Now here is the
pearl of wisdom I impart, that if we review the days weakness we are strengthened
by it, and thus strengthening our testimony.
And if anyone wants details on that they can write me a
letter and ask!
ok I don't have much time left but the point is we now know
what we are weak in or strong and we can come before God with it and have it strengthened
or refined, and that is a testimony builder, oh and mention that Nephi had two journals.
