I had a lot of exchanges this week. And a lot of finding. And Stake Conference. Also a little service in there. One of the exchanges was right by the
ocean.
For service we helped a family clean up their backyard. There was a pond there and they want to
remove it, but the landlord doesn’t want to.
So for safety reasons, having two kids, they filled it with wood. But since it rains so much, it got filled in with
water anyway. A lot of wood bogged with
water and then mud and gunk and stuff.
We started to clean it out. It
was pretty gross. We did find a lizard
living in the pond. The family had never seen a lizard before- so we caught it
for their kid to see when getting home
from school.
We did find one new guy this week. Also were able to teach a few from previous
weeks. One is very sincere and has a lot
of questions. Another doesn’t really
have a belief in God, but really wants to find out if there is one, because he
knows it would benefit his life. One we
found last week is doing really good, studying everything in depth. And our baptism is still on for May 9th. That is an awesome one! So grateful to be able to lead by the spirit
in missionary work to find that one.
Found out that a member's father spent some time
Burley, Idaho on his mission. It’s been some time ago, but he remembers little
old Idaho! What a small world.
Then we had Stake Conference and it was a wonderful weekend.
One of them spoke about asking questions. How questions come about from
misunderstanding, or finding out history of the church that they were unaware
of which leads them to asking questions.
He talked about how sincere is the question you are asking. Is it s a
very important question to ask, or is it one that is on your mind but doesn’t
really affect anything. He then
explained about how we should not let what we know be trumped by the questions
upon which we do not yet understand. One
of his examples. In the 1880’s a man
claimed the Book of Mormon could not be true because it talked about having
metal for swords, and he didn’t think that would be possible then. In the 1950’s another said it could not be
true for the same reason. The whole time
the church doesn’t say anything about it.
Then in the 1960’s an archaeologist finds an iron sword that was hardened
into metal that dates back to 700 BC. Before Lehi was told to leave
Jerusalem. A question that could have
caused a lot of people to question was answered years later. But it was years later. Someone could have had that question stop
their progression in the gospel. Now it
was corrected. He also talked about how
in today’s time there are a lot of questions that individuals have. Which
sometimes there are no logical answers to please them, but that the time will
come in which they will be answered, either in this life, or in the life to
come.
Another spoke about is our current sacrifice sufficient
enough. Basically are we giving our best
or are we withholding from the altar of sacrifice. Three examples that he used- Tithes and
Offerings, Worshiping through singing (not just sitting there during the hymns,)
and having a broken heart and contrite spirit.
It was a really good stake conference. There is another special broadcast
Stake Conference scheduled hopefully before I come home with a visiting authority. That would be an awesome thing!
Other than that not a lot going on.
Thanks for everything.
Love, Elder Stevenson
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