Well
hello hello. Sorry for not emailing last week but the place we go to do emails
was closed last week for presidents day so my companion and I decided to take a
stress free pday and just chilled and relaxed at the apartment for most of the
day. We had a great mission conference with Elder Bednar! It was really weird
because at the beginning he told us not to take notes and that taking notes
that you can't find or don't use is "stupid". Yes he actually said
that notes are stupid. The reason why he did not want us to take notes is
because the whole conference was centered around learning from the spirit and
to not focus on what he was physically saying. In contrast, he wanted us to
write down the promptings of the spirit. It was a really weird experience
because I walked in thinking that we were going to get a conference talk but
instead he had a 2 part Q&A session with us. The first part consisted of a
Q&A of the 3 talks that he asked us to read prior to coming to this
conference. The second part consisted of a Q&A of questions that we wanted
to ask an apostle and he made sure that we didn't ask any ridiculous like where
is the sword of Laban. 
It was a really fun and
spiritual experience! Unfortunately we did not get to take a single picture
with him or shake his hand but we were able to take a semi-small group picture
with him and our mission presidency. So that was really cool and spiritual
experience. So as for the area not a lot has happened in the past couple weeks.
We are having a hard time with helping our investigators come to church. We are
always looking for more people to teach though. Our wards are starting to catch
the vision and they are starting come out with us more and more. It is really
cool to see the excitement that they gain after coming out with us. Well I have
to go do some shopping now. Hopefully next week we will be able to have some
success and that I will have much more to report. Thank you for all the prayers
that y'all have said to help me. I love and pray for y'all everyday! There is
nothing more powerful that the power of prayer. I have learned and gained a
strong testimony on prayer in the past year and how there is no such thing as a
prayer too small or too big. I love and miss y'all very much!! Have a great
week! 
It was a really fun and
spiritual experience! Unfortunately we did not get to take a single picture
with him or shake his hand but we were able to take a semi-small group picture
with him and our mission presidency. So that was really cool and spiritual
experience. So as for the area not a lot has happened in the past couple weeks.
We are having a hard time with helping our investigators come to church. We are
always looking for more people to teach though. Our wards are starting to catch
the vision and they are starting come out with us more and more. It is really
cool to see the excitement that they gain after coming out with us. Well I have
to go do some shopping now. Hopefully next week we will be able to have some
success and that I will have much more to report. Thank you for all the prayers
that y'all have said to help me. I love and pray for y'all everyday! There is
nothing more powerful that the power of prayer. I have learned and gained a
strong testimony on prayer in the past year and how there is no such thing as a
prayer too small or too big. I love and miss y'all very much!! Have a great
week!
P.S. - My expect date
of departure is exactly 1 year from today, February 24, 2015.
P.S. - I am currently at
Genesis 38 in my Old Testament reading but I am also reading the Old Testament
institute manual so I am reading quite slowly but I am learning a lot and it is
really cool to learn some deep doctrine :)
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