"the crowning characteristic of LOVE is always LOYALTY" -Elder Holland
I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!!!! haha I cant say I have always gotten as pumped for general conference in the past as I do on my mission, but being out here, general conference is something that I look forward to the very most, and can I just say how cool it is to be a missionary when they announced something as incredible as missionaries can now go at 18 and 19! If you are a boy and you are 18... GO ON A MISSION RIGHT NOW. If you are a girl and you are 19... GO ON A MISSION RIGHT NOW! haha I am being serious. Coming on a mission is the best thing that has ever happened to me and the best decision I have ever made. I have learned so much being out here and not only that I have come to know my Savior and my Heavenly father in a very real way. My testimony has been tried tested, and strengthened and now is more immovable than ever. I have learned to love people and to help people and to become more like my Savior. I have learned to work hard and stay focused; to sacrifice things that I want to do for the things that God wants me to do. I have learned to listen to the voice of the spirit and to follow those promptings. In the end I know that ALL these things I have learned will only benefit me in the future. So if you have ever considered a mission, think you might want to serve, and are able to serve. THEN SERVE! because you wont regret it for one second... I think most of the people that read my email are married or have already served, but that's my two cents anyways!
So conference is obviously the biggest thing that happened this week. We were walking down the the institute to watch it and I was just watching the cars pass us and as we waved to each of them my missionary purpose became very real... Here we are, walking to go listen to a prophet of God and they have NO IDEA. Every 6 months we get to hear from the prophet and each of the 12 apostles and the world continues in their daily lives without any sort of recognition or even knowledge of it. That is why we have missionaries. To take that wonderful message to all the world. To let them know that there is once again a prophet on the earth who speaks to God and is his mouth piece. Who knows what is coming and warns us of danger. To let them know all the beautiful restored truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To lead us back to God. How incredible is our message, and how important it is for each of us to do our part in sharing it with all those around us!
So anywho, that was a tangent.... we got to watch it over at the institute and the incredible couple missionaries here made lunch for everyone to eat between sessions. It was great to be able to see all the members come and watch it together. I was sad because most of our investigators couldn't make it :( We did have one there, Alex, but she is practically a member anyways. (Haha in our lesson this week we were talking to her about baptism and if her plans were still set to get baptized in Korea when she goes home in December and she said yes, then she told us that she is so excited that sometimes she has dreams about being baptized. She is truly converted to the gospel and she hungers after spiritual truth, I am sad that we wont get to be present for her baptism, but I am so excited for her nonetheless.) The spirit is so strong in conference and the talks were all so good!
I love that among all the talks you can find patterns and themes. That makes it very obvious to me that this is the Lord's church and that revelation from God truly does continue. How else would 45 people manage to all talk about the same themes when they dont plan their topics together? I know that these patterns and themes that stand out are different for each person, but some of the ones that really stood out to me were: The importance of acquiring spiritual knowledge; Service; Making covenants, focusing on them, and NEVER going back to our old ways; becoming Christlike and true disciples of him; and of course, as always missionary work.
I loved Elder Nelsons talks about 'Ask the missionaries". How great was that? I think that so many people have questions but they are afraid to just ask. Even when we are right there, they dont want to sound stupid or ask ignorant questions so they dont ask at all, but in reality we LOVE questions!
The rest of the week was rather uneventful. We had a rough finding week... Meaning we didn't find any new investigators this week, But we had alot of other really great things happen, so we will just try again this week!
Picture: We got a little discourage because no one was listening, so I decided that maybe the statue would be more receptive :) haha
So conference is obviously the biggest thing that happened this week. We were walking down the the institute to watch it and I was just watching the cars pass us and as we waved to each of them my missionary purpose became very real... Here we are, walking to go listen to a prophet of God and they have NO IDEA. Every 6 months we get to hear from the prophet and each of the 12 apostles and the world continues in their daily lives without any sort of recognition or even knowledge of it. That is why we have missionaries. To take that wonderful message to all the world. To let them know that there is once again a prophet on the earth who speaks to God and is his mouth piece. Who knows what is coming and warns us of danger. To let them know all the beautiful restored truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To lead us back to God. How incredible is our message, and how important it is for each of us to do our part in sharing it with all those around us!
So anywho, that was a tangent.... we got to watch it over at the institute and the incredible couple missionaries here made lunch for everyone to eat between sessions. It was great to be able to see all the members come and watch it together. I was sad because most of our investigators couldn't make it :( We did have one there, Alex, but she is practically a member anyways. (Haha in our lesson this week we were talking to her about baptism and if her plans were still set to get baptized in Korea when she goes home in December and she said yes, then she told us that she is so excited that sometimes she has dreams about being baptized. She is truly converted to the gospel and she hungers after spiritual truth, I am sad that we wont get to be present for her baptism, but I am so excited for her nonetheless.) The spirit is so strong in conference and the talks were all so good!
I love that among all the talks you can find patterns and themes. That makes it very obvious to me that this is the Lord's church and that revelation from God truly does continue. How else would 45 people manage to all talk about the same themes when they dont plan their topics together? I know that these patterns and themes that stand out are different for each person, but some of the ones that really stood out to me were: The importance of acquiring spiritual knowledge; Service; Making covenants, focusing on them, and NEVER going back to our old ways; becoming Christlike and true disciples of him; and of course, as always missionary work.
I loved Elder Nelsons talks about 'Ask the missionaries". How great was that? I think that so many people have questions but they are afraid to just ask. Even when we are right there, they dont want to sound stupid or ask ignorant questions so they dont ask at all, but in reality we LOVE questions!
The rest of the week was rather uneventful. We had a rough finding week... Meaning we didn't find any new investigators this week, But we had alot of other really great things happen, so we will just try again this week!
Picture: We got a little discourage because no one was listening, so I decided that maybe the statue would be more receptive :) haha
Love you all! Hope you all had a great conference weekend, and have a good week this week!
Sister Webb
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