I had to study on why we raise are arm to sustain and it comes from the Old Testament. The prophet Moses was in a battle and when he lifted his arms up his people started to win the battle, as he grew tired and his arms lowered his people started to loses the battle. So his 2 I guess you could say counselors stood next to him and raised his arms up!! So when we raise our arms up with the prophet we literally gain spiritual power!! Some think that the world is getting pretty out of hand and crazy that that good is losing the battle. Well we just all lifted our arms to support and sustain the Prophet. Now lets follow his guidance and we can win the battle!!
The best way to describe General Conference when you are a missionary is like watching the Super Bowl with field side tickets!! haha It was just so powerful!! All the talks stand out with great power and glory!! Each speaker was truly inspired!! One of my favorites was in the priesthood session. The Prophet gave a talk on our priesthood and the power we have to give blessings. That really stood out to me. I have given so many blessing on the mission and want to improve on giving them. I prayed for the opportunity too and the Lord provided this week.
After the conference a lady in our ward asked for a blessing and asked if I would give it. One of the coolest things in the world is listening to the Spirit and giving a blessing. I was also called upon by a family on our list that says DO NOT VISIT! They called and needed a blessing to cast out a devil. (yes mom again) This woman was not a member but her husband is. He is not active and needed us. You could tell that she was very uncomfortable. It was a very cool experience to give her a blessing. They went from a DON'T VISIT family to a new investigator and ones who wants us to come around all the time!!
What an amazing week though. We are just pushing through. Elder Tewes and I are going hard all the time. One things we have started doing is following up with all the people we don’t know on our list. It has been really fun and now we have lots of new less actives to visit and most of them are now part member families.
When we get held accountable for our week we really get to look at how we are doing. I would say right now we are getting the snowball rolling. It is starting to build up and roll down the hill. In the next few weeks it is just going to take off and gather more and more and go down the hill on its own. We are really enjoying the building it up right now!! Still lots of Sorry Elders texts but we are pushing on!!
I am really excited for this up coming week. We are having Elder Cardon come visit our mission. For the last month we have been preparing for him. He has asked our mission to devour chapter 4 of PMG. Recognizing the Spirit!! It has been amazing to read and learn new things. All of our training for District Meeting has been from that chapter. A whole new world has opened up!!
Yesterday we trained on Praying with Faith. During the meeting the North Pine Sister got a text from the family that they will be baptizing this week. Well they wanted to cancel their baptism. At the end of our meeting we talked about one of the talks at General Conference about pleading with the Lord. One of my favorite elders in the zone said to plead is like when someone is holding a gun at you and you are telling them not to shoot. Do we pray like that when we talk to the Father or are going through a trial?? The Spirit was so strong during that last part of the meeting and for my final remarks committed everyone to plead with the Lord for this family to get baptized this weekend. They are ready. I have met them heaps of times. So we could use your prayers of faith to for the Stubbs family!!
I love you all so much!! I know the Church is so true!! It is not a part of our lives but it is our life. We either fully embrace it or we don’t. The Lord is always there wanting to bless us. I know he loves us and we need to open our heart and receive him as President Erying said.
Have a great week. Love you all!!!
Here is a link to the photos of this week.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/OJ3zmfnSDvTAStVp2
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