The Best Mission In The Universe Or Any Others 9/30/2019


 Hold on to your hats, things are going to get wild. Tuesday morning we went and did service for M again (the lady across from the Gs). We helped prepare her yard for winter some more and when we were done with that, we went and helped the Gs with their yard as well. They fed us lunch and we talked about who they are teaching. Later we had a lesson with R. This time her husband and son were there as well as B. B called his friend that spoke Tagolog to help teach her. R then decided that she likes speaking english rather than Tagolog which was kinda awkward but oh well. We taught her the Restoration and we showed them a video of the First Vision. We then shared our testimonies of the First Vision and the Restoration. Every time we show the First Vision video, I feel the spirit testifying that the First Vision did happen.
 I totally forgot to write in my journal for Wednesday so I don't have a ton about what happened then. Some highlights were all of our appointments for the day being canceled last minute including our dinner appointment. We decided to make a microwave meatloaf that we had gotten the recipe for earlier. Cheetos are of the devil. Instead of taking about 30 minutes to make, it took two and a half hours to make. Part of this was the issue that we didn't have any measuring equipment so we had to eyeball everything based on a 2 cup pickle jar. We also made jello (courtesy of Elder William K).

Thursday was Zone conference. Long story short, it was great. 

This reminded me of D&C 84:88 that says "For I will go before your face. I will be on you right hand and on your left, and my spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you to bear you up."

The blessing combined with the prayers of all the missionaries who prayed for him had protected him. I know the preisthood was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith and that he got it through Peter, James, and John who got it from Jesus Christ.

Friday was the Trainer Trainee meeting. It was long and super spiritual but for the sake of the sanity of you all I will leave it at that.

Saturday we were about to go do service for this couple but they called last minute and cancelled. Later in the day, Elder W shared our testimonies of the church with each other which was really cool. We then picked up R and picked out some church clothes for him and went to a baptism of a girl that Elder W used to teach. Then we went to the adult session of stake (a group of congregations) conference. He didn't fall asleep or anything which was great.

Sunday was the general session of Stake Conference. They released the stake presidency and called a new one. At the end the last speaker was one of the 70 and had 30 minutes left to speak. I was like please don't speak for that long. As I said this, he called Elder W and I out and had us stand up and introduce ourselves and then come up and give our testimonies. I have no idea of what I said but afterwards a bunch of people thanked me for my testimony so it must have not been awful at the very least. We then had a lesson with some people that were recently baptized and that went well. We talked about patriarchal blessings and General Conference.

Today's hidden sentence is one of my dad's biggest opinions.

Quote of the Week: "Young Women's is not a saving ordinance"

Pictures (Hopefully in order):
1. A most intriguing food truck
2-4. Pictures from a backyard of a member
5. Does anyone claim this "college"?
6. My leg this week
7. When too many elders get together



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