This week was full of amazing experiences! First off, I got to eat Caribou and Moose
steak, Duck,and Moose enchiladas! They
were delicious!
On Tuesday Fany and Diana were baptized! It was the biggest turn out I have ever seen
at a baptism
Wednesday we got to go to the Temple! Holy smokes that was an amazing
experience! I really missed the Temple
and did all I could to prepare myself to have the best experience
possible. We got to have an open
discussion for an hour with the Temple President, President Jordan, in the
chapel. WOW. I loved it and learned so much. The recent changes made to the Temple were
sooo cool! Such an emotional experience,
I loved it.
We had a great lesson with a man named who married a
member and has been investigating the Church for about 10 years. We read 3 Nephi chapter 11 together and had a
very Spirit guided discussion and, I had not planned on doing so originally,
but I invited him to be baptized next month on the 28th and he accepted! His wife was just glowing and soooo
happy. I am very excited for them :)Stake Conference blew my mind. Elder Jack Ward of the Seventy was incredible. All of the speakers prepared very well and our Stake President, President Heap, was moving as usual. President Heap spoke of those in the medical field and brought to my attention a few things. He related the treatment of his mother who passed away about 2 months ago. He talked about how most people were there to, "treat" her but a few were there to, "heal" her. Are we helping others by treating or healing them? I hope it is for the latter. He related the church building to a hospital and made the connection with the Chapel and the ICU. He powerfully reminded us that we go to church to be healed and Sacrament is the means by which we become whole every week. Elder Ward was amazing too. we had a discussion for 20 minutes on D&C section 4:4. He talked about how the "Field is white already to harvest" but the way the lord harvests his crop is with a "Sickle". A sickle is a one man tool and is done one person at a time. He asked us, "what Sickle do you have to use to touch others?" He also said ,"While you are in it only, your sickle is within reach of those within your field." It is so very true and I agree 100%.
I believe in revelation. Jaromy had written down a talk for me to
read. I printed it but had not read
it. It is called,"Moroni's
Promise" by Elder Gene R Cook. I
read it Sunday morning. We had a
appointment to meet with an investigator just before Stake conference
started. We had planned to teach the
Plan of Salvation but as I read this talk I felt very strongly that I should
teach "Moroni's Promise" instead.
We went ahead and taught the principles outlined in the talk by Elder
Cook. The Spirit was present and the
lesson went very well. The main point we
focused on was perspective and how we need to have the right perspective when
attempting to receive revelation to qualify for that revelation. I challenged her to have the correct
perspective as she went to stake conference and she accepted. To my surprise for the Sunday session Elder
Ward spoke on perspective and how we have a mortal perspective but we need to
gain an eternal one. As he spoke it was confirmed to me that the feelings I had
to invite her to consider the perspective she had came from our Heavenly
Father. It was the Holy Ghost preparing
her, through me.
I know the work I am engaged in is the work of the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
They are one in purpose and their purpose is to bring all of us home to
them. I love this Gospel and thank the
Lord every day for the time that I am blessed with to be able to share it as a
full-time missionary.
Thank you to all of you for your love and support,
Elder Holland
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