Wednesday:
Well we had some changes happen in our district with transfers. Elder Gehrett
(one of our Zone leaders) got moved to Draper. Sister Conn moved up into
Harriman. So our district is Elder Harvey and Poppell (Zone leaders) Sister
Kirkpatrick and Burgos. I have had Sister Kirkpatrick in my district a few
transfers ago so nothing real new except Elder Poppell. He started his mission
the same time as me. We had our district meeting today due to transfers on
Tuesday. We talked a lot about the "how" and "why" of
missionary work. Elder Harvey gave a training on "how" we do
missionary work. And I gave the training on "why" we do missionary
work. It is really important to understand not only what we do with these 2
years as missionaries but why we are doing it. The answers can go across the
board on why we serve, but one of the determining factors should be because we
love the Lord and want help as many people as we can. Invite all to come unto
Christ and be partakers of Gods love. I gave the parable with the Lion and the
Gazelle. A gazelle runs only because of the influencing factor of the lion. A
lion runs and chases the gazelle because he needs to provide food for his
family. A lion has the internal motive to keep him going when the gazelles
motive is conditional upon an outside motive. We as missionaries should be like
a lion and be doing the things we do because we love the lord and want to
provide for his children, and not because our leaders, or parents want us to
serve missions.
Thursday:
We met with the great aunt who has custody over the two kids, she was really
receptive to us and said we could stop by tomorrow if we were in the area, she
didn't want us going out of our way to teach these two kids. We will do
anything to help those who we can help! We had some good ward visits at
night.
Friday:
Well the lesson fell through with the two kids, and will need to reschedule
another meeting with them. Finally contacted a few people we have been trying
to see, sadly they were not interested at the moment. We did talk to a guy who
said he would meet with missionaries but is living in Salt Lake! No effort is
wasted!
Saturday:
We met with one of our bishops and we discussed some of the stuff happening in
his ward. Brandy from the half way house (addiction recovery house) who we have
been teaching moved to Las Vegas with her son out of nowhere. We stopped by an
active members home to figure out if their was a problem with their kids
records in the church. We weren't sure if his kid wasn't baptized or if their
was a problem transferring over the records. Turns out there was a problem
transferring the records when they moved. We met with the Lewis family who is a
Christian family. They allowed us to teach them about what our beliefs are.
They are interested in learning and we are excited. Their beliefs are pretty
much the same as ours but with a few differences. They said they would read the
Book of Mormon! I think the husband is more on board with it than the wife. The
wife's parents converted when she was a teenager and said she had bad
experiences and didn't want to join herself.
Sunday:
We taught mission preparation in the morning to about 6 young men & women
who were preparing to go on missions. We taught them how to prepare for a
mission and how to talk to people. We had the opportunity to teach primary in
the Copperview 4th Ward. It was interesting because it was on tithing, but in
the end it went great and we had a blast teaching little kids! At night we had
the rare opportunity to have a mission fireside with a member of the quorum of
the twelve apostles. Elder David A Bednar who is a good friend with our mission
president came and talked to our mission. We talked about some of his old talks
he has given in General Conferences mainly about faith. Some of the pieces of
his talks that I enjoyed were how to learn by faith we must act, and not be
acted upon. A scripture in the Book of Mormon, Ether 12:6 (6 And
now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto
the world that faith is things which are hoped for
and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye
receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.)
another point that I loved was how we had a question and answer portion. The
thing that amazed me the most was how he encourages and facilitated learning by
faith. He would never give an answer to a question but he would lead us in the
direction and give us the opportunity to learn by faith. He would often ask us
a question in response to our questions. It was an amazing spiritual uplifting
experience to have the Holy Ghost answer my questions without me physically
asking them. I have a firm testimony that he is called of God to serve as one
of the twelve apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Monday: Well it wasn't the usual
Monday for us, since we are going to the temple today, we will be doing our
normal Monday stuff like shopping, emailing, and chores. We helped out our Zone
leaders with their new posters to put up in their church buildings. At night we
had the opportunity to go to dinner and to share a message with two good
friends of mine. Braxton Kerr, and Jacob Stauffer. Hope you all have a great week.
Love,
Elder Aaron Ashby
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