Teaching the Gospel

 

Impromptu Teaching

It’s so cool to teach people about the gospel when you are living your life worthy of the companionship of the Holy Ghost. I had to do an impromptu lesson in church yesterday because we had an unexpected investigator show up (which was great). So during the last fifteen minutes of sacrament I went out and started to prepare a lesson on the plan of salvation tailored to her needs. (She is the one with all the weird concerns like excommunication but hey at least she comes to church). She had been taught the plan of salvation about a year ago by missionaries but since we have picked her up we have been working on her concerns rather then basic lessons. So I conjured up a lesson as fast as I could, taped some things on the chalk board, wrote some scriptures up there and had a prayer in my heart. When the lesson began I had inspiration "flowing through my bones." ha ha. I had Elder Westra go get a video we recently acquired about questions of the soul and life in general. And from then on out I taught the plan of salvation with detail of various parts. Some members came in so that helped a lot. It was a great experience to feel like I could relay that beautiful information using scriptures I had just found 2 minutes before and be completely comfortable because I was trying to follow the Spirit.

New Mission President

My new mission president is AWESOME. I love him. He has more scripture smarts then anyone I have ever come into contact with in my whole life. He has an amazing way of teaching the scriptures as well. He has helped me a lot and I feel very close to him. I really think I’m going to enjoy the next 10 months. We have had two district meetings with him and just had our first zone conference last week. It was great. He gave a wonderful talk on pride by President Ezra Taft Benson. I think it was a conference address in 1989. Check it out.

A picture and bio of President Kevin M. Bulloch can be found at:
http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/56826/New-mission-presidents.html

No! I did not go swimming!

 
 
 
 

Weak Joints...Simple Truth

I got pretty dehydrated the other day when we played flag football because it was so stinkin hot and humid that I sweated like crazy. And add this to the list of my weak joint injuries. I dislocated my left shoulder again. Not super serious so no need to worry. Just popped out and popped back in. It will be sore for a few days then I'll be good.

The gospel is simple...if people would just take the time to read and listen...o the world would be a different place!

Wildlife in NY

 
 
 
 

Skating for Change

We met up with this boy, Travis, last night who I skated with for about fifteen minutes last week. It was really fun. He has questions about death and god and wants to quit smoking so I'm excited about him. Kind of a skater punk but people change...especially with the gospel in their lives.