Tuesday- we had district meeting which
took a long time because we had a senior couple come and talk to us
about service work in our areas it was fun but long we then we to lunch
with them all it was a blast. Came home planned and studied more, then
went to dinner at our bishops house and we had a Mardi Gras dinner and a
King cake. It was dope. Got home and went to bed early!
Wednesday-
I got up at 5:30 to workout and get ready we left the house at 6:30
for Baton Rouge. We got there and then had a really long MLC (missionary
leadership Council) meeting. We talked about a ton of things and the
needs of the mission. One of those things is about our mission and how
it is expanding in July 1st to take over the Jackson Mississippi mission.
We had lunch then and more meetings we finally got out of there
around 5... drove home and then went to go play basketball at a church
for Wednesday night ball of course.
Thursday-
had a slow morning our lunch app cancelled us so we just planned then
studied.We went to go see our referral that was 30 minutes away and
then we drove to our appointment. We had dinner with Joe and Tori Stock.
It was fun we talked about a big problem here and that is, the focus that
members have and there focus is not always church or the gospel. So
make sure you focus it always towards the gospel. After that we came
home and now it bedtime.
Friday- So the whole
day I was under the impression that today was Saturday. But no just good old
Friday. I got up kinda stick this morning so we took it slow. We did
all the things we need to like planning studying and area book updating.
We had pizza for lunch. We then went to go see some member and then had
dinner at the Sanders. And we talked about how you and everyone is
saved by grace. But works determine the glory on which you are saved.
Meaning the level of heaven you will be going to.
Saturday-
(wow) OK so this morning we got up and went and ran stairs, got home and
went straight away to the food bank with the stake presidency to do
service that was fun, we were there for about an hour and president
Deford....asked us if we could do splits with him and Elder Thomas from
the area of 70. Wow so I got to go with President Deford and Elder
Thomas to go see a Less Actives and wow that was a blast we talked on the
way there and on the way back. We then came home had lunch then went on
exchanges with the Natchez elders and I was on a bike for the day but
it was raining quit hard, so we walked around seeing members and it was
dope. But the coolest thing yet was, I was about to go to bed then I get
a call from President Varner and we talked about the split with Elder
Thomas and then he asked us about this 14 year old girl that we meet at
the Pentecostal church. She had came to stake conference and she meet
the sister missionaries and wow.... it was a good day for sure!
Sunday-
the morning we had interviews with President Varner, it was awesome, we
then had stake conference. And that was cool there is a story that
Elder Thomas told us
Elder Thomas was a bishop, and he was
interviewing member in a Spanish branch, now Elder Thomas did not speak
Spanish he had a major in French, but he had tried his hardest and we
was reading the interview card and the member on the other side of the
table was crying about how her family is falling apart how they have not
read the scripture they don't want to come to church and Elder Thomas
again was trying his hardest. He did not know much of what he told her
but he felt it was helping. 20 years later this member came up to him
and had brought up this interview that they had 20 years ago (she now
speaks English) and she had asked him (Elder Thomas) if he had remember
what he told her. Elder Thomas did not remember it was a long time ago
and he did not know what he was telling her in his broken Spanish, she
was not worried and she told him what he had said to her. And what Elder
Thomas told her was to "go and read the book of Mormon evey day" she
answer "they (her family) won't come" Elder Thomas "well then sit at the
kitchen table and read out loud to your self! And she told him about
the experience. She had started to read by her self and after a while
she had a kid sit with her and soon after the hole family was at the
kitchen table reading the book of Mormon. And how all the problems they
were having were no longer there and that is what he told her and it was
through the power of the book of Mormon.
The rest of
the day was good for sure. But I want to leave you with my testimony of
the book of Mormon. I know it to be the most correct book on earth. I
know it will bring any one person closer to God then any other book. And
I know if read and study daily the problems you have will go away throw
the power of the book of Mormon. I know own it to be true and I know
it's a testimony of Jesus Christ.
Love you all have a good week.
Love Elder Gordon
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