Hey Mom!
Thanks for the email. Sounds like Noah's blessing was pretty awesome.
This week was pretty good. we had interviews on tuesday with President and Sister Young which was great. we finished teaching Amy all of the lessons and she is ready to be baptized on the 18th of this month. So this week will hopefully be an awesome one. It seems like everyone in the zone is taking turns getting sick because madras is doing pretty rough right now. I think I might be getting something but I don't know if it will get any worse.
This week we did a ton of service. we were helping some people prep to paint their homes. we did some wood splitting. BTW juniper stumps are a pain to split. We went on exchanges with Redmond 1st and it was pretty good. I was with Elder Earnshaw who has been out for a few weeks. He is a pretty quiet guy. other then that nothing really exciting happened this week. anyways that's about all that's going on.
Elder Nate Berg - Oregon Eugene Mission
Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Oct 8, 2012
My mind has officially been blown.
General Conference was incredible! that was so exciting that they lowered the age for missionary service for both Elders and Sisters. That has been the hot topic since the announcement. I can't wait to see more missionaries coming out soon! now people will have less time to be distracted from missionary service. I hope everyone goes now.
I thought Nelsons talk was awesome but now i'm thinking "Oh great now I really need to know my stuff." Afterwards a member sitting behind us said "so what kind of glue should I use?" I thought it was pretty funny. But really I think that if members actually apply that talk it will help both them and us.
I am still just blown away by conference. All the talks were just incredible! I think it is interesting to see how much they are an answer to prayers. We had an investigator at the 2nd Sunday session and in all the talks they basically answered a majority of the questions he has asked us the past few days. This is an awesome time to live in especially as a missionary. I would recommend everyone to serve a mission.
So basically conference was the biggest highlight of this week. we had a ton of meetings this week. we had a good meeting Tuesday in Eugene but it took almost the whole day. we had another meeting in Redmond on Wednesday with stake pres Palmer. and we had to help out at a zone training meeting in Bend on Thursday. So this week was pretty much terrible for everyone in the district.
Something I learned this week was that if you ever have any real questions or concerns or doubt about the church, read the Book of Mormon. We were discussing some things with our investigator Martha and Robert and it was getting a little crazy. We would explain something but it just wouldn't make sense to them or they would just say that isn't true. After this going on for a while I just decided to turn to 3 Nephi 11 and just read about a page with them. I bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon and afterwards Martha said "okay now that makes sense. I understand." The Book of Mormon is simple. Satan doesn't want us to read it. He knows that as we read and pray about it we will know it is true and in turn draw nearer to our Savior, Jesus Christ. He will try and out doubt in to our mind and try and prevent us from picking it up. I have learned that when things seem unclear or we can't recognize our answer, pray and then read the Book of Mormon. It's just that simple. That book is here for a reason. I hope everyone has the chance to read it and invite others to do the same. As we read the Book of Mormon and apply its teachings we will see if it is of God (John 7:17). I hope that we all will do our part in bringing people closer to our Savior Jesus Christ.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Oct 1st 2012
Hey Mom!
Thank you for the package! It was awesome! Sounds like you are all having a ton of fun back home.
So some of the highlights for this week:
we had zone conference which was very good! we learned a lot that I think will really help us in the work here. President really wants us to understand the significance of the Restoration. It is really the greatest news on the Earth today. To know that there is a living Prophet that leads The Church of Jesus Christ so that we may be able to know the true doctrine of His church. That the Priesthood authority is again on the earth so that we can perform those saving ordinances. I think that is news that we all need to share with Everyone! If we don't, then we are being selfish because we aren't sharing a gift with people that we know will bless their life. It's great to be able to be here and share that awesome news with the people of Prineville.
This week we went to visit a less active family and while we were there a guy named Joe showed up. He is a really cool guy who has been there the past three times we came over. But this time when he showed up he told us his address as soon as he saw us and said he wants us to come over on friday. He then continued to go on saying that the times that he has been over there when we showed up he has been testing us. He says that he realizes that we don't judge and that he really trusts us. He said that in the past he has had missionaries knock on his door but he doesn't let them in because he is afraid that they are going to judge him. He has never really let anyone in his house except one other family (the less active family we were visiting) and now he wants us to come over. so Friday we went over and they wanted us to have dinner with them but it wouldnt be ready for about 3 hours. so we taught them the restoration said we had an appointment and that we would come back. by the time we came back he had already read the first few chapters of the Book of Mormon and had some questions for us. We answered them had dinner and they said to come back anytime.
Lately we have just been seeing cool little miracles like that all over the place. It sure is awesome to be a part of.
Elder Cooper called us a while ago and wanted us to visit a family that he use to be working with. The husband is a member but his wife isn't so we went to go see them. when we got there her husband said "yeah I know she would want to take the lessons again and get baptized. I am surprised that she actually hasn't called you sooner about getting baptized. so we taught her a few days later and set a date for her to be baptized october 18th! Awesome little miracle. then we celebrated by holding their 9ft 90Lb boa. fun times. there were 5 baptisms this week in the district so we had to drive to madras for some interviews and to redmond for some interviews. it was awesome to be able to see. we stayed for one baptism that happened right after the interview and it was great. it was a mother and son and after they were baptized the daughter decided to be baptized as well. anyways awesome things are happening! but that is pretty much all the highlights for the week.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fulness of the gospel restored on the earth today. The Priesthood Authority is the key part that holds this all together. I am Excited for the chance to again hear from a Prophet of God this General Conference. I hope everyone else gets the chance to do the same. Go out and invite others to listen to the Prophet so that they may see for themselves that there truly is a Prophet on the Earth today.
Thank you for the package! It was awesome! Sounds like you are all having a ton of fun back home.
So some of the highlights for this week:
we had zone conference which was very good! we learned a lot that I think will really help us in the work here. President really wants us to understand the significance of the Restoration. It is really the greatest news on the Earth today. To know that there is a living Prophet that leads The Church of Jesus Christ so that we may be able to know the true doctrine of His church. That the Priesthood authority is again on the earth so that we can perform those saving ordinances. I think that is news that we all need to share with Everyone! If we don't, then we are being selfish because we aren't sharing a gift with people that we know will bless their life. It's great to be able to be here and share that awesome news with the people of Prineville.
This week we went to visit a less active family and while we were there a guy named Joe showed up. He is a really cool guy who has been there the past three times we came over. But this time when he showed up he told us his address as soon as he saw us and said he wants us to come over on friday. He then continued to go on saying that the times that he has been over there when we showed up he has been testing us. He says that he realizes that we don't judge and that he really trusts us. He said that in the past he has had missionaries knock on his door but he doesn't let them in because he is afraid that they are going to judge him. He has never really let anyone in his house except one other family (the less active family we were visiting) and now he wants us to come over. so Friday we went over and they wanted us to have dinner with them but it wouldnt be ready for about 3 hours. so we taught them the restoration said we had an appointment and that we would come back. by the time we came back he had already read the first few chapters of the Book of Mormon and had some questions for us. We answered them had dinner and they said to come back anytime.
Lately we have just been seeing cool little miracles like that all over the place. It sure is awesome to be a part of.
Elder Cooper called us a while ago and wanted us to visit a family that he use to be working with. The husband is a member but his wife isn't so we went to go see them. when we got there her husband said "yeah I know she would want to take the lessons again and get baptized. I am surprised that she actually hasn't called you sooner about getting baptized. so we taught her a few days later and set a date for her to be baptized october 18th! Awesome little miracle. then we celebrated by holding their 9ft 90Lb boa. fun times. there were 5 baptisms this week in the district so we had to drive to madras for some interviews and to redmond for some interviews. it was awesome to be able to see. we stayed for one baptism that happened right after the interview and it was great. it was a mother and son and after they were baptized the daughter decided to be baptized as well. anyways awesome things are happening! but that is pretty much all the highlights for the week.
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