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.