I seem to say this every week but wow it was a super busy but super amazing week!!!
There was a ton that happened! To start off the week we had the TNT (Traveling and Training) Elders come over for a blitz. Where all 4 of us missionaries work in one area. They came stayed Monday night, all day Tuesday and also stayed Tuesday night before leaving Tuesday morning.
We had some really cool miracles happen with them. First of all we learned a great way to get in contact with members and to set up lessons. Basically we call members when they pick up we offer to share a 2min message right there on the phone. Most members love that so we sharea short message and then talk about it for maybe another 2min and then we set up a more formal 15min lesson for the next week. Elder Johnson and I were able to have 12 of those this past week and set up at least 7 lessons for this upcoming week so we are starting to get real busy! It is awesome!
The second miracle that happened was we found 3 new people to teach in one conversation!!! We had just picked up Elder Johnson and the TNT Elder he was with from walking around (we had split up the other TNT and I drove to a few people's homes) and we were driving home. We passed a house with their garage open and a man sitting there. Elder Lambson (The TNT driving) suddenly stopped the car and told Elder Johnson and Elder Linney (The other TNT) to hop out and go talk to him. I expected them to only be talking with him for about 5min but they ended up having like a 45min conversation and two other women came out as well and joined the convo! Alex, Alexis and Jessica. They had a lot of cool experiences that led up to them being outside right when we drove by! God is in the details!!
Another miracle that happened this week occurred the next evening, Wednesday. Elder Johnson and I left our apartment at around 6:20pm to go and talk to people in our apartment complex. At about 6:30pm (the time is important I promise) We ran into a lady walking her dog in her yard adjacent to our complex. We offered to share a message about Christ and she was not interested. BUT we used the STICK which is to find when you teach and teach when you find. So we asked her if she knew anyone who would be interested in hearing a message about Christ and boy that got her talking. We ended up talking to her until about 9:15pm! Yes a whole 3 hours pretty much just from asking if she knew anyone who would be interested. It turned into a conversation about family history and the Book fo Mormon. We were able to give her a copy and she said she would read it! Deanna is her name! Keep her in your prayers!!
The next couple days we did lots of contacting, had a giant service project with some other Elders painting at a members home! It was great. Then General Conference rolled around! Wow what a powerful weekend! If you didn't get the chance to watch or if you don't even know what that is shoot me an email and I'd love to talk to you about it and give you a link to watch it was super cool!! I learned lots and want to study a few different concepts including Purity, Truth, Compassion and Peace to name a few. I had lots of favourite talks but the spiritual message I want to share today didn't come from this weekend.
This is a quote from a talk President Russell M. Nelson gave in April 2017 titled:
"Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ Into Our Lives"
"It is doctrinally incomplete to speak of the Lord’s atoning sacrifice by shortcut phrases, such as “the Atonement” or “the enabling power of the Atonement” or “applying the Atonement” or “being strengthened by the Atonement.” These expressions present a real risk of misdirecting faith by treating the event as if it had living existence and capabilities independent of our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
Under the Father’s great eternal plan, it is the Savior who suffered. It is the Savior who broke the bands of death. It is the Savior who paid the price for our sins and transgressions and blots them out on condition of our repentance. It is the Savior who delivers us from physical and spiritual death.
There is no amorphous entity called “the Atonement” upon which we may call for succor, healing, forgiveness, or power. Jesus Christ is the source. Sacred terms such as Atonement and Resurrection describe what the Savior did, according to the Father’s plan, so that we may live with hope in this life and gain eternal life in the world to come. The Savior’s atoning sacrifice—the central act of all human history—is best understood and appreciated when we expressly and clearly connect it to Him."
I really love this quote it explains perfectly Jesus Christ's role in our lives!!
Love you all and hope you have a great week!! Elder Spencer
TNT and sleepover for Conference!
Flowers!
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