Week #7

Alright, so apparently there's a huge blizzard coming in. Haha that's really funny because I'm totally coatless. Though I do have gloves and a scarf as of today. Thanks family :) I appreciate the things people have sent very much.  Also I got some more good pictures that I'll have printed and sent. Anyways...

 

Last Tuesday our speaker was Elder Pearson of the Seventy, and it was really funny because basically his whole talk was rewording of my study journal for the week before. So I have a lot of doubles on notes now. Apparently it was important. He talked about becoming a true disciple of Christ and following the Spirit. His closing thingy was "A disciple of Christ is...? If I am becoming a disciple of christ, I am no longer...?" Good stuff. Also I suggest that everybody look up a talk called "The Armor of God isn't Comfy" by Hank Smith. He's an EFY speaker and a genius. After listening to that, you should study the armor of god in-depth and think about the extensive metaphor that can be made if you thing of life as a battle. It's pretty awesome. I can't actually listen to the tak here, but I've listened to it so many times that I know it really well... So yeah.

 

We alo got to teach Daniel Limon again. We went in with the intent to try and steer the lesson towards a baptismal commitment. It was a great plan. Anyways, when we got there, he told us he had read some more. Awesome! He read all of the book of Moroni. The chapter that stuck out the most to him was chapter 9. Less awesome... it's the chapter where Mormon is lamenting the fallen states of the Nephites and Lamanites, and describes their abominations. So yeah, the conclusion he came to was that he didn't want the book to be true, because if it was, that meant that it is possible for a people who saw God, who were a great and delihtsome civilization, to fall into the vilest of wickedness in a relatively short time. That mostly killed the plan we had. The lesson ended up bein mostly us bearing our testimony that the Book of Mormon is true, and that even though it does have some sad scary things in it, it can bring you closer to God, and make you happier than anything else. We also explained that it is a warning, and that that is why we do what we do. The people fell that far because they forgot their God. We are missionaries because we don't want people to forget, we don't want that to happen again. He did end up praying at the end, too. Nothing too special, but it was a prayer.  He said he'd keep reading, and pray about whether it was true. So I suppose it did go well.

 

Happy Thanksgiving all :) Looks like it'll be a pretty cold one.  Hopefully the food will be awesome, though. I'm not really sure what to expect here, haha.

 

Happy Birthday Grandma B!

 

Happy birthday dad! How's everything going in Idaho? I heard the blizzard hit there too. You've gotta tell me what you do for your birthday. It had better be super awesome. I would have written you in spanish, but I don't think I can do it fast enough... I do appreciate your letters though :) The only thing is that you used a gerund as a noun, but in spanish it's the infinitive. So yeah. Anything I could send you for your birthday? haha I love you. Thanks for all your help and support in getting and keeping me here.  

 

Alright folks, that's it for this week. Join us next time, on Elder Katzakian's blog!