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| Elder Withers and me with a few of the amazing missionaries who will be returning home with honor this week! |
This week was awesome. We had an ami, (an ancient ami/he's been taught every couple years in the past since 2006), and we met him 2 weeks ago. I remember feeling like he would be good to call, and so we were able to meet him, but the meeting which I had felt uneasy about didn't go anywhere and we walked away feeling defeated, he wasn't accepting and just argued about different points in the bible and said no to reading any of the Book of Mormon to try to find out if this is true, and we left feeling like we couldn't help him. So I thought about it and it felt like he needed more time. So we canceled our visit with him the next Saturday, and planned to meet him in 2 weeks. He said we could send him small scriptures though, so we did, and I prayed the whole next two weeks for him that he would be prepared the next time we met him, and I know he wants to know since he's really trying to search for the truth. Our rendez vous came and we said a quick prayer before to ask that he would feel the spirit and that we could help him. We had our rendez vous and my prayers were answered, he was way friendlier and everything we shared, the 1st lesson about the Restoration of the true church, he liked a lot, and though skeptical with some things he really agreed with some of the points we made. I felt the spirit with us the whole lesson and we were able to answer a lot of his questions. At the end I asked him to read The Book of Mormon and he said yes, and it was so cool to see this step we made with him, and as he's not sure on prayer yet it's so cool to see how the Lord works with each of His children little by little to help them with what they need. I know my prayers were answered, and my one before the lesson, as I felt the spirit strong during our visit and was led in how do teach each principle, and I know he felt that spirit and that he was truly helped.
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| Camembert cheese - YUM!! Fancy cheeses are really, really ridiculously inexpensive and delicious here! |
This week we also got to watch General Conference!!!!! General Conference is a broadcast by the Church twice a year in which the prophet and many of the 12 apostles and other leaders of the church are able to give messages of love, help and advice on how we can better live in this world today. It so awesome to listen to the prophet and to the 3 new apostles who were called to take the place of those who recently passed away, who we miss so much. I know Elder Perry, Elder Scott, and Elder Packer are joyfully in the Lord's work on the other side happy as can be. The messages that were shared strengthened my testimony of all our apostles and of the reality of our prophet as God's prophet on the Earth today. I know he is, and I'm so grateful to have the prophet's direction in the church today. I know God leads this church and that He works miracles through His called disciples. I am so grateful to have the occasion to listen to these great men and women of faith during General Conference and to learn what God would have me learn from their inspired messages.
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| Preparing to watch General Conference - snack necessities |
Anyway, if you haven't seen Conference yet, I highly recommend it! It's so cool and I learn so much. Just go to lds.org and there is information all about it on the home page. The Saturday Morning session was my favorite and the Sunday Morning session was so good, you can watch our prophet, Thomas S Monson, speak as the first speaker in the Sunday Morning session if you don't have too much time, the newly called apostles also speak right after him too. Awesome messages.
I hope you all have a good week, et que Dieu vous benisse. Ayez fois.
Sincerement,
Elder Laney
Looks like you prepared for watching Gen Conf like we did! Good Food and comfy chair. Nice Josh!
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