So this week went by SO fast, I don't even know, we did a lot of porting and contacting and met some cool people. By some interesting miracles we were able to get back in contact with Agnes as well as get some more experience in finding! Great week, and it was a breather to get to do some good old finding after a long time of too much driving.
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| Road trip to Lausanne |
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| Beautiful springtime in France! |
It was good. District Meeting also went well, we all shared good ideas on how repentance and hope bring us to have confidence due to what we know we are worthy and capable of, once we have prepared ourselves to be so.
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| Dijon District |
This weekend we got to watch General Conference again! It was so great, and I learned a lot, some things I'm doing well, some things I need to work on, and tons of tools and ideas on how to live a better life. I just wanted to emphasize the importance and blessing of a modern day prophet and apostles who guide us. One of my favorite messages was from Elder Holland on respect and acceptance in the Church, how God loves ALL his children, no matter who we are, what our past is, what our opinions or ideas or tendencies, he loves all of us. And so He will accept all who prepare themselves to meet him, conditions of purity are focused around abiding by his commandments and believing in Him, and any who do these things are fit for the kingdom of God. I loved that and it shows how much we love everyone, no matter who, and how God looks at us all differently. In a talk by President Eyring he also referenced an experience of his meeting someone who had drunkenly run a car into a bank, yelling "Don't shoot! I'm a Mormon!" After, when President Eyring shared this, he said he prepared to use a little bit of fire in his speech to make this man feel remorse at his large and embarrassing error, to correct him, but when he sat there he heard the words "I'm going to show you how I see him" and after his image of this man changed to a glorious and noble son of God. He afterwards treated the situation so much differently. So no matter where we are in life or what we've done, we can always come back through Christ. I know this and love Him for what He did so we could do this, and know that peace can come. I hope you can all feel this peace, and I know He is the Prince of Peace as pronounces this awesome video the church recently shared. I invite you all to watch it and ponder upon the love and grace of God and Christ and how we much all love each other for our eternal worth and potential no matter whom we are. Have a great week and love you all!
Love,
Elder Laney
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