So this week we had our Mission Leadership Council.
Basically all of the zone leaders and Sister Training Leaders meet together and
we discuss problems and set goals. Well, I had been to 3 of these before
as a zone leader, but this was my first time being in charge of it. We
made some pretty big changes to the format and really wanted everyone to
participate and be involved. The 4 of us Assistants have really been
praying and asking Heavenly Father what our mission needs. Before we got
into our training President Wilson lead all of us in a kneeling prayer that was
so powerful and motivating. We decided that we needed to set a mission
goal of how many baptisms we could have in the month of June. We opened
it up for discussion and really set the stage with some powerful scriptures
talking about the miracles that can happen when everyone is unified. We
set a goal of 75 baptisms in the month of June. That is something this
mission has never seen. We all got on our knees as a council once again
and had the Spirit confirm to us through prayer that this goal was what
Heavenly Father wanted us to work towards. I cannot explain the
incredible feeling that I felt and the excitement to help as many people as
possible. I don't want to coast through my mission without seeing real
miracles. The California Bakersfield Mission is changing. We aren't
here to stay the same... but to see miraculous changes due to our Faith in
Jesus Christ. I was nervous to give the training but my prayers were answered
and the spirit took over and helped me to be confident.
Friday we went on exchange with the zone leaders in West
Bakersfield. I have always loved exchanges... but they are even better
now. Our focus has been to expect miracles and find the Elect. When
we go out with real faith.... we come back wiped out having seen some real
success. We literally spent the entire exchange teaching! There
wasn't a single minute where we were wandering and wondering. I love the feeling
of being in the right place at the right time. We taught this guy named
Freddy who is really really smart. We taught him about the Plan of
Salvation. He wanted to know why good people wouldn't be able to go to
heaven because they haven't heard of Jesus Christ.... Actually, the person he
was worried about was Ghandi haha. We taught him and what do you know...
it just made sense. God is a loving and fair God. We might not all
have the same opportunities in this life... but thank goodness this life isn't
the end:)
I loved General Conference. I had some pretty specific
questions that I wrote down before it started and I got some pretty specific
answers. I really really loved Brent H Nielson's talk. It was so
personal and what I needed to hear.
Jeffrey Holland is and always will be THE MAN! The
story of the 2 boys climbing hit very close to home. I have had the
feeling of falling. I've been in situations while skiing, rock climbing,
and mountain biking that gave me the same empty and ugly feeling that I might
be going down. I've also had times in my life where I felt like I was
falling spiritually. The Savior really will wait in silence until we
reach out to him... the very instant that we feel helpless or like we are
falling He will grab us and pull us to safety.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf is very inspired. He talked about
how the desire to impress can become deceitful when taken to extremes. It
is always better to inspire than to show off. The condition of our heart
is more important than any kind of statistical measurement we can try and gauge
from.
"Saint: A sinner who keeps on trying. If we don't
try... we are just latter day sinners." -Dale Renlund
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