This week has been a good one, and as always, you know I like to write a lot, so prepare y'all selves.
P-Day Party: Last P-day was a party, you could say. We got permission to go to the house of a member of our Mission Presidency who lives in Rexburg. His house has a slide, Ping-Pong, pool, and we made a four square area. It was fun and it was cool to meet up with most of the missionaries in the Zone and relax a little bit from the labors of the week. One of the cool parts of all of it is the skills that I have learned from getting destroyed in the past. A couple of years ago at the dude ranch for our scout trip, we played pool, a lot. I mean it was probably a little bit too much, but it gave me a lot of experience. Especially when, now Bishop Belnap, destroyed me many times and taught me some new skills in pool. And then, because of my ping pong champion district in the MTC, i learned some tricks that i was able to use on some other missionaries to almost win the game (skill takes time).
Sis. Walker: One of the wonderful people that we were able to meet a week ago was a Sister Walker. She just moved here from Texas, and is the second Southern person I've met while up here in Idaho. Her Husband died about two years ago and is at a low point in her life. We are now helping her on her goal to get back into church, to quit smoking, and to make it to the temple to be sealed with her husband so that they can live for time and eternity. It was fun because my companion and I made a little calendar for her to have 2 cigarettes less each and every week. She is almost there, because right now she is smoking only one pack a month, so we are almost there. The ward she moved into is great and the people in her apartment complex. She is handicapped, but people have already taken her shopping, have gotten things for her at DI, and are doing a lot of Christ-Like service.
Missionary Broadcast: This past Wednesday was a very big and special day. At 10:00 AM it was a international Missionary Training Broadcast. And the focus was on ways to be better missionaries, and some changes. One of the coolest things that stood out to me was talking about the spirit. The scriptures state that we must teach by the Holy Ghost. Everything we do on the mission, the rules, the studies, the prayers, everything, is so that we have the spirit with us when we teach people more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The ways to be persuasive teachers, like it says in the scriptures, is to teach by the Spirit, because that is the only thing that will convert somebody to the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
RC's: So with the 3 recent converts that are still in this area, some cool things happened this past week. One suddenly moved to California, on a day's notice, and we barely got to see her before you moved away. With Abhi, we went by and started the new member lessons, and he told us that this next week he is being ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood. This is so exciting because his heart has changed over the past couple months that I have had the opportunity to get to know him. He is ready to have that responsibility and he is worthy for the blessings that will come into his family’s life!
Sunday: Yesterday was really busy, but one of the cool things that happened was a lesson that we had with the Petersons, a less active family whose twin sons want to go on a mission. One of the main things that we talked about was the reason, the desire, that we had and they have for going on a mission. For me, the reason is a couple years ago when the Plan of Salvation was tested in my life. It was a time where I really found that these things are true and because of that, I wanted to share it with the world. Alma the Younger, Enos, The sons of Mosiah. All of them received blessings themselves, and then immediately turned to share those blessings of the gospel with other people. They couldn't stand that any one of their brothers or sisters wouldn't have the blessings that come with the Celestial Kingdom after this life is over.
It is immensely important for us to pray, even if we think it is silly, or if it seems unimportant. I pray that y'all will pray to have a stronger relationship with our Heavenly Father and to receive the blessings that He is waiting to pour out upon you in this life.
Love Y'all and have a great week!
Email me questions or just tell me how life is going back in Georgia or Arizona, or anywhere in the world.
Elder Carson Maurice Baker
Study: From what is sounds like, a lot of people have learned more about prayer this past week. One of the things that stood out to me about prayer is something that I read yesterday as part of our reading in the Book of Mormom. It is found in 2 Nephi chapter 32. It is
8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.
9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
It is immensely important for us to pray, even if we think it is silly, or if it seems unimportant. I pray that y'all will pray to have a stronger relationship with our Heavenly Father and to receive the blessings that He is waiting to pour out upon you in this life.
Love Y'all and have a great week!
Email me questions or just tell me how life is going back in Georgia or Arizona, or anywhere in the world.
Elder Carson Maurice Baker
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