Well we have permission to write in these hours right now...haha today was concilio day but pres. wants us to write right now to go to work the rest of the week. Today´s concilio was so powerful! My comp and I both gave talks, president gave a sweet training, and his brother came to visit us as well! He´s an ex-mission president from England. He doesn´t speak spanish, so he gave it in english and had president´s secretary translate for him. I got to speak about our goals for this month of September and how we are going to meet them. I talked about the mission plan that Elder Marcus B. Nash helped us make when he came here, and I got a little teary eyed when I talked about personal prayer. I talked about how important it is to have a good relationship with our Heavenly Father, but then I talked about the prayers of our families. I talked about how I imagine my siblings and parents on their knees together and separately asking God with all their hearts to strengthen me and help me keep going. And how that strengthens me during the day when things are hard. So thanks so much for your prayers! Also I talked about the strength from the other side of the veil that we have. Elder Richard G. Scott one time thanked his already deceased wife at the pulpit of general conference. And I took the chance to thank Grandpa Rees, Great Grandma Barton, and Adrian. (my special needs friend that passed away a few years ago) I had something cool happen to me this week with preparing my message. It was a pretty broad topic, so I could take it in any direction. I received my topic last Tuesday and started preparing immediately. I had so many ideas during the week and I couldn´t put it all together in 10-15 minutes. I was getting nervous Saturday night on how it was going to turn out. I went to church on Sunday and all of a sudden it just all came to my mind just how I wanted it to, and it seemed perfect. Sunday night, I got the outline out in my talk journal and it was a sweet talk. I gave it today, and I felt full of the spirit. It was an amazing feeling. Then I thought about why I didn´t get it all put together with inspiration until Sunday night. Then I realized how many talks I read and how many stories I heard about that topic, and I realized I had gained a good amount of knowledge and future material for talks. I was benefited a lot by a lot of preparation, and God was just letting me learn more and more until the last minute. Because if I would have already had it by Tuesday or Wednesday, I probably wouldn´t have studied as much for it. It was interesting! As well, yesterday my comp and I baptized 2! It´s AMAZING to see the miracles we find with so limited time to work in our area. We baptized 2 yesterday, and we could have 3 this week. We work hard during the week in other areas helping them out, and the Lord prepares people in our area meanwhile. I love it! Well that´s what I got for this week. I love you all!
Con amor,
Elder Barton
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