So this week has been WILD.
I am in a new area, it's not too far away from Riverside.
In fact I switched areas. I am in THE HEART OF COLUMBUS!! And I have a lot of
homies who are teaching me how to be a "Straight up G." My new
companions name is Sister Corbett. She is from West Jordan in Utah.
She is a straight up cool person. We get a long well. :)
I forgot to mention that we were doubled in. This means that we were put into a
new area without having a previous person here who knows it. It was a tender
mercy for us since I have been on exchanges here, so I know my way around just
a little bit. Our first couple of days have been really exhausting. On top of
getting to know the current investigators here, we have been finding through
our own efforts. It was kind of hot the other day when we were out knocking on
doors. There were a lot of people out. We talked to a lot of people who would
be interested in learning more.
I have been
hitting a big wall lately. Not a wall of not wanting to do the work, I am just
extremely tired. My heart has been drawn out in prayer in order to push past
the wall and to keep going against the grind.
In Columbus there are all sorts of different kinds of
people. I like the verity. We had an interesting lesson with one of our
investigators the other day. She mentioned to us that she has a problem with
the men holding the Priesthood. I listened to her as she told us how
"women don't have a say in our church, and how the men have all the
say." My heart hurt for her, or maybe it hurt for me, I'm still trying to
decide. I expressed to her as simply as I could that the Priesthood is a sacred
gift given to men to help God's children. I told her that the best way to find
this out for herself was to read the Book of Mormon and find out for herself if
what we are saying and what the Book of Mormon are saying are true. We have a
Mission Wide Leadership Training on Tuesday, so President Daines has asked us
to come prepared to learn. He assigned a talk given by Elder Oaks to read
entitled " The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood." click here for a link to the talk Perfect timing
if you ask me!
As I read this talk this morning I couldn't help but feel
the love that God has for us. He must really trust us if he would give us His
authority on the earth. I'm just going to throw this out there since I am being
"straight up", men and women need each other. The more righteous men
and woman are, the more they can influence one another.
Not only that but in order to reach exaltation we need
the new and everlasting covenant that is
preformed under the priesthood authority. And I feel like I have a voice in
this Church. Even though I am in a Missionary Council, I feel like my voice is
heard. Any who, that's my soap box for the day. :) Our apartment is kind of
ghetto. All of you wouldn't believe what I found.....
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