Saturday I got up, go figure, before anyone else. I thought I did well because it was after 7 before I got out of bed. Mom and I loaded wood form the back pile to the house for a while. I did about 1 1/2 hours, my app tracked I went almost 4 miles, and we have a huge pile at the house. So we have had a fire since then. Did we tell you Ty was making a fire a while back and when he closed the door a limb was in just the wrong place and the glass cracked from the tippy top corner. It was sad we could not have a fire. I found a place online to get glass for 1/2 what they wanted locally but it still was over $50 for the little piece of glass. It is because it is a ceramic glass that can withstand the heat. But its nice to have the fire again.
I went to a special training on Thursday night with a general authority who was visiting the mission. They had a night meeting for bishops, ward mission leaders, stake presidents, and high councilors over missionary work. It was really great. I love hearing from them. I like how he described that on your mission your time is not yours. You have consecrated it to Him. You don't have the right to use it as you want. You make that covenant of consecration. So you work your hardest and do all He wants of you, and then of course you see the blessings after you show your faith.
He then shared the story of Gideon. How we got 52,000 to fight an innumerable host of Middionites. Then that was too may so God had Gideon have them go home if they were afraid. 32,000 went home. But he still had too many, so they drank when thirsty as a test. Those that scooped it up were worthy to be in Jehovah's army. There were only 300. Then he used them to defeat the Middionites. He then related that to God does not need many, He just need faithful, obedient, committed followers. He has all power in heaven and earth, he doesn't "need" our power, He has that and will support us. "I will be in your midst" He has told us. He just needs us to be faithful and his work will be accomplished through us, with His power.
And interesting news. The missionaries can now go with new converts to the temple to do baptisms at any time. As long as they new convert has family file names. That is a blessing for the new convert to have that continued support, and for the missionaries to go to the temple more often. Is this the same in your missions? (Skjelse, no need to answer that one:))
Our gospel principles class today was wonderful. It was on temple and family history work. One new convert had all sorts of honest, good questions, another investigator getting baptized this week was so pumped about all this because she sees how great it can be, and another recent convert testified of his first visit to the temple and how moving it was for him. He talked about one ancestor name where he just felt something he could not describe. All in all it was amazing to listen to the call discussion. The teacher did very little and just guided the discussion. It was just perfect.
It was a really fantastic weekend. I love being with family. I just wish any and all of you could have been here for part of it, that would have made it better. But in reality Skjelse is the only one that could have even possibly stopped by. But I do love all of you and am so pleased with the good things you do.
Love you forever,
Dad
3 John 1:4
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