This week has been pretty sweet! We got to have our Christmas conference with half the mission, and we also had our ward Christmas party, and people are starting to just really get into the season of Christmas! It's pretty dang sweet, with lots of fun stuff going on, pretty much all the time. Well, there is a mini transfer this week with all the people going home early for school, and with it the sisters area in this ward is being closed. Sister Phelps is going back home and they're sending Sister Curtis over to Sulphur! Elder Kenison and I will be responsible to cover the entire ward, which is a pretty large area with a ton of awesome members, so it should be good. This week has been pretty sweet! In my studies this week I focused a lot on Preach my Gospel, and spent some time in chapters 4 and 5 about the Spirit and the Book of Mormon. There were a few quotes that I'll throw throughout my letter, so just expect them ;) We've had some cool miracles, awesome dinners, a fantastic conference, a cold to get rid of, and just a fantastic time. Sadly, I forgot my notes from Christmas conference, so y'all will have to wait until next week to read about that!
Of particular note throughout the week were a couple of the things we got to talk about with people. For one, we watched this sweet video! Check it out: Video! It's called "the Reason behind Christmas", and it was super sweet. We also watched "He is the Gift" multiple times this week... so if you've somehow still not seen it do it now! Christmas.mormon.org <- Check it! We got to see Gene this week, a pretty awesome friend that we met a few weeks back and have recently started teaching, we read 1 Nephi 11, which actually has a pretty awesome Christmas story in it about Nephi prophesying about the birth of Christ! I've seen this quote from PMG applied throughout this week: "God loves you and all His children. He is anxious to support you in yourpractical and specific challenges. You have been promised inspiration toknow what to do and have been given the power to do it." Particularly on Wednesday after we were visiting with Gene we weren't entirely sure what to do and ended up feeling like we were supposed to go back to our apartment and finish our studies (since we had cut them short earlier to go to the hope center for service), and it just happened that our ride to the ward Christmas party ended up having to pick us up an hour early to help set up so were were back at our apartment right in time.
On Thursday was Christmas conference, which I don't have my notes from, but which was super good! This quote from President Hinckley in PMG is super awesome: “If it invites to do good, it is of God. If it inviteth to do evil, it is of the devil. … And if you are doing the right thing and if you are living the right way, you will know in your heart what the Spirit is saying to you. You recognize the promptings of the Spirit by the fruits of the Spirit—that which enlighteneth, that which buildeth up, that which is positive and affirmative and uplifting and leads us to better thoughts and better words and better deeds is of the Spirit of God”
On Friday we did exchanges with the zone leaders after district meeting, so I got to work with Elder Bender again (it's been a long while since the last time!), and we had a blast, seeing a few member families and sharing the gift with them as well as having a blast with a family for dinner. We invited them to watch this fantastic Mormon Message found here: Video! It's called "The Hope of God's Light", it's not super new, but it's super awesome! Then we had a good night out with a Brother Eckman, one of the fantastic members of this incredible ward.
This week our mission president sent us this cool inspirational scripture chain thing, so I thought I'd share it with y'all! Proverbs 3:27 states, " Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it." I Cor 10:24 states, "Let no man seek his own wealth, but every man another's wealth." As I ponder these two scriptures I see that God expects us to do all that we can to help others (seek for their wealth) and that if we have the power to help someone (anyone), we have the obligation to do so. In Mosiah 8:18 Ammon wrote, " Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings." somehow it always seems that God requires more from us than we have the ability to give. I will refer to the scripture from last week in D&C 43:16, "...Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may GIVE..." What a blessing it is to be able to give beyond our own abilities.
Anyway, that's all I have time for today! Have a great week everyone! Love y'all!
'Til Next Time,
Elder Jordan Nielson
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