Hey Everyone!
So, last week was absolutely insane, and I didn't actually have time to email anyone, which was super sad :( We ended up having to go to a funeral for a member of the Guthrie Ward, which was alright and happened to take up most of our p-day time. So, I'm going to try and give y'all an update on the last two weeks... we'll see how well I do!
So, transfers were this last week, and I get to stay here with Elder Kenison! But, due to the holidays they're going to be pretty insane for the next little while. There is one again on December 17th, and again on January 7th, so that people can go home when they would like, and there are quite a few going home each of those days.
On Monday the 10th we had zone p-day in Stillwater and had a blast there with an awesome specialized training meeting afterward focused on Finding. After that I got to go on an exchange up in Stillwater with Elder Burdett until Wednesday morning, so we got to have a blast working in Stilly for a little bit. We had a pretty intense day on Tuesday, with lots of random things coming up and lots of things falling through, but we got to have a couple sweet chats with people, even though we didn't get to teach any of the regular lessons that day, we still had some good things that we learned and that others learned. For one, I learned that you can only buy floor mats from the Toyota dealership in a set of 4, random, but it happened that we needed to go get a floor mat for one of the mission vehicles. I also learned that a Mexican joint called "Fuzzy's" sells deep fried ice cream, which was pretty delicious. There was also a media referral we got to go see a fellow named Allie, who told us about a god named Jamar, who also had a son named Jesus... it was a heck of an interesting visit.... To brighten our day though we had a good discussion with a family about persecution and the reasons why so many people have negative connotations to the name "Mormon". It was a pretty good day overall :)
Wednesday was also pretty exciting, aside from al the driving and bike fixing that had to be done, we got to see a couple people and had a pretty good chat with Stanlee and Brother Dickerson after having dinner with them about the doctrine of Christ and the importance of apply each principle at the correct time in our lives. The awesome thing about that Thursday (the 13th) was that we got to go to the temple! There is a sister in the ward who was taking out her Endowments, and she asked us to come and be there for support as well as a whole bunch of other awesome people from the ward and it was just a blast to be able to go to the temple again! :)
On Friday the 14th, after a sweet district meeting I got to go on an exchange up in Guthrie North with Elder Hoopes and had a pretty swell time there. For the sake of time I'm going to fast forward and just mention a couple noteworthy events. We got to have dinner at Ken's Pizza with Paul and Sister Ramsey, and it was a blast with their awesome kids and some tasty pizza. On Sunday the 16th after Sacrament meeting they cancelled church due to snow and there were already a few accidents along the interstate that we saw on the Drive back. The rest of that day became very interesting since we weren't able to bike in the snow we had to walk everywhere and ended up walking a few miles that day and visiting with a few potential investigators and active members, along with a good bit of tracting.
Last Monday the 17th, as mentioned before we had the funeral which took up a good chunk of the day with setting up, the actual service, socializing and lunch afterward and then taking stuff down, plus all the driving, it was definitely a long day. The notable thing about Tuesday we the scripture study class we got to have at the Jensens' home where the sisters taught about Gratitude. It was pretty sweet, and we watched this awesome Mormon Message: In The Spirit of Thanksgiving Elder Oaks talks in part of it, and that was probably my favorite part of the whole thing.
Also, while I was getting the link for that one, there was a new Mormon message about the refiner's fire, which was absolutely awesome. You should all check it out:
The notable things about Wednesday the 19th, was the fun time we got to have doing service at the Hope Center and then for an awesome member family as well as the sweet and super spiritual lesson we got to have that night with Brother Brasher and a girl named Carson. She's super cool and we'll have to pass her on to the UCO sisters in the YSA ward. Thursday we got to go out to lunch with a pretty cool sister in the ward, but we had a pretty good day aside from Elder Kenison's tire slowly going flat and having to call it a day a little early. It was pretty neat because he didn't have to replace to tube (as of yet), so that was a pretty cool miracle.
On Friday the 21st we had a pretty good district meeting, along with finishing weekly planning and biking around with not many people being home the main notable thing was the chat we got to have with a potential investigator and her husband who we hadn't met until that day who was super awesome as well. Then we got to have a blast at dinner with our ward mission leader and his family, so it was a pretty sweet day even though not much worked out. Saturday it rained... and rained... and rained... but we got to visit with an awesome family and had a good lesson with them, as well as helped a new family move in... in the rain... but they were super awesome so it was totally worth it.
Of note yesterday, for sake of time, we had a blast visiting a few less-active families in the ward and having dinner with one of the many awesome active families here, along with getting to talk to Elder Balch since he wasn't able to go to church since he'd been sick the last couple days. Phew. That was a long time to review and go over... I've had a ton of studies during these last couple weeks that were pretty awesome, but since my email is already super long, I'll just throw a couple quick things here for y'all to check out:
- Phoenix Arizona Temple Dedication Prayer is super awesome, and deserves a read!
- Awesome article about applying conference - Check it out!
- #SharetheGift <- check it out! It's super awesome, and I want you all to click on that link!
- This quote from Preach my Gospel hit me this week, so I wanted to share it with y'all: "God is the Father of our spirits. We are literally Hischildren, and He loves us. We lived as spirit children of our Father inHeaven before we were born on this earth. We were not, however,like our Heavenly Father, nor could we ever become like Him andenjoy all the blessings that He enjoys without the experience of livingin mortality with a physical body.
God’s whole purpose—His work and His glory—is to enable each ofus to enjoy all His blessings. He has provided a perfect plan toaccomplish His purpose. We understood and accepted this planbefore we came to the earth." We knew God, and he knew us before this life and each one of us accepted His plan that would bring about our happiness and salvation and progression. The key here is to remember that and live according to the knowledge that we have and continually seek more from God!
Okay... I've gotta get moving, but I love y'all! I hope you have a fantastic week!
'Til Next Time,
Elder Jordan Nielson
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