Week 29: January 28, 2020

Honestly not much happened this week, but still fun and enjoying the work! We celebrated chinese new years by watching some approved lds movies at a nonmembers house so that was fun, and Australia day happened to be on sunday (but was celebrated on monday). Too bad this country is the least patriotic country I've ever been in, I didn't see one Australian flag outside hahah. Besides that, we've been trying to visit some people who have been taught by the missionaries a long time ago, and a lot seem to be dropped for one certain reason; they looooove to bash on the church. So yeah we will have a really nice conversation with them, and then all of them will pull out THE SAME anti mormon doctrine literally every time haha and when I roast them back they won't accept it. Allow me to give you an example dialogue:

Them: "I respect your church except for that 1st prophet of yours, Joseph Smith"

Me: "well whys that?"

Them: "because of all the wife's he had, and how your church believes in polygamy"

Me: "well does it say in the bible you can't do polygamy?"

Them: "yeah yeah I'm sure you're only supposed to have one wife....."

Me: "didn't abraham have more than 1 wife too? And multiple other prophets back then too?"

*lol roasted*

Them: *trying to make an excuse about the gold plates or joseph Smith killing people*

Me: *roasts them again* (btw if hundreds of people were trying to kill you, wouldn't you try to stop them as well?)

But for real really thankful to have grown up in this church, with the full gospel on the earth and living prophets to guide us. I really took it for granted growing up and didn't realize all the blessings. Plus to have the book of mormon on the earth to guide us along with the bible. Make sure to keep up on that daily scripture study and prayer, because it really can bless your lives. 

Elder Ensign

2 Nephi 3:12

Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.