Thank you all for the birthday wishes this past week, it's great to be 20. My last birthday went a lot differently than this one, something along the lines of "dear Mission Presidents and wives serving in New Zealand and Australia: with regret, this email is to inform you that all young foreign missionaries serving in your respective missions, are to return home as soon as travel can be arranged." So much has happened in the last year of my life, but I am extremely grateful for the growth and the experiences!
This was a pretty normal week. We got into a car accident this last Monday, but I wasnt driving and no one was hurt. I'll put some pics down below. We had a lot of meetings which was pretty rough but filled up a lot of time and we got some cool insights and new ways to do the work from them. Our mission has been doing a big focus on facebook work and cold calling people, but me and my comp decided to go with a different approach to finding members. The statistics are something like 1 in 1000 people from door knocking get baptized, but 3 in 5 people who are taught with members present get baptized. It's like pre covid- why would you waste time door knocking all day if you knew you werent going to have much success, when you could go visit members and build relationships and seek their help in finding and teaching? All members are missionaries, so I'd invite you all to look for opportunities and pray for people you think could use the gospel in their life!
In Alma 36:2 it says "he surely did deliver them in their afflictions." I love this verse. Often in the scriptures we see them use the phrase "save them from their sins" not "save them in their sins". Its awesome to see how 1 word can make such a difference, could you imagine if Alma said "did deliver them from their afflictions"? We will still have afflictions despite trusting in the Lord. But we will be delivered FROM our sins, and we will also have the comfort of the Holy Ghost that comes from trusting in The Lord.
高长老 (Elder Ensign)
2 Nephi 22:2
5060 Six Forks Rd
Raleigh, NC 27609
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