Hey everybody! :)
Well. It is now
getting cold. The past few days I have had to put on my sweater over my shirt
and tie in the evening. Elder Aulner is excited. I am... less excited. :P Nah,
it`ll be pretty fun. :)
It`s been a pretty
good week. We found out on Saturday that both Elder Aulner and I will be staying
in Hochelaga for another transfer, which means I will be finishing his
training. My son will be all grown up and saving China by the end of this
transfer! *wiping away proud tear* Also, our zone just split, and we are
receiving two new zone leaders at the same time, both of whom are from my own
transfer! Elder Roubicek (who pretty much taught me what it means to talk to
everyone) and Elder Sykes (who is the epitome of optimistic hard work). I am
SUPER excited to work with them both; they`re so awesome!
I promise I have funny
experiences during the week. It`s just that I never remember them when they
happen. I think one of the funnier moments was during Gospel Principles (one of
the classes during the second hour of church where we usually take our investigators).
I was sitting next to one of our investigators, Valentin. He and I get along
well. Before the lesson, the ward mission leader asked if Elder Aulner and
I would give the lesson next week in Gospel Principles. We said yes, and then
realized that this means we would be giving both the lessons in the second
hour class and the third hour class. I whispered to Elder Aulner,
"Should we ask him if we can teach the week after and the sisters can
teach next week?" I said this in French, and Valentin overheard. He
whispered to me, "Why?" So I explained that we would need to prepare
two lessons as well as all of our other lessons throughout the week and he
said, "So, what`s the problem?" To which I said, "Well, I guess
I`m just lazy." So he looked at me with a dead straight face and said,
"Elder McOmber, that is a sin." To which I responded equally
seriously, "You`re right. I need to repent." I then turned to the
ward mission leader and said we would teach the next three weeks in Gospel
Principles. Valentin, Elder Aulner and I then promptly burst out laughing.
(Luckily the lesson hadn`t started yet. :)) The ward mission leader was a bit
confused, but eventually we figured it out and we will now be teaching two
lessons next Sunday, because my own investigator called me to repentance.
:P
I wanted to share
something about prayer this week. I had a great exchange with Elder Udave this
past weekend in which we talked a lot about prayer, and how to make our prayers
more meaningful. As missionaries, we pray a LOT. Like, honestly, if ya`ll are
ever wondering what I`m doing, you can probably be sure that I`m praying. :)
But as a result, sometimes it can be a little bit more difficult to make each
prayer meaningful. It can become easy to forget that we are having a very
personal and real conversation with our Father in Heaven, the greatest
Being in the universe (puts things into more perspective, right?).
I love the story of
Enos, a character in the Book of Mormon. His father was a prophet
named Jacob (different from the Jacob in the Bible). One day Enos was out
hunting, and as he was hunting, he was thinking about his father`s teachings
about Christ and His gospel. He states at this point, as he was pondering on
his father`s inspired words, "my soul hungered." I think
that my biggest point to make today is this: if we truly want to have
meaningful prayers, we have to hunger to talk to Him! Have you
ever spoken to someone and you could tell that they really weren`t into the
conversation, like they really didn`t want to be there? Compare that feeling to
the feeling you get when you are in a conversation with someone who seems like
they are just hanging on to every word you say. They ask meaningful questions
and they listen intently. My invitation this week is to do just that: tell Him
about your day, ask Him meaningful questions, and listen intently with your
heart. I promise you that He will answer and you will know that He has!
I love you all! En
avant!
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