June 18, 2018
“Hey, So I Met an Apostle, So That’s Cool…”
Dear Familia, Amigos y Mundo!
So, this week was super busy! We literally only had one full day to work because we had our last multi zone with Presidente Laney. Super sad! Then, we had to travel to Buccaramanga to see Elder Stevenson! The APOSTLE! YEAH! It was pretty cool! I can say 100% that that man is a man of God and was called of God to do His work as an apostle because it was interesting.... He really didn’t share anything ground breaking with us. Honestly, just really short and simple things that I already knew.But, the power I felt as he spoke with us was something else. For him to say, “I know that Christ lives” was like.... Woah... he KNOWS. And it’s because he really is a special witness of Jesus the Christ. He shared a lot of things with us and I am not going to mention it all, but I will share the things that stuck out most to me. First, being that he basically started by talking about after the mission. Which, for me, was a little weird because well... I have more than a year or something left... And so, you would think that hearing that would make you feel like, man I want to go home but, it’s quite the contrary. He talked about how we need to be careful that when we go back home that we don’t stop doing the simple things such as reading our scriptures. He talked about how if he, for example, were to talk to me 60 days after my mission, that he better hear that I am still reading the scriptures every day! Because that’s how the bad things get to us when we stop doing the simple things. He said that if we read 60 days after our mission then we will never lose the habit or our testimonies! Then, he talked about how we can be more successful in things as missionaries. For example, our invitations to people can be so simple, but we sometimes overlook them. We need to do them. Then he looked at President and Sister Laney and said, “Look at them Elders! You want your wife to be like this woman! You need to try your hardest to find a woman like her!” Man, honestly, I can’t even tell you how much I felt the Spirit. The gospel is simple, and he only focused on those simple things. It was just how he said them. It was by the Spirit. And honestly, I learned a lot just from that. I walked away from that and I said, “Wow!” Because he knows, I know, and we all know that this gospel is true. So, to see a man who is an apostle talk is amazing. It really helped solidify my testimony that we do have a Prophet and Apostles on the earth today!!
Apart from that really there wasn’t anything too ground breaking happen this week. We have to work hard this next week to find more people, and to really just work hard to complete the promises made by the apostle. I guess I could share one more thing. In the Multi Zone Conference we talked about things us as missionaries need to drop. We have left sooooo many things and so what is holding us back? We need to drop everything. Drop the pride. The girlfriend. The car you had. The World. Because if we don’t, what’s the point? You left your family and everything for 2 years if you didn’t give your all, it would all be in vain. Well that really hit me and motivated me to try my hardest to drop everything from before my mission for now. It’s hard sometimes but, it is possible, and I know I will see blessings. I know my Savior lives and that this is the TRUE church. I think many of my non-member friends read my letters and probably think, wow, cool he’s really having a great time, and really don’t understand that this is true this isn’t just another church. I am talking about the True church here. Just think about that! We have the plentitude of the gospel. Everything. The Church of JESUS CHRIST is here again on the earth. Just think about that... What if the true church was here? Again on the earth.... Wouldn’t you want to be a part of it?
Love,
Elder Weaver
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