Hey
hey hey!
So
this week was the Elder Kearon Conference. It was awesome to be in a room with
a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, hearing what he had to say and
being able to ask him questions. He said a lot of things that made me reflect
on what I can improve in my daily missionary work.
Elder
Kearon is actually a convert to the church. That one fact made it so much more
interesting to hear what he had to say. Not only that, but he discovered the
church by being contacted in the street by sister missionaries, like I
do on such a regular basis. He was baptized at 26, after over fifteen
invitations to baptism. When I go out contacting, do I ever think to myself
that I might go talk to someone who will end up being a general authority -
someone who will lead hundreds of thousands of church members across a multiple
countries? I'll give you a hint for the answer to that question: it's
"no." But perhaps I should think that way.
When
someone asked him what made him stop when the missionaries contacted him in the
street, he said, "Their smiles." What difference can a smile make?
There's just one.
Other
things he said that I'd love to share:
- We
are agents to act, not to be acted upon. Good things won't usually happen
unless we make them happen. Attack the day!
-
Feeling the Spirit for the first time is "like a little part of my soul
was waking up."
-
Don't compare yourself to anyone but yourself.
-
"Stop worrying so much. Just work really hard."
I will hit my year mark this week! It went by fast. I'm told the second year goes by faster than the first six months. According to missionary tradition, as you saw in The Saratov Approach, I should burn a shirt this week. I'll go with my 5€ impulse purchase from H&M that can only fit the skinniest of all ties under its collar.
Any
other news from this week will have to wait until next, because I am out of
time. Love you all! Soyez sages !
Elder
Stanford
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