Hey everyone….I had
the opportunity to watch general conference! It was so good!! Elder Oaks laid
down the law! haha I took a lot of notes on general conference. I don’t even
know which talk was my favorite. I think Elder Andersons talk was pretty
amazing. But anyways it’s really weird how much general conference means to
missionaries. It’s like the missionary super bowl! haha But back when I was
home I didn’t pay attention to it that much, But out here is a whole other
story. Hearing the words of God’s Chosen servants is amazing. They will never
lead us astray. And I know for a fact now, that the Book Of Mormon has the
power to do anything. The spirit that is found within that book is amazing. In
the month and a half that I have been out, I find myself continually relying on
the book. It answers every one of life’s questions, and I have already seen how
investigators change their lives because of the Book of Mormon. Our mission
president told us that 85% of recent converts that have only read 21 pages or
less off the book of Mormon fall away. So we, as a mission have really been
focusing on the BOM mission wide. It’s an amazing book. I wish I would have
studied it before my mission like I do now. I am getting to the point where I know a lot
of BOM scriptures, and adding colts bible references will help! I find myself
on my knees more than 10 times a day. The Lords work is stressful. But like
apostles have said, Put Faith in every footstep and while on the Lords errand
you cannot fail. We see his hand daily. We see little miracles daily and I have
seen countless prayers answered. I love my Savior and My testimony has grown
only by bearing it. Bearing testimony of the Savior is the best thing we as
members can do. After all, he is the only light in this world that can shine
through the darkness! Our investigators
are doing great and they are set to be baptized this Saturday!! Hunter and
Barbara both will be baptized October 7th! I can’t wait!! We went to Frederick Maryland.. There was a
new missionary/ Trainer meeting with the mission president there!! We have also been teaching a guy named Kent. He is an older fellow and he really nice! He
is about 70 yrs old and we found him by knocking on his door! We got talking
and it turns out that he has actually read the entire Book of Mormon! We asked
him what he thought about it and he said that he loved it. So we begin teaching
him all the lessons, and we finally ask if he knows our church is true. He hesitated for a second, and then says
"Oh yeah! I know it’s all true! I think all of it is great!!" so My
companion and I being shocked at the answer are like great! So we invited him to
come to church and to work towards baptism and then he says "Oh no.. I can’t
do that. I’m a Methodist." And I
was like, Soooo you know our church is true and you won’t join it? I didn’t say
that but I was thinking it.. lol I coulda smacked him.
Love, Elder Welling!
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