Week #88 - BOIL YOUR HANDS! 03-30-2020

That's what it feels like at least! 😂😂😂

But for reals, I just smack the hot water on when I wash my hands. It's hot, but I know it's doing something at least. 

 

My state of quarantine. Wear them beads

So currently, it's day 11 of quarantine and it's SO AWESOME! I have probably never had so many lessons in a week. Literally everyone is home and have nothing to do. So why not talk with missionaries? We have been setting up lessons with our members and teaching them about charity found in Moroni 7:40-48. They love it and at the end of the message, we ask them to pray to know who needs to hear this message and we set up a time to follow up with them. The members are always checking in on us, which is super nice. We are well taken care of! 

 

Elder Nash "slap yo neck" 

Elder Nash again

Aside from the members, we've been calling a ton of the people in our areabook and setting up lessons with them. We've been seeing a lot of success from that too. We actually had a sweet miracle! So, we received a referral for a man named Dee. So we called him to try and set up a phone lesson and he picked up!  When we introduced ourselves, he said, "so when are y'all having your next baptismal service?" We were like, "huh?" and he said he wanted to be baptized. LIKE TOMORROW. We explained to him that we would love to help him achieve that but that he would need to take some lessons, so that he could understand the covenant he was about to make. He said that was okay, but that he wanted to be baptized as soon as possible. We set a date for April 18th for the baptism and are planning on calling him multiple times a week to teach him. So far, he loves what we have to share. I'm really looking forward to helping him progress! He even told us that he felt that something was off with his church and that the spirit was directing him to talk to us and join the church. Ladies and Gentlemen, the elect come when they come. I'M SO PUMPED!

That happened at the end of the week. The First part of the week was SO SLOW. But we persevered and the Lord blessed us. It feels so good to see Heavenly Father's hand in the work. I'm also happy he trusts us to teach His children here, in Lake Charles. 

We also have morning devotionals with the whole mission every morning, Tuesday through Saturday. They are so cool! I feel so motivated when I get to watch those. Basically President Hewlett and Sister Hewlett answer questions that we have and then someone in the mission share a 20 min devotional. This week we had a missionary give a devotional and the Mission Presidency and also President Hewlett's former Stake President, from Utah. It's neat to learn from other people.

 

President and Sister Hewlett 

Assistants to the President - Elder Ewell and Elder Ayers

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT!!!!!

So in the book of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, the middle chapters go very quickly through conflicts that happen in the land and you can miss small details, if you read too fast. One of the biggest themes I see in the Book of Ether is that the shift between the people being wicked or righteous happens so much it's crazy! But the main reason the people begin to be wicked is because they start "secret combinations" or secret organizations to do crime and all manner of evil stuff. Basically, sin usually starts in secret then eventually grows to something bigger. So this happens and the people suffer in the end for being wicked. But, then there are times when the people are righteous, and they're happy. Here's a verse from chapter 10 that highlights it:

28 And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and more prospered by the hand of the Lord. And they were in a land that was choice above all lands, for the Lord had spoken it.

That's basically what happens whenever the people choose to follow God. So we should do the same! A good way to help you do that is by watching GENERAL CONFERENCE! IT'S THIS WEEKEND! IT'S GONNA BE SWEET. Here's the link to figure out how to best watch it: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/5-ways-you-can-watch-april-2020-general-conference-from-anywhere?lang=eng

I hope y'all have a great week! This is some wack times but hey, God is still there and is very aware of all of our situations 😄

 

The warrior is back bb

Love y'all,

Elder Furphy