I'll send this weekly at the top, and if you really want to, you can see what has been going on for the last couple of weeks afterwards!
The One with Elder Uchtdorf:
Holy cow have I had a great week this past one! We have been so incredibly busy with who knows what anymore! Ive nearly forgotten all of what happened before Tuesday! Haha!
On Tuesday, we had a mission conference with Elder Uchtdorf! How amazing is that? All 190ish missionaries in my mission were there to listen to an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ talk to us about missionary work, and to top it all off, it was all in GERMAN! Elder Uchtdorf spoke the whole time in his native language to us. It was absolutely mind blowing, and overall just an amazing experience.
He walked into the church building, and all of the missionaries were set up to take a picture with him, and he walks in, and I could not stop smiling. He walked over to us big group of missionaries, and said "wow, what a beautiful group". I think the missionaries just laughed at it, but he just had such a spiritual influence around him.
He gave his talk to us afterwards, and surprisingly, I understood almost every word that he spoke. It was a miracle that I understood it all, and definitely through the Holy Ghost that I was able to do so. In his talk, he spoke a lot about how we need to be using the spirit, and also be using our imaginations, our creativity to bring others unto the gospel of Jesus Christ. I thought that that was an amazing invitation to us. The work of the Lord isn't meant to just be just cut and plain doctrine, or, in missionary work, a robotic movement. Missionary work, the work of the Lord, is supposed to embody the testimonies of those that have found the truth, it is supposed to embody the person of which has accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, it is supposed to encompass the person as a whole, and use their talents, their gifts from the Lord to further HIS work!
I invited you, as Elder Uchtdorf invited me, to use your imagination to advance the work of the Lord. Use your gifts to bless the lives of those around you. When we do this, the Lord will bless us, and I can testify of the truthfulness behind that.
Elder Uchtdorf shared many things with us, and I loved all of them, and strive everyday to incorporate these things into my life. Follow the words of the Prophets that God has given us in these latter days.
I hope you have a great week, and hopefully I can fit everything in here!
- Elder Trussell
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