Hello Fam!
How's your testimony?
WASN'T CONFERENCE AWESOME???
I'll get to that in a second. First
of all, this week's been okay.
Elder Hanson's been sick, so we
haven't gone out much. Grace is still in Prison, Ronnie moved last Sunday, but
things are overall still going well. We met with Bridy this week, and we
brought a member with us. That was a mistake. He really railed into her, going
on about how the Catholics don't have the priesthood and such. We barely got a
word in. She knows him, so hopefully she knows what he's like. We were going to
meet with Billy, but unfortunately he was dealing with something that sounded
serious. Here's hoping it wasn't too bad!
So about Conference!
I was on an exchange with our
District Leader in Cumbernauld on Friday, so the next day we headed to Airdrie
to exchange back and then our whole district headed over to the Glasgow Stake
Center to watch Conference. The Saturday Morning Session was broadcasted live
from 5-7. We then all had a sleepover at the Airdrie flat. That was really fun!
We played games, ate Kebabs, talked about a lot of stuff, and just had a good
time. The next morning we headed back to the Stake Center to watch the Priesthood
session live at 10 and then the Saturday Afternoon Session at 1. We pretty much
just stayed there all day long, and this lovely family served all the
missionaries lunch! That was very nice. Then the Sunday Morning Session was
live at 5. I still haven't seen the Sunday Evening session, that would have
been from 9-11 PM our time! I'm hoping to watch it later this week for
Companionship study. I don't know why, but Conference seems to go quicker
each year!! But it was awesome!! I loved
it!! I particularly loved President Uchtdorf's talk in Priesthood session about
pride and the whole "Lord, is it I?" . I thought it was very
applicable to everyone, not just the Priesthood. Ask Dad about it. They seemed
to talk a lot about following the prophet at the Sunday Morning Session! Some
of us missionaries thought President Monson was going to be announcing
something or rebuking us! Hahahaha I do think they were giving us a warning to
build our faith in the prophets and such. So let's all remember what we learned
in Primary: "Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet!
He knows the way!" Remember, the Lord promised us that He would never let
us be led astray by false leadership! As long as we're on the side of the
Prophet, we're on the Lord's side!
Elder Hanson told me the other day
about an insight he had gotten once. He was reading about Korihor and the other
Anti-Christs in the Book of Mormon. He found it interesting that Korihor was
absolutely certain that what he was doing was right! He'd seen an Angel, who'd
told him what to say! Unfortunately, that "angel" was actually Satan.
So how did he not realize the problem? He hadn't prayed and asked God if what
had happened was right. He didn't pray and ask God if what he had just been
told was true. If he had, it would have ended very differently for him.
I love you all so much! I've had
some amazing experiences this week! Conference was perfect! Such a powerful
experience! I can't wait to get the next Ensign! I'm sure I'll pick up on even
more things! I mean, this is new scripture!! I was talking with this one guy
the other day, who asked about how we were talking about new scripture. I
realized later that what I should have told him was this: "Not just new
scripture, but continuous scripture! When the Prophet speaks, he is
giving us scripture, just as much as when Moses or Elijah or Isaiah spoke! The
old scriptures are fine, but we're talking about modern, current scripture!
Straight from God!" We seem to forget that, but that's exactly what Conference
is! Those Ensigns we're going to get with the Conference talks in them are just
as much scripture as the New Testament!! Wow! And once we get Ipads, we'll be
able to access all of it! I'm excited for that day! It'll be a great help!
Anyhow, Keep working hard and doing
good things! Hold fast to the Iron Rod, no matter how easy it seems to let go!
Because the alternative is completely different! I love you! And hey, in a few
weeks it'll only be two months until I can skype you guys! So we got that to
look forward to! :) Thanks for sharing
that about Elder Massey. I'm glad to hear that we did a good job. I hope Elder
Hanson and I can continue and build on that success!
Also, how's the rabbit? Or bunny? You
have a name yet? Good luck with
Seminary, Mom!
Love, Elder Bates
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