God Is Good

President Howes told the story of Bruce R. McConkie visiting his mission in Peru when he was serving... at the time he was AP... so he was translating what Elder McConkie was saying... and he said something that made the whole mission laugh... and Elder McConkie looked at President Howes and said.. "What are they laughing about?!?"... President replied.. "They're laughing because I go home in 3 weeks..."

Elder McConkie then put President under his arm and started poking at his chest whilst saying loudly... "YOU CAN DO MORE IN 3 WEEKS... THAN YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR PAST 2 YEARS!".... 

President commited us to think about what that meant... and after more discussion with President... we came to the conclusion... you necessarily can't do the same amount of work or work load in 3 weeks compared to 2 years obviously... It merely means.. You are more effective than you've ever been!... When you go home.. all of your experience and knowledge is taken with you!... Pass it down!!! Build the missionaries around you! Teach them every thing you have learned!... 

There is this flower in Hawaii... it's one of the most beautiful flowers ever!... But it grows and grows.... for 15-20 years..... It blooms for one day.... casts it's seeds.... and then DIES!.... And that's the principle.... CAST YOUR SEEDS!... Let missionaries grow into even better missionaries than you were!... And so I'm excited as!.. We've been having Preach My Gospel studies with individual Elders and Sisters 3x a week. And for my last 4 weeks... I have scheduled trade offs with EVERY single elder in our zone... 10 of them ;) So it's going to be really exciting! 

But let us all learn that principle of casting our seeds... whenever we learn something amazing... SHARE IT... I've come to know so much... that the majority of the people I have helped on my mission... have not been investigators.... but members.. and fellow missionaries... those who have already entered into the covenant... The Lord needs us to strengthen our fellow Saints. 

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To start off... We had a baptism, WOOOOOO! His name is C, straight miracle. He was a referral from our previous baptism in March .. His first lesson we asked him.. "If God was in the room with us right now, what would you ask Him?".. He thought about it for a minute and then replied... "I would ask Him to make me 5cm taller" And then he just smiled hahaha. That was the start of our relationship.. Then through our teaching process he was keeping all of his commitments even through all of his finals and uni exams!#amazing!... Here's the true miracle though!... 

I confirmed him on yesterday on Sunday and when I said "Amen" he got up and started hugging every one in the circle.. then when I saw him.. his face was really red looking like he was going to cry.. and he's not a very emotional person... but he came up to us after and said.. "It's so weird!! I feel different!!.. Even when we say a prayer or sing a song... I feel way more different!!".. 

We asked him if it was a good different or bad?... He replied with a big smile.. "No it's a really good different!" 

I am so grateful for the Gift of the Holy Ghost.. Literally... the third member of the Godhead is promised to be your constant companion as you remain worthy of it.... HOW INCREDIBLE IS THAT?!?... And C was so humble and full of desire that he immediately recognized it!

Even another one of our investigators.. Who is a referral from C (Just referral line!) We were having a lesson with him and he says "You know.. I've seen a huge change in C! Why is that? He seems to smile and be a lot more happy!?"

We took out the Book of Mormon and said.. This is one reason. And another, is that he's received the Gift of the Holy Ghost!... And now Bright will be baptized June 14th.. WOOOO!! Too many miracles!!! 

The reason for so many miracles?... Elder W and I have been trying so hard to actually live up to our covenants we make on Sunday... and that is to "always remember him".. Every morning we acknowledge Jesus Christ is at the Head of this work, we see miracles. The days where we think we can do it or we forget.... #HUMBLED! Haha. If only we all could remember our Saviour Jesus Christ more often.. Even though I wear His name on my chest.. I want to remember Him more, but it comes with prayerful and diligent study of WHO HE IS and maintaining spiritual experiences. I'm truly grateful for Him and His Infinite Atonement!

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I'm still on the count down of my final trade-offs with each Elder in the Zone... We kicked it off with Elder R.. and let me tell you... it was INSANE! Miracles upon miracles... it was as if the hand of God was smothering our face and saying.. "Can you handle it?! Can you handle the blessings?" hahaha. 

This Less Active asked US for a lesson for the first time in over a year!.. and she came in with questions she wanted answered by the Book of Mormon. And we answered EVERY single one. Then right after we had a lesson with a somewhat struggling Recent Convert... and long story short... He is now preparing to get sealed in the Temple as his goal!... then to top it off... We had another lesson with a less active member who approached US.. (two times in a day!!!).. And he wanted to come back to church and wanted to make the right steps to accomplish it!... Long story short... He is well on his way to coming back to God clean. 

All I can say is that God is good. He is our Father. We are His children. If we make ourselves available... He will give us trust to help His children and to hasten His work.

The Power of Inspired Questions

By far one of the weirdest moments on my mission. We teach English Class every week on Thursdays.. and we only had 1 student there.. And at the same time we were about to go in to teach.. 2 of our investigators come in wanting to be taught!... So we were in a bit of a predicament... But then we thought... Well... How bout you (Elder W teach English Class... and I'll just be in the back and teach our Investigators... So we tried it out... Hahaha. It was sooooo hard. I relied on the Spirit the whole time... but a miraculous end result to our lesson... We set 2 baptismal dates with them for May 17th!.... They're both really solid too! They are referrals from our most recent baptism of C. 

It's amazing and incredibly humbling to have someone trust you as a missionary.. This past week we have been trusted so much.. not only by the Lord but by members!.. And the cherry on top was an email I just received from a previous member in one of the Wards I served in.. she's currently serving a mission and sent this to me: 

"It was so wonderful being able to learn so many things from you. 

Reaching out to the missionaries I think

at times can be difficult but what I learnt most importantly is trust.
Trust comes from seeing missionaries working hard, bearing their
testimony, the spirit that they radiate, so many things. But you were
one of the missionaries that I truly trusted. I think that comes the
same with giving referrals. I've been striving to become a missionary
of whom people can trust. I want the Lord to be able to trust me with
His children, to know that anyone He sends my way will at least have
the opportunity to feel of His spirit that must mean I am always
prepared. Gaining the members trust is key in this work and I think
that is something you definitely have down haha :)"

So whenever we receive spiritual promptings or an assignment/calling or perhaps a person in our circle of friends that we can share the gospel with.. We need to first immediately acknowledge that God trusts us. And second give gratitude to Him for that great trust!.. That goes along with the question you asked of my fav. talk in General Conference... THEY WERE ALL SO AMAZING!!!!! One that especially stuck out to me just for my situation as a missionary... was President Uchtdorf... Are you sleeping through the Restoration?.. What experiences can you share to contributing to the Restoration?.. Or will you merely be an observer... For if we have a sense of urgency to carry out this great work.. Trust will come! 

We had an investigator named J.. He's been super super good... UNTIL we taught him the commandments.. He straight up lost his desire for anything!.. We always thought Drinking was his biggest concern.. because that's what he portrayed.. But we dropped him for about a month.. called him up later and scheduled another lesson... IT WAS BREAK THROUGH!.. We for real witnessed him receive personal revelation right in front of us.. He said.. "you know what.. Maybe my faith was not being strengthened because I wasn't putting it in Jesus Christ... I think my major concern I don't know how life will be after baptism compared to now... my commandment concern is just minor"...

My companion and I just looked at each other like.. (OH MY GOODNESS CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS RIGHT NOW? OH PLEASE! HELP!!!)

It was amazing! It's truly a testament that as we teach clear, powerful doctrine.. they will be able to ponder.. Then the Spirit.. The Testator of Truth.. will come into their hearts.. We then committed him for baptism on May 17th!... To say the least... May 17th is going to be a really good day =D... We just have to help them all maintain positive experiences!

We went on priesthood trade offs with a ward member because we had MCM and a lesson at the same time. So I went with the member to teach this Recent Convert who is recently Less Active :( .. But she agreed to meet with us and I knew nothing about her. So we started off by introducing ourselves and we sang a song and said a prayer.. Then I was sitting there... and I asked her to share with us the reason she wanted to follow Christ... she opened up a bit but I could tell by her countenance and just discerned she was holding something back... and so I asked afterwards.. "What is difficult for you at this moment in your life?" ... And it was amazing to see her reaction... She looked down and said.. "Thank you..".... And she opened up every thing that was holding her back from full activity... And we then sat there and set goals for her and how she could overcome certain temptations and be fully active!.. 

It never ceases to amaze me how much we really do need to rely on the Spirit... we as a 'natural man' often fall into complacency of thinking we can do things on our own... It's easy to feel the Spirit and have the mindset... 'I want to ALWAYS rely on Him'...  But the real test is when that feeling is gone... what is your motive now?... Will you rely on your own strength?... or the Spirit of Him that created you?... 

You can always C.H.A.N.G.E!

 31 Mar

 

Well as for this week! We had so many tender mercies. I can honestly say this week I used my time more wisely than I have before... we had heaps of things we needed to take care of with the Zone and preparing for baptisms... but when we were on our way places we talked to every one we could!... On the way to the baptism both my companion and I taught like 4 lessons, pamphlets and all... and just showing the Lord that we were willing to go for it... He placed people in our paths!.. I had like.. no joke.. 3 people stop me specifically saying.. "I've been looking for a church! I'm interested in learning from you!"... I even had this guy approach me and said "I used to be a Jehovahs Witness... when I decided to search around other religions.. ALL of my family and friends disowned me... why would God leave me stranded for 5 years?!?"... We were in a rush so I said to him.. "What if I told you I can answer your question.." And he looked like a deer in the headlights.. gave me his number and we're planning to meet with him this week... 

It teaches the simple principle that if we do all we can... we follow EVERY prompting and do our best... the Lord will trust us with the big promptings and literally place people in our path... You look at Thomas S. Monson with his HUGE list of experiences his personal ministry holds.... it's because he follows this. 

I'm excited though for this and next transfer.. Got 11 weeks to give every thing I have.


 Apr 7

Well for this week... It was awesome blossom! I'm really grateful for my companion.. He's only been out for 8 months now... and he's killing it!.. Usually you would imagine for a missionary being out 22 months.. you would have to slow down to teach him some things of ZL life... but noooo! He's keeping right up with the pace.. So it's been awesome! We did 5 hours of finding on Tuesday and we saw absolute miracle after miracle! We set a really high baptismal goal for these last 2 transfers... so we know we are going to have to sacrifice to obtain it... So we're starting to do finding on P-Days.. during some lunch and dinner hours.. we're gonna do all we can to reach it!.. 

We already have one super solid potential that we just found.. his name is A. He's super prepared! So we know if we keep going, the Lord will place even more prepared people in our path. 

It's amazing the capacity you build over time to do things... When I first started the mission.. I wouldn't of dreamed... of skipping meals to work... of finding or teaching on P-day... nor constantly facing rejection day after day and continue to work happily... And I always find it interesting that the antidote to fix something... is usually ALWAYS what you don't want to do.... for this is how I've come to build this capacity... I used to hate finding... so how did I grow to love it?... I did more finding than I ever have to develop that love... Maybe one day I'm not in a good mood and I don't feel like smiling... So how do I get in a good mood?.. I smile!.. And be as positive as I can... It's just as Gordon B. Hinckley says.. "The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone else who is even more tired.".. For that is how the Saviour saved us from our fallen state... How do you pay the price for the sins of mankind?.... Suffer more than they can even comprehend... 

I'm grateful for Jesus Christ.. it's because of Him that we are able to change.... (I love acronyms and making words from them... so I recently made one for change...)

You can always C.H.A.N.G.E!... Because:

Christ &

His

Atonement

Never

Get 

Exhausted

His is called an infinite Atonement because you can use it and never have to worry if it's a burden or if it's too much for Him.. He paid the ultimate price of any thinkable sin that you could make..It can never be exhausted.

The Lord's Timing

4 Mar

When I was with Elder K. Week 3 of Transfer 1 back in the City... we got this referral named Anfon.. so each night when we set goals and made plans to contact and teach referrals... We put on our To-Do List.. "Anfon"... Each time we tried to go it always got pushed back... because he was about 20min walking distance from the City so we didn't have time to go..And finally.. Week 3 of Transfer number 2 with Elder G... We had been preparing for Zone Training Meeting the whole day and still hadn't finished. But we felt just in the middle of it... "Hey... Let's go see Anfon!..." So we both agreed the Spirit was telling us we needed to go. We booked it across the City only having 1 hour to go see him and come back before our MCM... But as always.. on the way we got held up talking to people and giving out English Class Flyers.. But we get there about 5:40.. Super late!... And we found that the address was this place called 'Campus Lodge'.. so it looked like a phony.. So we were bummed but we were like.. "well we came all this way.. let's just go knock on it.. "... Then right as we were about to.. this guy walked out and was leaving then took a second look back and said.. "Wait!... Are you Mormons?"... We were like... "Why yes.... yes we are =D..." Then he introduced himself as a Less active member from Taiwan!... And he said.. "I'm the manager of this place... students lease a room here for a year when they study... I have 22 Taiwanese students who want to learn... perhaps we could organize a time we can have lunch and you can meet them all!".... We were dumbfounded... "Why yes..... yes we should have lunch with all of them ^_^"... Then I asked... Well we actually came here because there was someone named Anfon that wanted to learn here...

He asked the receptionist... "Do you know an Anfon here?"... She replied.. 'There's no one with such name that lives here'... Then he just brushed it off and went off on his way after we exchanged numbers....

We realized how PERFECT and amazing the Lord's timing is!!... If we had not followed every prompting to talk with certain people for certain amounts of time... for example.. I had 1 distinct prompting whilst talking to this semi-interested girl from China.. "Wrap it up.. Perishing souls elsewhere are waiting for you".... So I did and we got that just at the right time!... If we got there any later... The manager would not have been there... and we would've asked the recpetionist for Anfon... and she would've kindly said he doesn't live here... and we would've left... having missed the potential blessings he had in store for us.... And that's what it's like with any thing in life... you can choose to slack off on your mission... you can choose to not fulfill your callings to your fullest ablilities.. you can choose not to follow promptings... but just know... you are missing out on far greater blessings Heavenly Father has hand made just for you!.. 

Miracles are every where... They surround us.. But are we aware enough to capture them?...

10 Mar

 I have an exciting miracle for this week! So if you recall a month or 2 ago... my email about 'desire' and how when I was on trade-offs.. My District Leader and I found 2 New Investigators in the space of like 30-40mins... One of them... her name was K from China... she was progressing really well.. they were going to set a baptismal date with her until she said.. "I'm actually going back to China in 1 week for a month to get married.. I don't think my husband will approve so I probably won't join"... So that was pretty sad... but when she got back this past week.. she called up the Elders and said.. "Hey, I'm back!... And I want to join the church!".... #miracles.

I had the greatest joy though when the Elder who was teaching her came up to me and was like "Ohhh my goodnessss! I'm so happy!!! This is the best day everrrr!"... To be able to give that joy to a fellow missionary just by simply finding someone for them to teach... was priceless...

On top of that.. and just as great as baptisms.... is RE-ACTIVATION!... For rescuing someone who has already made those convenants is sooooooo amazing!... We were able to have 3 amazing people back at church this past Sunday!... Working with Less Actives is so great when you can have them recount their spiritual experiences... The Spirit immediately floods the room when it happens. But yeshhh there's a few miracles for you!

17 Mar

As for this week!!... WOOOO!!! It was an absolutely incredible week... BEAST... or as the spanish say... bestio.... We will be having 2 miracles this weekend.... or another word they call it... baptisms. C is from China.. he had been smoking for 8 years and has quit cold turkey with the 15 step program!.. He's truly been a miracle though.. The only reason he met with us in the first place is because he had a super powerful experience with prayer in China... and he planned to be baptized in a church there but his preacher moved so he had no one... then when he moved here to Sydney.... he met us :)

And on top of all... Tis transfer week... so even with the feeling that I have (of being transferred)... What better way to leave than with witnessing a child of God entering with Him in a promise... It is truly humbling... and a miracle... to be apart of the greatest work in the world... The gathering of Israel... I can truly feel strength whenever I kneel down at night to pray.. that I am apart of an +85,000 full time missionary force.. That not only you and the family... but people every where are praying for missionaries... So I thank you for continually having faith that I am able to do this with His help.. and with yours.

 

Mar 25

Sooooo the shock of the week! My companion got transferred!! o.O. So it's officially stamped I'll be dying in the City for my last 12 weeks! And what's cool as, my companion Elder W, He's been out 7 months but he's gun as!! He's from Texas, speaks spanish.. assigned Korean speaking.. and he went to Harvard majoring in statistics and economics... to say the least I love him..he's beast!.... And shock #2 of the week... FAIR DINKUM KATE IS IN MY WARD!!! Yes.. Kate Ball.. I've already seen her heaps! We went out to dinner last night.. it is like the weirdest/coolest thing ever!.. She's such an amazing returned missionary though.. I took her to Spanish class and she was going to town, teaching this Colombian investigator.. She's already fellowshipping and cleaning up the chapel.. every thing you wish a member could do and she's doing it.. #cousins. So yeah it's going to be exciting.. She's gonna be here when I give my last talk in Sacrament and all... I'll tell her to record it.. 

Another miracle.. Our investigator C got baptized!! WOOO! But for now every thing is going awesome! New Transfer = New Start... so I'm going to be applying every thing that I have learned and teach it to my new companion before I get transferred to NZ.

#miracles everywhere

For a miracle though, we recently started teaching this Chinese guy named  C,this week.. our first lesson with him was amazing!.. He accepted to be baptized and shared about this amazing experience where he prayed to God for the first time in China and felt this overwhelming feeling of love and peace... He then said from that experience alone he believed in God.. although so many others told him He is not real!... We were able to share with him that what he felt.. Was indeed God's messenger.. the Holy Ghost.. He's now preparing himself to be baptized on March 8th!.. WOOO! #miracles everywhere.

We met this guy named J from China.. and we had a really good first lesson with him... and we haven't seen him in a couple weeks due to him being antied from his friend... but he decided to come back and learn from "Official" representatives of the church and we set a baptismal date with him for the 22nd of March!!.. MIRACLE!... It's truly a blessing and the investigators perspective truly changes when they actually see you as an Official Representative of Jesus Christ!...AMAZING! .

 Another RANDOM AS moment... I was on trade-off with an Elder and in the City it's super busy.. so I was walking down the street trying to spot a white shirt as to where he was at... I stopped and looked around for a bit... Then I looked directly across the street and this girl comes sprinting at me... And so I was just like... 'I wonder where shes going'... then she gets closer and closer... 'I should probably move'.... Then she comes and haults and goes 'CALEB!'....

It was fair dinkum Esther McCarthy!!!! She came up and tried to hug me and I just put out my hand.. 'I can't hug I can't hug!!!' Hahaha. She was there with her sisters Antonia, Genevieve and Madeleine!.... It was by far one of the top most random moments on my mission... And no joke.. like 10 feet away from where I met Victor Kim from Quest Crew... I need to go to that spot more often.. who knows who I'll meet next... perhaps Jesus.... But yeah she snapped a selfie of us so it may be on FB hahah... who knows. 

As for miracles!... Our Zone has finally reached a grand total of 175 New Investigators,this.month! The highest the Zone or any Zone in the mission has gotten was 109NI... And it's nothing to say about previous missionaries not being good or us being beast mode... It's merely just a testament that the Lord is hastening His work.. It's time to start breaking new ground... Elder Nelson just announced in the Ward Council meeting he attended that there was a stake trying to be created in the Baltic Region over 4 countries!... He said relating to it.. "We've got growing pains all over the Church!".. With the amount of trust and work that is happening.. It's time that we all need to step up to a higher sense of commitment than ever before.. And that's not to be interpreted in the way that we need to be amazing dynamic instruments as the Elder Holland or the Apostle Paul type... it merely means we need to be ready and willing to take any errand the Lord needs run... Elder Nelson said "The Lord uses the unlikely to accomplish the impossible!"... He illustrated that through many examples.... take Moses for example.. commanded to take the Children of Israel to the shore of the Red Sea... And then the waters divide and they walk through on dry land??? Unlikely?... Yes!.... And how about Abraham and Sarah... Promised to bear children... Every one knows that 90 year old women don't bear children.... But the Lord brought forth Isaac to them!... Unlikely??... Yes!... And how about the prophecy of Isaiah?... The Savior being born of a Virgin?... Every one knows Virgins cannot have children!... yet the Savior came into the world from the Virgin Mary... Unlikely???... Yes!... And last for example... a 14 year old boy... appeared to.. By God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ?.. And appointed to restore the Church of Jesus Christ in it's fullness?... Unlikely?... Yes!!... It has to be unlikely!!... that way no one can misunderstand who is at the Head of this work!!.. It is not by man... but by God... 

Ahhhh He went onto so many great topics but that was one of my favorite that he addressed!.. And the amazing thing beyond all.... During the whole course of the Conference... I felt the Spirit the strongest... during 2 specific times.... When Elder Nelson walked in.... and when he walked out.... Namely when he walked out of the building... as he came passing us on his way out the door... The spirit bore witness to me... and the words came into my head... which were not my own words... and whispered to me... "He is my witness"  ... I know with a surety... no doubt in my mind.. That not only him... but every normal person that is appointed as a leader for His church... is called of God... Once that mantle is on them... they are not their own... for God is directing them.

The Extra Miler

I'll tell you another amazing miracle this week!

We had our Special Training from President and Sister Howes this past Tuesday.. Afterwards Elder K and I were organizing some things for the Zone and then the time was 5:10... we then had a meeting with Bishop at 5:15... so we wanted to set an example for the Zone so we went out and used that 5mins finding... we easily could've spent those 5 minutes being "busy"... but it comes down to the questions Dieter F. Uchtdorf asked.. "Are the things that are keeping you busy, getting you where you want to go?" We then went a little overtime getting carried away talking with people and were a bit late.. Bishop calls us- "Where are you??"... Sorry Bishop we're coming back now!.. He replies-"No.. you don't come back until you find 1 person to teach!".. (hangs up).... Hahaha. He is the man. So we took on his task and had the sufficient faith to do what the Lords anointed asked of us... Find 1 person to teach before we came back... As my companion was talking with a person.. I was following him... and then stood at this corner just scoping out the people... One girl stood out, and she appeared to be from Brasil... so I went up to her and went "Oii Tudo bem!"... (Luckily enough she was from Brasil.. that would've been awkward otherwise)... We got talking and the next thing you know... We were giving her a chapel tour and teaching her about baptism!... We then set a return appointment and added her as an investigator!... It was just so amazing to me that we were able to achieve it!... And it is because... We know who we rely on... our Master Jesus the Christ.. He will then recognize our acknowledgement to Him and then bless us. It's as simple as that!... I'm grateful for these small tender mercies... The attribute of the 'Extra Miler' conveyed itself to me as so important these past weeks... My first run in the City at the beginning of my mission.. we had days where we would just go finding for 5 hours straight... I would RARELY pull people off the street to give them chapel tours... I did it maybe 8 times in the 8 months I was there.... all the miracles I've been experiencing... I have pulled off maybe 12 people in the past 4 weeks!!... And they were all at times where we used our time wisely... It was the times where we easily could've done something to fill the 10-30mins we had... but instead we went out and worked... A thought that came to me was from my football days.. 'champions are distinguished in the little things' .. The football players that stay in the locker room studying game film while his other friends are off hanging out... That player who stays to work on technique while his friends are watching tv... We have now made that as a focus for our Zone and the results are paying off... It's super exciting to see how much influence we can have and raise the vision of all the missionaries here! And I know you can do likewise whatever situation you may be in... whether it be encouraging our less active family to do family scriptures, prayers and FHE... or even eating dinner at the table together.

#missionarylife

So we had a baptism this past weekend.. we were all going to leave together at 4:30pm to catch the train.. so we left the Teaching Center at 4 to go change at our flat... but we were trying to get in some finding time because we didn't have much this week... So we were talking to people on the way... And I saw this one guy walking in the opposite direction.. So I quickly turned around and started talking to him... Nek minut... He was legit as! We pulled him off the street and gave him a chapel tour, taught him and added him as a new investigator... So we were pumped as... by this time it was 4:15.. So we were like.. alright, gotta hurry back to the flat... But once again I saw this other guy that I felt impressed to talk to... And so I ran up and talked to him really quick... NEK MINUT... We pulled him off the street as well and gave him a chapel tour, taught him and added him as an investigator!... ALL IN THE SPACE OF 30MINS!... Luckily every one else was late and they decided the catch the later train at 4:50 and so we were able to make it.. The scripture that came to my mind as we were walking to the train with every one was.. "..I know that the Lord giveth no commandments into the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." 1Ne 3:7 .. A prompting from the Spirit of God is His commandment to us to do something.. We obeyed. He blessed us. As simple as that.

A funny side story though... I was talking to the second guy for a bit.. and I asked him simply.. "You ever thought about what happens when you die?".. He was tryin to be cheeky and was like.. "No I haven't... I don't care about it."... So I just said to him.. "Well think about it just for a second... what do you think happens?"... Then he looked down all puzzled after some silence and was like... "What does happen?".... #checkmate.

And as we were walking back I was talking with this missionary I was on trade offs with.. Of how promptings come in unexpected ways sometimes... And I look at these leaves blowing on the ground and they started drifting towards this blind corner... And I go.. "It's a prompting... Whoever those leaves go towards... is your next investigator...".... Hahahaha. This guy tatted up like none other and wearing all black and carrying this huge black case which looked like a bomb walks around the corner.... I was like "AHAAHHAHA... YOU HAVE TO TALK TO HIM NOW!"... And he went and he turned out to be pretty nice!... #missionarylife.

Another funny story.. and a reason why I love my companion. We were in MCM with our Ward Mission Leader just discussing how we can help the Zone and Ward... and we finished up so I was giving the closing prayer and in the middle of it.. My companions stomach hard core rumbled and then I had to say amen quickly before I started laughing... then our Ward Mission Leader was like... 'Have you had dinner?"... We hadn't.... SO WE GOT A FREE DINNER! Hahaha. That doesn't happen in the City often so that's why I'm excited to share it.

But wanna know something crazy... ELDER RUSSELL M NELSON IS COMING TO OUR MISSION! February 19th.. And it's an Australia Sydney North/South combined Mission Conference!...It's gonna be 2 legit 2 quit... finally we get our first apostle!!