Yelling out from the 27th floor!

(In response to the news about the lowering of the Mission age....) YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so so so so so excited!!!! Obviously we're like you in NZ, we have to wait til next week for General Conference... but someone texted us last morning and I read it and literally screamed, I was like WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! For real, you probably already know this but this is going to be a milestone in church history.... This is a sign of the second coming for real... I'm no prophet but now we're going to have more missionaries that will be going forth spreading the truth til it has penetrated every continent and ear... And this is especially huge for girls... for example... Remember that member I met from Taiwan that was looking for the church? Well she's 18... and I was talking with her and she started crying cause she was so happy she didn't have to wait 3 years to serve, she could now go in 6 months!  And tell all my friends Ash, Tiffany, Callyn etc. that they should go! :) YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! So happy! Hearing that makes me want to serve a mission then I'm like... PSYCH! I'm already serving!!!
There's a quote that goes something like... "It is true intelligence of a man to unfold something so great and mysterious so that a child can understand" <-- it's in PMG chapter 10 'teach for understanding' I think... but meaning that the better you get at teaching simple doctrines so that people can fully understand... that's when the spirit can more easily come in and smash them.. Anywhoooo... This week was pretty dang awesome! We did SO MUCH teaching... and thats every missionaries dream to just teach all week haha. We got to resovle a bunch of our investigators concerns so say hello to entering into the covenant with the loorrrrd :)  Here's a simple but powerful quote... "It may be small, but if it's your all... It's enough" Something I learned on my mission super quickly.... is this right here.... when I came out I was super focused on smashing numbers and baptisms etc... but then being disappointed when you put in so much effort and receive little results.... The Lord won't base the success of your mission on your numbers.... but more importantly on your sacrifice... "It may be small, but if it's your all... It's enough"
(In response to me telling him that people in 7 countries read his blog)
And goodnessssss... So many people reading my blog... welp... might as well do some good with this opportunity as they're reading.... REPENT.... REPENT!!! REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED!!!!..... hahaha we live on the 27th floor and some nights I just open the window and yell that out to the city...  But for this weeekk..... This week was a super cool reminder of how fortunate we are to have this priesthood restored to the earth once again.... So far on my mission I haven't given many blessings really... maybe just to my companion but that's it.... this week out of nowhere.. everyone asked me for a blessing it seemed... I had really cool experiences but I'll share one.... It was Ray.... It was preparation day and we were out shopping (I needed a shoulder bag)... And he calls us and says he's really sick and needed a blessing... And he has heart problems so his health is up and down a lot... So we ran over to the chapel to give him a blessing and we get there and his face was super pale and he was just out of it... I even questioned if he should go to the hospital... But we went in and got ready to give him a blessing.... and 2 things I was grateful for at that time... 1... being a worthy priesthood holder capable of giving a blessing.... 2.... having consecrated oil on me... But we gave him a blessing and it was just super spiritual.... by the time I finished he was crying and we just hugged... We then left to go home and change back into proselyting clothes... and came back like 30mins later.... we then saw him and he was 100% normal.... And the only thing I remembered saying in the blessing was that he would be "restored and made well".... And what do you know... he was.... And that makes me think of D&C 121:36.... "The rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness"... We are entitled to the powers of heaven if we exercise our priesthood in righteousness... it's just up to us if we want to rob ourselves of those blessings or not... Anywaysss I have to go!! Love youuuu! Bye!