This week was pretty darn great. We were able to meet with a bunch of our members. Elder Trounce and I have come up with something that should really help our ward get excited about missionary work! And because it's super new still, we haven't seen a whole lot come from it yet but it looks promising. It's called What's Next? So what we do is share a quick message with the whole family. Then ask for names. Not an address or phone number or anything. Just names. Then with that name, we challenge them to do something that will help that name come closer to Christ. So that they, the members, can have the same blessings of missionary work. The same blessings that missionaries get. Then we follow up with them and ask, "Well, what's next?" And hopefully it will lead to, "Well I think it's time for them to meet with the missionaries!" They were some suggestions that President Kendrick gave us. So we are super excited for that.
Also General Conference was this weekend!! I love General Conference. I can't say what my favorite talk was. They were all super good. I did like President Monson's quote, "We need to take the harder right, instead of the easier wrong." But when I heard that, the harder right ends up being so much easier. Because when we are able to see the blessings of choosing the right, it becomes delicious. We have eternal happiness instead of happiness for just a couple moments, hours, months, or a lifetime. The right choices we make now affect us even after this life. For eternity. So that in it's own should tempt us to do good! Then as we do good, it allows us to feel the pure love of Christ, also known as charity. Then we share it with others. That's just one of the thoughts I had.
We were also able to go on a hike with our zone today. Super fun.
But I will talk to you all next week!
Love,
Elder Miles
