And Straight on 'Till Morning

I realized that I haven't written anything since I got home from my mission. I'll try to get more up some other time, but for now here's the talk I gave in Sacrament Meeting Today. :) Sunday 24 August 2014 The very first and most basic doctrine that we teach in the missionary lessons is that God is our Heavenly Father. He knows us and loves us and wants us to be happy. Because He is our father He knows the things that will help us to achieve happiness. That is why He gave us the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Nephi explained it this way: “And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the   way; and there is   none   other way nor   name   given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the   doctrine   of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the   Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is   one God, without end. Amen.” – 2 Nephi 31:21 This concept is so straightforward that it s...

Me and Jackie! I found her at the beginning of my mission, and later she was taught and got baptized. Now at the end of my mission she ended up back in my ward. Picture 1: This was a zone water balloon activity that turned into a water balloon fight. It was possibly the funnest 5 minutes of my mission!   Departing missionary temple trip. It was so good to get to go to the temple again. I got to play the organ for our chapel session, and the Spirit in the temple is always so strong. Our Zone is the funniest Zone ever. :) And we all love each other tons as you can see.   Last Zone Training Meeting ever! Luckily it was one of the best I've ever had on my mission. Our zone is the best, and we've had so much fun together. Hermana Jensen, Oscar, Edilberto, Enio, and me. Our wonderful recent converts who fellowship each other and all wore white shirts and ties (Enio took his off...)

Buenas Tardes!   This week has been SO short. I also didn't bring my journal so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to remember of what happened.   Wednesday  we had an exchange with the Hermana Training Leaders. I got to go to Van Nuys with Hermana Larsen. The first thing we did was service. We got to pick up trash around the government center in Van Nuys, and it was so much fun! It was also a great exchange because I got to go back to a lot of places/people that I'd worked with on exchanges last December when I was an Hermana Training Leader. Specifically we had dinner with one Hermana who I'd had dinner with before. Back then she was less active, but her goal was to get her temple recommend back. Now she is active, helps with the missionary work, and drives several other Hermanas from the ward to the temple every month. We also had 3 miracles in a row earlier in the day after we'd had a very unsuccessful hour or so of knocking. Miracle #1 was that the...