10/7/13

Dear Family,

 

That was a great conference. I left inspired for myself and investigators. One thing that I liked about my note taking, that I have never done before, is marking distinct impressions that came from the spirit. Afterwards, I compiled all those impressions into one of my small notepads from lizzy. I now have two pages packed full of revelation from the spirit. I then took what I learned from the spirit and extracted action items from now until next conference. It is an encouraging thing because it makes me feel like a doer of the word and not a hearer only. Thats just an idea that I found helpful.

 

I have a quick thought I'd like to share with all of you. Here is a bit of revelation that came to me while listening to Elder Eyring's talk during the General Priesthood session (This is just as exciting as it is sacred):

 

I wrote: "Does all this counsel seem overwhelming? That's why loving the Lord thy God is the First commandment, Loving the Lord will draw you towards fulfilling your calling and as such you will grow closer to him and apply what you've learned."

 

It is extremely important to hold a calling in the church. I don't know of any better way to apply the teachings we learn from the Savior, Prophets, Apostles, and Local Leaders than by recieving and magnifying a calling in the church.

 

This revelation the Holy Ghost sent me was esspecially exciting because President Eyring spoke in conference the next morning spoke about the first commandment in the law and about how having a calling helps us to do that. 

Friday Evening, we spoke to many people to no avail. At last, at long last it was time to go in to plan. But Elder Basilius saw a man just getting out of his car down the street, not even a block away. We walked up to him and Elder Basilius introduced himself "Hi, I am Elder Basilius." 

"I'm Elder Lovell." I said. 

"Lovell?" Said the man. "How's that spelled?"

"Love with two 'L's' on the end."

"That's my last name too!" He said. 

"Woah, where are you from?" I asked.

"South Dakota."

I dont think there's any close relation but it is pretty cool. That's not the only thing that was cool about that though. He told us that he was so confused about religion, he has been searching and doesn't know what to believe. He said he really appreciated us stopping by. I asked if he would come on a church tour with us. He said, "Sure, stop by in a few days and set something up. Can I bring my family too? They will probably want to come." We told him we would be back very soon. Elder Basilius and I then raced to the car to get home on time. We both got in the car with our jaws dropped. 

I broke the silence "What was that? The bone the the teachers throw you in the MTC when your life is going terribly?" 

"Seriously!" He said, "That was so weird. I have NEVER had any experience like that. I just cannot believe that happened. Weird. That was so weird! His name is Lovell, he is confused, he has a broken arm that keeps him from going to work, he wants to bring his family on a church tour? Wow. You're going to attend a family member's baptism." 

We laughed all the way home. 

We got back in contact with Denise. We have an appointment with her on Thursday at 1:00. PLEASE PRAY FOR THAT. And pray for Brother Lovell!