This week was good! We did all of the
usual things, knocking on lots
of doors, meeting with members, etc...
We got one new investigator this week named Tom and he's a friend of
brother McNeese, so hopefully it will work out good. He loves hunting
and showing us pictures of all of the stuff he's shot and his animals downstairs.
Dad you should send me some pictures of Garret's animals and stuff because he'd
really like that. Also, a picture of us in Alaska with the fish and maybe the one
with the big red snapper please? Thanks! Anyways nothing to exciting besides
that except for conference! I loved conference! I wish they would do that every
month! Sorry for the short letter, nothing to exciting except for the usual.
Anyways, love ya!
Elder Haws, Elder Fauga, Elder Gubler and myself watching conference
at the church by ourselves.
Pictures of the apartment in Brockport!
Below are my notes from conference:
GENERAL CONFERENCE
Henry B. Eyring
-The law of the fast - we can't reach
everyone who is in need but we can observe the law of the fast in order to
help those in need.
- give a generous fast offering
- our offerings not only help the people
around us but our brothers and sisters all over the world.
- I need to always remember to pay a
generous fast and don't hold anything back
Boyd K. Packer
- having kids is the main part of the
plan of happiness
- having a family brings true happiness
to your life and it will last for eternity
- bridle your passions
- no scars remain on our spiritual
bodies because of the atonement for when we fully repent our sins will be
remembered no more
Linda K. Burton
- message to the brethren of the church
- help create a home where the spirit of
the lord can abide
- honor the priesthood
- husband and wife help complete each
other not compete with each other
- praise your husband or wife
- choose to be happy rather than be right
- try to be perfect men and women like
the savior
- lift each other do not tear down
Dallin H. Oaks
- what we must do to reform our personal
lives to prepare us to go to our heavenly home
- what do we do with our lives as we
follow the savior’s teachings?
- we need to be rooted in the word so
when opposition arises we will not be scorched
- remain focused on the sacrament!
- we are all tempted by
materialism
- the root of all evil is not money but
the love of money
- do not put the cares of this world
above God; don't let the cares of his world choke out the word of
God
- be willing to affend, to take a risk,
etc...
- make it a priority to really live what
we claim to believe in everything that we do
- have a honest and good heart, do not
let it harden
- be firmly rooted and converted.
L. Whitney Clayton
- have a desire to believe, choose to
believe
- it is a personal choice to take action
- everyday we face tests and we need to
choose to follow Christ
- keep walking towards Christ no matter
what the situation
- God does not force us to believe but
invites us to
- do not give up EVER
L. Tom Perry
- The importance of marriage between a
man and a woman
- how do we distinguish ourselves from
the rest of the world
- only we have the eternal perspective
of be restored gospel
- families will go on through
eternity
- we believe in premortal life
- we believe families are the basic unit
of eternity and the kingdom of God
- heaven will be built around family
- family lifestyle is the most
economical, sensible, and enjoyable way to live
- people are better of when surrounded
by commitments made by own personal choice
- we want our voice to be heard
sustaining the joy and fulfillment that traditional families brings
- be a light upon a hill
- family is the key to happiness and to
life here and in the eternities
David A. Bednar
- knowledge of the lord can dispell fear
and biting peace
- Jesus Christ is the only source of
peace
- peace allows us to view life in the
way of eternity
- look to Christ, build upon
foundation of Christ, press forward with faith in Christ
- "look unto me in every thought,
doubt not, fear not"
- cheerfully persevere
- godly fear is good- the beginning of
knowledge, a strong confidence
- keep his commandments
- godly fear dispels mortal fears
- godly fear is loving and trusting in
him, having a perfect love, and perfect love casteth out all fear
D. Todd Christofferson
- atonement saves us from the fall and
our sins
- we must be spiritually re born
- nothing is more important than
physical birth and spiritual rebirth in order to attain eternal life
- family is he best environment to learn
for a successful mortal life and eternal life in the future
- families are a creation of God
- we cannot change the way of family and
holy matrimony, because it is of God
- families should not be put behind
careers, etc...
- families are essential!
- no one is predestined to receive less
than all Heavenly Father has in store for us
Wilford W. Andersen
- we have to come to feel the spirit
- we need to teach our children the ways
of the gospel and get them to feel it and love it
- keep our lives in tune with the
spiritual frequency exactly
- always have the music of the gospel in
our lives
- tune our hearts to the music of the
gospel
- persuasion, long suffering,
gentleness, meekness, love unfeigned, kindness
- if you aren't hearing the music of the
gospel in your home....keep practicing
Dale G. Renlund
- we can be perfected by relying on
Christ
- God cares a lot more about who we are
and who we will become than who we once were
- if we turn from sin... We shall surly
live
- 'twas I but tis not I
- gods desire is that we keep on trying
- compared to God all of us aren't that
different
- if we don't try we are latter day
sinners, quitters, and hypocrites not Latter Day Saints
Michael T. Ringwood
- do things for rights sake not for
power, positions, or callings
- be more anxious to serve than to have
dominion
- callings come and go but we need to
consistently serve and uplift others
- don't be motivated by title or power.
- do more than your calling calls for
- the service that counts most is
usually recognized by God alone
- please our father
- shilblons great example
Quentin L. Cook
- when we follow the son of God we
flourish- like a sunflower following the sun
- we can thrive and bloom if we are
rooted in the savior
- faithfully have family prayer, FHE,
scripture study, priesthood blessings, etc.. We will be blessed.
- if all of us are converted there will
be no contention, because we will all have the love of God
- we must have hearts knot in unity and
love
- be united in the culture, customs of
the gospel
- the church has never been stronger!
- we reach out to everyone
M. Russell Ballard
- do you search the scriptures
regularly
- do you pray morning and night
- do you pay fast offerings
- do you think of the savior when
participating in the sacrament?
- are you carful with you time?
- do you avoid pornography?
- do you attend all church meetings and
keep the sabbath day holy
- use the skills you use on your mission
to bless one around you after your mission
- continue to find ways to learn, grow
and receive inspiration from he Holy Ghost
- attend institute
- need to date and marry
- prepare to marry, serve, and lead for
the days ahead
Ulysses Soares
- do not loose sight of our eternal
inheritance
- we are in a battle that we can and
will win
- we need to all be like Moroni
- be strong and of a good courage
- the adversary can only have power over
us if we allow it
- put all of our faith and trust in the
lord with a sincere heart
- defend truth only by bearing testimony
and using the Holy Ghost
- Align your testimony with the truth
Larry M. Gibson
- develop a clear vision of our eternal
destiny
- look at everything with an eternal
perspective
- one of our most sacred priesthood
duties is to be a father
- be an example to your sons
- do they know how much you cherish
their mother and them?
- learn to preside over a home and a
family
- do you sons see you striving to do
what your Heavenly Father would want them to do?
- apply section 20 of DC to your family
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- be the same inside as you appear
outside
- be careful about appearing better than
you are
- what is our ministry?
- set righteous goals
- what is he condition of our heart?
- be a committed disciple of Jesus
Christ - don't practice artificial discipleship
- have righteous desires, ex. Why do I
go to church?
- mature spiritually by applying gospel
principles day by day
- God can make us in to mighty spiritual
people that we desire to be
- remember God resists the proud but
gives grace to the humble
- resist the temptation to draw
attention to ourselves
Henry B. Eyring
- we all need to know what God wants us
to do and say
- seek to have the companionship of the
Holy Ghost so we can see revelation
- pray often and regularly
- learn how to shut out the distractions
so we can receive revelation
- human judgment and good intentions are
not good enough
- always plead with God that he will
bless you with his spirit
- We are to be part of the warning voice
of the lord as priesthood holders
- we are rewarded for now we served
- pray with faith and humility
Thomas S. Monson
- blessings of the priesthood are so
great
- we have been entrusted with one of the
most precious gifts of all mankind - the priesthood
- remain worthy of the priesthood
- let god direct us
Thomas S. Monson
- 3 new temples
- there is peace found in the temple
- go to the temple to seek comfort and
help
- prayers can be answered!
- seek to be the answer to
someone's prayers
- the lessons of the temple are
priceless
- have the spirit of temple worship
Rosemary W. Wixom
- pray for light
- the path might not always be so clear
- we don't need to have clarity in all
things before we know of things
- seek to make our children have a
desire for temple marriages
- believe that God has all wisdom and
power both in heaven and in earth
- answers come when we earnestly seek
and when we live the commandments
- the answers come in quiet simple
assurances
Jose A. Teixeira
- we need the resources we have to come
closer to Christ
- the more we recognize Christ in our
live the more conscious we will be of our purpose here
- the more we deepen our knowledge in
the savior the more we will want to have joy
- used technology wisely and for
righteousness
- visit the church's websites regularly
during the week
- subscribe to churches official social
networks
- make time to set aside your electronic
devices
- life is not confined to a four-inch
screen
Gerald Causse
- marvelous work and a wonder
- recognize gods hand on our lives and
in everything around us
- don't become insensitive to the
marvelous things going on around us
- don't forget the signs and wonders,
which we have seen
- stay converted
- never tire of discovering or
rediscovering special knowledge
- hunger and thirst after special
knowledge every day
- anchor your faith in the plain and
simple truths of the gospel
- don't take things for granted
- seek and desire the companionship of
the Holy Ghost
- never do anything to loose the gift of
the companionship of the Holy Ghost
Brent H. Nielson
- prodigal son
- show our love for those who are lost
- let others know of our love for them
- leave the 90 and 9 and go after the 1
- be patient with those who are lost
- after all that we can do the lords
hand will be revealed
- all of us fall short of the glory of
the father and we are all the prodigal son
Jeffery R. Holland
- we should always remember our savior
Jesus Christ
- we cannot fully comprehend the
atonement of Jesus Christ without the knowledge of Adam and Eve
- all things have been done in the
wisdom of God
- Jesus is the savior of the world!
- the resurrection and the atonement is
the most precious gift we can ever have
- always remember and thank him for what
he has done
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- the most glorious day in the world is
Easter, when everyone's lives changed
- gods loves us deeply, perfectly, and
everlastingly
- we should know of gods grace if we
intend to inherit what he has in store for us
- grace unlocks the gates of
heaven
- we can not earn our way into heaven
- the grace of God is our hope
- our father’s aim is much higher and
through grace we can become like him
- grace leads to heights we can scarcely
comprehend
- we must have a desire to change
- grace opens the windows of heaven
- God gives us blessings and strength
that allows us to accomplish things that we otherwise could not
- weak things can become strong
- grace helps us become our best
selves
- do we understand our indebtedness to
God?
- do we plead for gods grace and mercy?
- we obey the commandments of God out of
a love for him
- discipleship refines us
- enlightenment comes when we obey the
father
- we are saved by grace after all we can
do
- we must have broken hearts and
contrite spirits
- see with new eyes and a new heart the
eternal significance of the atonement
Robert D. Hales
- we need to know the official doctrine
of the church so when winds come we can't be blown around
- it is not to late to make the choice
to follow Christ
- we have to faithfully use our agency
- four corner stones of religious
freedom
- 1 freedom to believe
- do not criticize others beliefs
- 2 freedom to share our faith with
others
- both with our family and others
- 3 freedom to form a religious
organization
- 4 freedom to live our faith
- let our light shine before men
- we have a responsibility to work
together and raise our voice for what we know to be right
- work to protect religious
freedom
- how we love our religion is far more
important than what we say about our religion
- don't walk...run
Kevin W. Pearson
- Satan’s most powerful tools are
distraction and deception
- enduring to the end is constantly
coming into Christ and becoming perfected in him
- 1 don't forget to pray
- ask our father what would you have me
do
- 2 come into Christ and be perfected in
him
- 3 press forward with faith
- obedience builds faith in Christ
- 4 the Book of Mormon is key to
spiritual survival
- don't let things you don't understand
unravel the things you do know
- 5 don't be distracted
- only the savior has the words of
eternal life, everything else is just words
- 6 stay by the tree
- do things to bring about deepening
conversion
- if you loose the spirit you are lost
- build your life upon covenants you've
made
- average is the enemy of
excellence
- enduring to the end is the great test
of discipleship
Rafael E. Pino
- understanding the plan with help
people keep commitments
- keep an eternal perspective
- try to keep the final result in mind.
- don't make decisions of eternal value
with a mortal perspective
- don't make decisions that aren't in
harmony with the will of God
- do not have the perspective of Laman
and Lemuel
- God thoughts are higher than our
thoughts
Neil L. Anderson
- if everything is going perfect for you
right now....just wait
- the lord is at the helm
- keep an eternal perspective
- the work is progressing and the church
is growing
- can you see the hand of God in our own
life for his hand is in all things
- God is mindful of every people
- keep the commandments and pray in
faith
- open our spiritual eyes
Jorge F. Zaballos
- seek our own salvation then the
salvation of our fellow man
- excellence is within our reach
-1 learn our duty
- live according to the lords will for
us
- 2 make the decision
- the choice is our whether we act
according to our knowledge made when we keep covenants
- honoring our commitments
- 3 act accordingly
- the path we have chosen is narrow
- repent, be obedient
- 4 willingly accept the father’s will
- not our own desires but the fathers
- father knows best
- be responsible for our decisions
Joseph W. Sitati
- be fruitful
- take upon ourselves Christ's name
- yield to the enticings of the spirit
- have charity
- become fully engaged in the work of
salvation
- we will in the lords appointed time
enjoy his blessings
- don't put off marriage
- gain mastery over our own bodies
- have a vision of what you can become
- obtain gods help
Russell M. Nelson
- is the sabbath a delight to us?
- the sabbath is gods gift to us
- spiritual and physical renewal
- the sabbath is a constant reminder of
our lord
- have the correct attitude on the
sabbath
- ask yourself what sign do you want to
give to God on the sabbath
- what activities help make the sabbath
a delight?
- strengthen family ties
- quality family time
- the home is a basis of a righteous
life
- study the gospel diligently
- family history work
- not perusing your own pleasure on the
sabbath
- consecrate one day to the one who
gives us life each day.
- true believers keep the sabbath day
holy
