Hey everyone. So this week flew by once again. So first off
President just really knows how to mix things up. So this week as I previously
mentioned, was transfer calls. And I was right, Elder Vea got a transfer call.
But so did I! So I am training here again and Elder Vea is going to Raymond to
train there. It is wild. So friday we
had to drive up to calgary with Elder hernandez in our zone to trainers
meeting. That was a lot of driving and a long day. But that is how it goes.
Which means with us training our entire zone except the Zone leaders and Stls
are training! tons of Greenies! It is going to be another wild transfer. The
craziest thing was at trainers meeting there were Zone Leaders who will be
training a new missionary. I have never heard of anything like that but it is
happening, and here comes another huge influx of missionaries.
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| 09/08/2017 - Trainers Meeting in Calgary Elder Ollis, left front and his companion, Elder Vea, to his left |
But as for that our stake also had stake conference this
weekend. We had a seventy come to it since our stake recently got reorganized.
It was Elder Maynes. So we got to shake his hand but that was it. But President
Miles also came and spoke as did the first counselor in the temple presidency.
It was really cool, and President definitely had the best talk, so grateful for
his service. But that was our week, mostly tons of visits and appointments and
finding and tons of smoke.
So not much else to say except I would like to share with
everyone a scripture I think we all need. It has become increasingly
frustrating as we meet with people to hear them talk about all the problems
with the world right now. As there are many, terrorism, disasters, political turmoil,
poor economy and so on. And I am not trying to blame them, but it is
frustrating to hear people everyday point out an issue. But no one EVER
proposes a plan to fix it, or ever does anything to maybe help improve the awful
world we are in. And it caused me to reflect on what things we see are wrong,
and most importantly, what can I do to help. It is just like faith, it is one
thing to say we believe but another to act. And a scripture struck me this week
that I feel we all can do, and must do. Open to Moroni 7, some scriptures I’m
sure you have heard before. But go to verse 46, moroni tells us about charity. "Wherefore, my beloved bretheren, if ye
have not charity, yea are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave
unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail."
This Christlike attribute is as moroni says, the greatest of all, but why? It
is because as he said all things must fail. And look around at those terrible
things, I think things might be failing, and as things fail we can only strive
to live as Christ would and love others. It is the only solution. It is so easy
to point out the faults and the failings, but those aren't things we can
change, the only thing we can change is ourselves. Now look at verse 48. How do
we get this gift? "Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, pray unto the father with all the energy of heart, that ye
may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true
followers of his son, Jesus Christ, that ye may become the sons of God, that
when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is, that
we may have this hope that we may be purified even as he is pure."
Brothers and sisters there are things we can't change, but we can be a force
for something better. I know as we love, even when it is hard, believe me it is
hard. But I know that if we do, if we strive and pray with all our hearts for
that gift, it will make such a big difference. And as we all do this, I know
things can get better. So pray for charity and pray for the ability to love
all. It is of course the First and Great commandment.
Elder Ollis
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