Here's the latest email:
We have had an amazing week.
To start the week off we sent our beloved friends and fellow servants back home
and then immediately turned around to pick up the new missionaries. We took
them to Pratt's Hill (Arthur's Seat) so that they could make promises with God
in a sacred and holy place. The wind was SO strong. It was a great example of
God's awesome power. Wednesday we taught all the new leaders in the
mission (District Leaders, and Sister Training Leaders) about their new
callings in the mission. We gave some instruction and advice to help them
inspire and motivate their teams to work hard and grow closer to the Saviour. Thursday was
a day of paperwork which is necessary but it's hard to be in an office all day
when I want to do missionary work. Nay Bother! We will crack on.
Friday was
amazing because we got to go out and do missionary work! We just went and
talked to people all day! We met some great people who were very ready to hear
about Christ. We have some friends progressing towards baptism and gaining a
greater testimony of the love that Heavenly Father has for them.
Conference
was amazing! It was so refreshing and invigorating. I received some powerful
answers from God.
A
few thoughts:
·
The essence of who we
are will never change! We are sons and daughters of God. We will never separate
ourselves from the love of God that is given us through Christ. But that does
not eliminate our responsibility and call to become like Him. Our pasts do not
define who we can become.
·
God needs brave sons.
He will test us and try us, he will stretch us and refine us, until the day
that we are perfect BY Him. We must pray with a surety that He hears our
pleas.
·
Our calling from God
will be based on who we are and what we are willing to become, not who we were.
·
When we worship God we
understand Him better. Spiritual experiences have less to do with what is
happening around us and more to do with what is happening within us.
·
Heart changing
requires heart rending. God loves us. That is the first great law of Heaven.
Because of that love He desires us to find joy. The only way we will find joy
is through Christ. To find Christ we must walk the path He has walked. To know
Him we must spend time at His feet.
I
know Him, and I witness that He lives. He loves us and desires our whole heart
and soul.
I
love you. Take time to be holy.
Elder
Crowe
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