10 March, 2014
Helllooooooooo ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, what happened this week? Well, I had a zone training meeting to plan, then a training to give, which was stressful, and then we had splits back to back. that was fun though. I went on splits with fellow nerds, so that was fun! Not much is really changing this week, just working away, trying to help people see why and how God can help them in their lives. It's pretty incredible the problems everyone has. I am sooooooooo lucky that I dont have family issues, and all problems i have are with myself, so I know i can overcome them. We are working with people who struggle with things that range from smoking to deep depression stemming from abuse and neglect. I thought missionaries weren't supposed to council people on personal problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, the Atonement can heal all, so long as we are willing to put the effort into it. Thats one big thing i have learned lately! Never lose Faith, because life is terrible without it.
Well, I hope you all are doing well!!
[Calvin's friend is on her mission in the Pacific Northwest] HOW IS YOUR MISSION!?!?!?!?!?! I hope you are being a better missionary than me, but lets be honest sisters are WAY better than elders. The sisters that are here are working miracles!! who are your investigators? How is your mission applying Hastening the Work? How often do you go knocking?
I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calvin
Calvin
17 March, 2014
HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, things are kinda cold out here. not toooo toooo bad, but enough to be annoying. We just had a priesthood meeting on hastening the Work, and all the sister missionaries were invited to be a part of it. It was a fantastic meeting!!!!!! It showed how strongly the Lord wants this work to be done in specific areas, and how each specific area will receive the same revelation as we do in General Conference. It was a super powerful experience. We had a man who had been re-activated two weeks prior to this occasion stand up and bear testimony. He told everyone of the power of this work, and how it was through the specific combined efforts of many dedicated ward members that brought this man and his family back to the church. It was sooo cool to feel the spirit that strongly. This man urged us to look around and think of those who werent there, and to help them to come back, to invite them into our lives.
Another cool thing was our mission President, President Patrick, said that the work of salvation looks like a redundant system because it is. It's redundant to ensure success!!! I thought that was very powerful, because we all need to be acting and in SOME cases it doesnt matter WHO does the task, all that matters is it gets done.
That was definately the highlight of the week. This next wek looks pretty cool because our mission will be visited by and Apostle, Neil L Anderson, A member of the presiding Bishopric, Gerald Causse, a member of the presidency of the seventy, Donald L Hallstrom, and our area Seventy David Homer. As well as all four of the Stake Presidents in our mission. WOW. What a meeting that will be. We are VERY excited as a mission. to say the least. Yeah, we have known about this for a while, I just have never written about it. sorry! But thats the big moment for our week.
Well thats just a little look into whats going on up here in the GREAT WHITE NORTH!!
Calvin
[I sent another email to Calvin telling him that I had gone to teach a lesson with the Sister Missionaries here in our branch. I also asked him if he knew of good places to stay when we visit Canada this summer. His reply was:]
I am soooooooooo SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad you went out with them!!! It helps a lot, and I hope you had fun!
I will keep an eye out for hotels. Like that really nice one all the limoes pull up to everyday.......... :) Well, I love you and I will keep my eye out! Hey have dad look into Algonquin college in ottawa, the University of Ottawa, and Carleton. Algonquin has some video game projects, i think, so have him look into it. Love you!!!!!
24 March, 2014
Momm,
Well, You arent the only one working on patience, because I am trying to as well! It really stinks when you know you are wrong, but don't want to change. Oh well, I'll have to get going on it, I want to make it to the Celestial Kingdom with everyone else!
Well, this week was INCREDIBLE spiritually. We had a few days to work hard at our missionary work, but I've been feeling for a while we need to really get going on teaching different people, trying to find those ones who will receive us. Its hard to leave or let so many people go that we love so much, but I want the work to go on. But we have a few people who are super cool that we are working with, we just have to help them keep progressing.
Then we had some service at this place called Ottawa Mission, which was SO FUN!!! I love ottawa mission. Service is super fun for us. THen we ate at a families house and that was awesome, they are trying to do lots of missionary work, and then after that we packed up for MONTREAL!!!!!!!!!!! So, the next day we went to Mission leadership council at 10am in montreal. We got up at 530am. Noooooooooooo my presssssiousssss sslleeeeeeeppppppp............... but we had an AWESOME time at Mission leadership council. After that, got my temple recomend interview after eating pizza, and then we left to go to the temple!!! That was incredible! I did sealings, and I enjoyed it immensley! The Spirit was so strong, and I learned a lot. "The Power of godliness is" TRULY "Manifest in the ordinances" Cant tell you which section of the Doctrine and Covenants thats in, but its in there, and its TRUE!
Then we cane back, ate ( the assistants had cooked us some food, MAN they are AWESOME!) and then crashed.
The next day was the BIG DAY! We learned so much!!!! Elder Anderson has pretty good French! Honestly, I was most excited hearing Bishop Causses talk all in french, but I learned Lots to apply to my personal life after and during my mission. We come on missions to serve the Lord, but I think they all want us to realize that the Lord asks us to serve so that He can change us into the people we aught to be. when else are we going to be doing home teaching 24/7? When Else will we be serving others 24/7? When else will we be studying the Gospel and its doctrines for 2 hours each day, not to mention 1 hour of language study to boot!? Its a marvelous time to build a foundation for a testimony. One of the seventies said that your mission may not be the spiritual high point of your life, but it will and can be the spiritual foundation for your life. The biggest point I think they emphasized was that we need to ACT to "seal" this knowledge by our actions.
It was a super big and great expirience.
Sunday was another spiritual day for me. I love the sacrament, and what it means for me! When i take it, peace fills my soul, burdens are lifted, and it's about the only point in time that I dont have to worry about anything but soaking in the spirit. I love this Gospel!!
Love you all!!!!!!!
Calvin
31 March, 2014
Hey all!!!!!!!!!!
So my days in Champlain are over. I am transferred................. BACK TO CHICOUTIMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOOOOOOOOO PUMPED!!!! I am so excited to work there, and to work hard. I will be district leader again. I am sooo excited to see all these people I love soooo much!
this week went well, apparently a lot better that I thought because We apparently taught more lessons than usual this week. That was good. I got to see a few investigators I hadnt seen in a while and some less actives I hadnt met before. So that went well. I have learned a lot about humility and why its so important. The book of mormon especially is SUPER packed with sermons against Pride and things that come with it.
One thing that I have been trying to do this week, that I havent done well on AT ALL is reading the book of mormon for personal study reading. I have found that the book of mormon as a just read through is super! Its interesting and the things they teach you if you take a moment to stop and read the footnotes (SCUBA dive as my seminary teacher would say) its incredible the things you find in there. Some thing I found on my mission is people who dont want to come to church or read their scriptures or even pray arent very happy people, nor very active people. Its simple, if you want to stay active, pray. Because the more you pray the easier it becomes to read the scriptures. The easier it is to read your sciptures, the easier it is to come to church. The more you come to church the easier it is to stay "unspotted from the world" BUT this is all could be a PASSIVE approach. To be a true disciple we must be active in our salvation. We must WORK on this. Its something that I have been working on is being active in my salvation, which means making good habits more fully keeping covenants and commandments and truly BEING what Christ and God want me to be. and its hard, but luckily we have the atonement to help us out. But again, WE have to go to the bar the Lord has set.
Well, those were just some thoughts I had
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CALVIN
CALVIN
[Calvin only has two transfers left on his mission. So about 12 weeks left.]
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