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| and the missionary work continues here in Seattle "Samoa" |
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| Fuatino Faimalie makes sure we don't leave hungry! and so we eat, eat, and eat some more! |
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| Elder Wilson arrived safely in Guam! |
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| I got the chance to talk with President Hicks for just a minute! I let him know Elder Wilson is ready and willing to serve! |
Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice...
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| Between sessions of conference we literally did everything we could, inviting, calling and messaging until the last minute before the next session started to have members, friends and neighbors join us and listen to the Prophet of the Lord! |
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| If the prophet was speaking to the world, as well as the Lord's 12 apostles, is there anything that would keep you from listening? Other than emergency situations I don't know why you would want to miss such an amazing event. |
He extended an invitation to do 5 things to increase our faith:
1. Study
2. Stop rehearsing our doubts with other doubters.
3. Act - write down what would do if we had more faith
4. Partake of ordinances worthily
5. Ask Heavenly Father how we can increase our faith
He also shared an incredible story, and even better because I am serving in a Samoan ward I got to here about his story from someone's first person perspective. So in Samoa when the members fasted and prayed for the rain to stop, they still showed up for the conference and it was pouring. The moment the prophet arrived the rain stopped for 2 hours and the moment he left it began to rain again... and in Tonga it continued to rain the whole time.
I love this because this shows how faith can bring an instant miracle. Many stories witnessed that throughout the conference. However, sometimes in order for the faith to grow it has to keep RAINING. We cannot simply say that if the rain doesn't stop that we give up. If faith is an abiding trust then we cannot let our faith falter when we receive answers 1 we don't like or 2 that indirectly answer at a later time.
The prophet could have spoken on anything. and he spoke on Faith to move personal mountains. Faith is the first principle. seems like there would be nothing new he could share that we don't already know about faith, but I found that the faith to move mountains is something none of us have done yet so everybody has room to improve hahaha. But I love the faith to move personal mountains. "whether our mountain is the size of everest or that of a small hill, the answer to moving it remains the same. Increase your faith." Everyone is dealt different sized mountains, but life will not accept our excuse that our life is too hard. So increase your faith, and persist even if it is RAINING!
LOVE YOU ALL,
ELDER GEORGE
PS. Screenshots from my studies...
Elder Dodson is my new companion! and the missionary work continues here in Seattle "Samoa" The families are so good to us! Fuati...
