Kære
venner og familie,
Happy
Conference week!!! I don't know about you all, but I absolutely LOVED
conference, and I haven't even had a chance to watch all of the sessions yet
due to time differences! Oh man it really is such an incredible thing that we
have a living prophet of God on the earth today. And THREE new apostles called!!
Did you know that it's been 100 years since that has happened?? What an
exciting time we live in! I especially enjoyed what the last of the three had
to say ( I can't remember all of their names).
But here
are a few nuggets that I took away from conference so far:
- Sometimes we make the gospel far more
complicated than it needs to be. The true principles of the gospel are all
very simple. Simplify.
- The phrase ''journey of discipleship'' seemed to
be a reoccurring theme. Exaltation (living as God lives) is the goal.
Discipleship is the journey. A journey always starts with the first step,
so start where you are. Don't worry about where you are not. Take the next
step necessary to begin repentance. The sooner the better.
- The Holy Ghost can give very customized and
practical revelation. Ask him what the next step is for you right now. If
it is to be that you should clean your room, so do it. If he tells you to
call your Mum and just chat with her, do it.
- For the Lord, our direction is far more
important than our speed.
- We must be temple worthy. Always.
- Today is a day of choosing. Chose to believe.
The apostles seems to be focusing on that a lot recently.
- Avoid debt at all costs. Pay tithing first, then
live within your means.
- Dating: Observe the way the people you date act
under difficult circumstances. Modesty is far more important than I
previously thought. Live worthy of the person you are going to one day
marry. We don't marry perfection, we marry potential.
- Motherly love MUST be divine. My mother is the
greatest example of Christ I know.
- The culminating act of all Creation was the
creation of Woman. Women, you influence is far greater than you could ever
imagine. I salute you.
- It's never too early, it's never too late.
I hope
you got some of the same impressions as me and many more. General Conference is
such a wonderful opportunity to bless our lives.
We were
able to have 3 investigators watch conference in the church with us and hope to
be going into the homes with many more this week to watch it with them once the
Danish translation comes out.
Here's a
fun thing that's happening: I have been asked by a church here in Århus to
gather together a band and play at an up and coming youth convention they will
be having for thousands of youth across Denmark!! Elder Vance and I have been
attending their weekly Bible study class and this last week after the class I
was jamming out on one of their guitars on the stage and the Priest insisted
that I come and play. Now the problem of finding enough talented
missionaries/members to help me out! But this should be a great chance for us
to have some good influence on thousands of young believing youth.
Other
than that, we have only been in our own area for a total of 8 hours this week
due to the fact that we have been doing a tour of the zone and visiting all 24
missionaries. It's been fantastic and we have seen so many miracles!! This is
the Saviors work. I have no doubt about that. I love you all!!! Have a great
week!!
Ældste
Jed Bradshaw
PS my
address is Åparken 6 st. 3, Århus 8000, Denmark. Try and use the weird Danish
vowels if you can.
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