First off shout out to my dad! It's his bday on Wednesday October 7 so again everyone go wish him a happy bday on Wednesday! He's been my role model growing up and has taught me so much especially about always being positive no matter what! Love ya Dad!
Well before I talk about General Conference, here's a quick update about our friends we're teaching! We found 2 new people in the last two weeks! Sarah and Alex!
Sarah was a referral and she's amazing. She's really funny but doesn't know too much about God. We're teaching her slowly but surely! We introduced prayer to her and she loved it.
Alex was former person that was taught in the past and just lost our numbers, but was so excited to talk to us when we called. We've called him a couple times and he's doing great!
Mike is doing great (I'll talk more about him later in the email)
Brother Blackstone! He is a returning member. H'es engaged and has 2 daughters. We've been in daily contact with him sending him scriptures and Conference talks! He loves it! We help him with some spiritual stuff and he tells us all about our fitness and diet (he's shredded and has taught us a few things🤙🏼). This last weekend he got to watch a ton of Conference and he said his fiancee watched Womens session and so did one of his daughters! Last night he texted us and asked if we could get some of the Sister missionaries to start teaching his fiancee! We're so happy and excited to see what happens to them!
As everyone knows General Conference was this weekend! I'm telling you when you're a missionary General Conference weekend is equivalent to Super Bowl Sunday because you just get so hyped. I love it!
Growing up I went through a ton of different phases when it came to General Conference. The first phase was the bingo phase when I was really little and I would be constantly listening for certain words so I could fill my bingo sheet. The next phase was the mid teen years when I would be on my phone taking "notes" and not really caring. Then came senior year when I really needed to be listening to get ready for my mission. NOW I love General Conference! I was engaged the whole time I eating up all the counsel the Brethren and Sisters gave to us. I'll tell you why I was so engaged this time.
One of my favorite talks (Power to Overcome the Adversary) was given by Elder Peter M. Johnson. He said this in particular during his talk about his Book of Mormon studies:
"My Book of Mormon studies tend to go better when I read with a question in mind. As we read with a question, we can receive revelation."
As we study any sort of Gospel resource it is great to always have a question in mind so we are actively listening to the Spirit to help us receive revelation. So this General Conference Elder Owens and I decided to invite our friend Mike to do just that!
When we asked him to come up with a question he said "Why don't we all just come up with a question?" We told him that was a great idea so we did. We all got to watch Conference and right after the last session we met with Mike and shared our answers to our questions. Mike was able to receive an answer to his specific question. It was amazing! We're so happy we were all actively listening to the counsel from all the speakers!
I want to share about my question. "How has faith helped me in my life?"
My question was answered actually 4 times this Conference. Joseph Smith's story in Liberty jail was mentioned 4 times this conference! The trials they went through and the tribulation was so difficult! He even said in D&C 121:1 "O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?"
At this time Joseph Smith's faith was really being tested but he continued to have faith even during this difficult time in his life. And that answered my question. Even during our trials and difficult times, even if we just have a speckle of Faith we'll be able to get through anything. As we have Faith in Jesus Christ we will overcome any challenges.
In my life I've realized that even if I have a little bit of faith Heavenly Father has guided and directed me out of troubling times! I know the Gospel is true! It really is the answer to any problems we have in life.
Hope everyone has a great week!
-Elder Espiritu
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