Mingo Valley Monstarz
friends and families back home what
is goinnnggg on???
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| The District |
Another beautiful week out here in
the city of Tulsa!!!! This week was super good and awesome. The highlight would
have to be getting to see Brian be baptized on Friday night! I don’t know if I
have ever met a better guy than Brian. haha When one of your investigators can quote several general
conference talks after investigating the church for a month you know you are
blessed haha. It is extremely humbling to see people change there lives and see
how quickly the spirit works. haha on Sunday during sacrament Brian wasn’t
there to receive the Holy Ghost and we were sooo worried and then like 20
minutes into sacrament he walked in and the Bishop stood right up and we gave
him the Holy Ghost haha it was kind of funny. Church Humor (so not actually
funny but funny because I am a missionary and so I thought it was funny)
Annnnnnnyyywayyys Brian is awesome he is already looking towards the temple. We
just need him to marry his girlfriend Jordyn already, haha she is awesome too I
got to meet her at his baptism!!!
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| Elder Nau, Brian, and Mikey |
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| "Action Shot" |
Out here in what some might call
"the bible belt" we have to deal with a whole lot of hatred and
people that really want to tear us down. This past week we had several rather
bad experiences with these people. Dealing with this has really led me to
appreciate my savior Jesus Christ. Whenever my heart feels burdened with the
weight of these hateful peoples’ words I often think of the Savior with the Pharisees
or all the events leading to the atonement and crucifixion. I hope to be able
to bear my burdens with somewhat of a resemblance of how are Savior bore his
and all of ours. My thoughts quickly turn to what the lord told the young
prophet Joseph in liberty jail when he asked how long his afflictions would
last. The lord replies, the son of man hath descended lower than all, art thou
greater than he? The previous verse is the one that brings comfort D&C
122:7, I know that all the things I go through are for my experience and the
lord will consecrate them for my benefit and gain. The words of Elder Holland
have been stuck in my head all week long, when talking about missionary work in
comparison to the atonement, "why should it be easy for you, when it was never
easy for him?" I love that. I have seen so many of you, my best example
being my mom, as she was bearing the burden and grief of losing her parents and
the Christlike way in which she handled that. Or the strength of my older
brother and dad in their missionary service as examples to me that with the Lord
we can get through all hard things. So before we turn our backs on the Lord in
our trials remember that he had it rougher than all of us, so look to him and
he will heal you.
Thank you all for your examples to
me throughout my life. I want to be more like my Savior! If you are having a
hard time right now with feeling not good enough for the standards God has set
go listen to Elder Holland’s concluding talk of this past April General Conference Sunday evening session. He will word it a lot better than me. I know
that we are all good enough for God's grace. It is sufficient for us all. My
prayer is we all strive to help ourselves and others all use the atonement more
in our lives! Sorry for this sermon haha "brevity is the soul of
wit", so I guess I have some work to do still haha love you all
