Monday, October 3, 2011

General Conference!

Hey how is everything going? Wow i heard it was a great comeback against Utah state man we should be beating them better than that, Oh well right now a win is a win at this point! What is going on with Heaps i guess he just cant do anything! well this week has definitely been a test but at the end of the week it was a blessing. We have been really struggling to find investigators and find more people to teach that are really going to progress. We had two people drop with baptismal dates this week because their baptism should have been this week but it fell through cause they don't come to church. Peoples agency is really annoying sometimes isn't it? But its all good i had questions answered during conference. I know why as a missionaries we have tough times, its to help us grown and learn, if God really wanted he would just put people right in front of us to baptize but that's not how it works. so i really learned a good lesson this week. I just have to keep doing what i am doing working hard and being obedient and the Lord will bless me with people to teach. I have to have faith and we all know faith without works is dead so i got to get out there and work my rear end off, so i am going to do it! Well anyway enough of that! How good was conference it really re-motivated me to be a better person and missionary! I really especially loved the priesthood session. Elder Hollands talk was so powerful for me. it really showed how important the work i am doing right now is so vital in these last days. I felt so full of the spirit and felt so lucky to be out here serving a mission. i am so happy that i am serving a "worthy' mission, its not easy to say that, but i think i can say it. The world is so corrupt now days i look and see the world today and really am lucky to say that i am one of the elect really. As it says many are called but few are chosen. Can i just say i love being a missionary its so dang hard at times but man is it worth it!. I have learned so many lessons so far that i couldn't learn anywhere else. I think some of you can tell how much i have grown, i am no longer this boy that was at home 11 months ago but I'm growing into this man, as Ellie said in her letter. my testimony is strengthened every day when i get to share my testimony about the restored gospel to all those who i talk with. I know this was the best decision for me and for my family, especially setting the example for all those little rascals that can follow after me. I know the book of Mormon is true that really we can learn things literally every time we open it up. It really is a guide in our lives. They talked a lot about the Book of Mormon during conference its amazing hearing the testimony of apostles and prophets about the Book of Mormon there is no way that it is not true. I know the atonement is real. I think that was the most talked about topic during conference and really its real. We all make mistakes but because of the suffering of Jesus Christ we can repent each and every day and become clean again. I love this i am so thankful for the example of Jesus Christ and for all that he did for us. Well i love you all! have a good week and be good always read your scriptures and pray daily it is so important to do! we need to have the Holy Ghost in our lives with all the wicked things that are going on. Have a great week. Elder Taylor Smart

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