Wow,
so much to do.
Being
a District Leader is great! I love it. It's a huge service position and that's
one thing that I love about it. I love being able to get to know those in my
district and to be able to help in any way that I can with missionary work in
their areas. For example, the sister missionaries called to report numbers and
we got talking about one of their investigators, it was super awesome to have
ideas flow into my mind on how to help them. Taking numbers isn't that much
fun, but it's not like I hate it either. I planned my first district meeting!
It's actually combined with another district, but I went ahead and planned it.
The other district leader in our zone is Elder Ptacek my trainer. Lol that's
just awesome. We have a great district though! There are 5 companionship's.
My
new missionary Elder Bradley Swisher is doing great! He's a great guy and
reminds me a lot about Elder Cooper. He's like a brother to me. We have similar
personalities and get a long great. He has a hard time with memorization but
we'll make that a strength.
I
am doing great! We ran up a huge hill that says GF on it for Great Falls. It
was Elder Hiatt and I, our companions, and our zone leaders Elder Organ and
Elder Rodriguez. We ran up the hill at like 6am. Super tiring but we all took
book of Mormons and we read some scriptures together as the sun rose.
Beautiful!
I
have lots of funny stories! I will record them on a memory card and then send
the memory card with pictures and the videos to you.
Things are going
great and our investigators are moving along well.
The
weather is getting colder. I might buy a new coat or something, one that's easy
to work in. I don't know yet. It's not storming like back home though!
You
should get food storage. I'm just going to be forward. This is the last days.
God is going to cause many disasters to strike. We talked about this in our
ward council. If we don't have food storage we're going to suffer. It's a
commandment, the prophets and apostles have all mentioned it. You can get cheap
supplies from the bishops storehouses, like 30-50 dollar things. I'm just
saying, I don't want to see anything bad happen to our family by not being
prepared. Heck, when I get home I'm starting a food storage for myself (:
Things are already happening to people of the church. If we don't get food
storage we aren't following God's council. In the Book of Mormon that never
worked out for them.
I love you all. I
am so proud of your progression and growth over the past 8 months since I've
been gone. I challenge the family to read the Book of Mormon by Christmas. I
promise you that if you will, God will reign down his blessings upon all of
you, our family, and the home in which you all live in. It's a trying time to
live in. But it's a huge blessing to be able to touch the lives of others in
these latter days. D&C 18:10-17, cry repentance unto the world. If our home
is full of the spirit, those who come into it WILL notice a difference and
wonder, they will have questions, and they will come unto Christ.
I loved this email~ here are the scripture verses that Elder Packham shared:
D&C 18:10-17
11 For, behold, the Lord your a Redeemer suffered b death in the flesh; wherefore he c suffered the d pain of all men, that all men might repent and e come unto him.
12 And he hath a risen again from the dead, that he might bring all men unto him, on conditions of b repentance.
15 And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one a soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!
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