This week has been good, I'll just keep it simple this time.
So Thursdays we plan for like 3 hours to make sure we have all the investigators and everything on track. It's really important and productive but not the most exciting thing. So we decided to splurge and get some pizza for the pre planning lunch. And then we got it the next day too! A member here got accepted to a college in American and so she took a bunch of people out to pizza and her host family I think paid for it all. We're spoiled. Pizza is way expensive here. It's pretty much as much of a splurge as you get here. Peanut butter, nutella, honey, real cereal, those are at the top of the expensive things missionaries buy.
Then Saturday and Sunday were General conference! For anyone who doesn't know what general conference is, it's a bi annual meeting that gets broadcast to the entire world in almost 200 different languages. We get an opportunity to hear the Prophet of the Lord, Thomas S. Monson, and all of his apostles speak to us and give us guidance for these days. The main message that I got was that the world is trying to lead away the hearts of men. They reminded us to keep strong and maintain the church and gospel of Jesus Christ as the center of our lives. I particularly liked a quote from Elder Russell M. Nelson. "Your Heavenly Father has known you for a very long time." That's such a simple but powerful sentence. I know that He knows us each perfectly and will help us whatever our troubles are.
Then Sunday after conference I got to baptize someone!! It was a way good experience! This investigator has such a strong testimony and I can see how the church has blessed her life and will continue to bless her for the rest of her life. It was kind of intimidating to baptize, especially in Thai, but It was all good in the end!
So yeah the church is true and the Lord continues to reveal truths to us in these days through his prophets and apostles.
Love Elder Josh Keller
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