This week has been great. My apologies for not emailing last week. We
learned that Elder Tippetts and I are going to be together for another
transfer (we're going to get totally massive... maybe)
We have been able to teach some cool people recently, and we are
hopefully goi to be having a baptism in a couple of weeks for a young
girl named Lilly! She understands the gospel really well and is
excited to be baptized.
We are continually searching for the people who are being prepared to
receive the gospel here in Longmont, CO, and we are seeing some
blessings. The greatest blessing we are seeing is the relationship we
are establishing with the members here. They are trusting us more and
more and they are getting excited about doing missionary work! It is
very cool to see.
I'm trying to think of any crazy experiences we have had this week...
other than quite a few nutty people, our week has been average.
For example, we got a text from one of our potential investigators the
other night that said this: "OH MY GOODNESS! I BLOW IT! LOCHLYN NEEFED
OUT!"
Elder Tippetts and I spent a good 10 minutes trying to figure out what
"neefed" means. Needless to say, we didn't figure it out. If any of
you have any ideas, we appreciate the help.
As far as a spiritual thought this week, there is a verse in 2 Nephi 5
that has always stood out to me. It says this: " And we lived after
the manner of happiness".
I love how Nephi describes their lives! Laman and Lemuel are sitting
over in their loincloths saying " Yea, we might have been happy" but
Nephi is serving God and living the gospel and therefore has a
positive attitude about the whole thing!
I know that the gospel is the manner of happiness. When we live the
gospel, we are happy. That is my simple testimony. I love Jesus
Christ!
Also, Satan is dumb. Don't listen to that guy.
I love you all so much!
Have a great week!
Elder Bush
P.S.
Obviously I love you appropriately. I'm trying to be consecrated over here. 😇
We had a meeting with President McMurray this week! It was great!
To Mom:
I mentioned a little bit about the baptism preparations in my email to dad- Lilly is doing well, but Ashley is struggling a little bit. She hasn't been able to make it to church since the first time she came and she isn't getting support from her parents but she has prayed and she says she believes it is true. We just want to make sure that she isn't just saying yes because she think elder Tippetts is cute.
We are continually searching for people who can be ready for baptism, and we are trying to work through the members but we are finding it to be difficult to get He ball rolling with that. Hopefully soon we find some more people. I feel like we are always thinking about who will be prepared next.
Did I tell you that Elder Tippetts and I are drinking 6 raw eggs every morning in order to get huge? It's pretty gross, and honestly I have no idea how he convinced me to do it, but it's working. I can already tell a difference after 4 weeks. I'm still eating healthier so that's good too. I'm definitely dropping some of the fat I gained at the beginning of my mission.
This week I have learned some cool things. Mostly as I have continued to learn about the doctrine of Christ I have been continually amazed by the simplicity and the profound nature of the doctrine of Christ.
This week I learned about the reason we are baptized. We are baptized with the view of receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. Baptism completes our repentance process so we can then receive the gift of the Holy Ghost to purify our hearts. When we are baptized unto repentance we can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost because we will be continually striving to purify our hearts and actions before God. This is why the sacrament is so important, and this is why we can't just be baptized or partake of the sacrament without preparing. This is also why Joseph Smith said that baptism without receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost is but half a baptism and that you had just as well baptize a bag of sand instead of a man without receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. It's pretty amazing. I'm still learning more and more, but this insight made me really grateful for the sacrament and how we can't just be Sunday Mormons. If you only live the gospel on Sunday then you are entirely missing the point. I love the gospel so much.
Well I wouldn't say that you should try to be like me as far as setting goals haha but this week I also learned that goal setting and planning actually should be you seeking personal revelation. I think we set a bunch of goals for ourselves and then get frustrated when we don't reach them. We wonder why God wouldn't help us reach our goals! I think the answer to that may be because those goals are our goals, not His goals. We should always be seeking for His goals for us. So recently my planning has changed from looking for activities to fill time to seeking to know what the Lord wants me to do in that day. It makes a big difference because we ca then ask the Lord for help knowing that the goals we have set for ourselves are His goals for us too.
So I would say read PMG chapter 8 and go from there. That's the chapter where it talks about goals and plans and how to achieve them. The principle of daily accountability is super key too.
I think we will probably call right after we get out of church, around 4 PM. I hope to be able to talk to everyone and oh my goodness I just miss you guys so much. I listened to the songs that you guys recorded yesterday and I just can't wait to sing with you all again.
I love you!
Elder Bush
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