So this was the last week of this transfer (6 week time period) and on Saturday we found out what would be happening to Elder Parks and I. It looks like Elder Parks will be heading to Madison, IN and I will be staying in London training a brand new missionary!! I think the world is getting a bit scarier if they are letting me train a new missionary and see what kind of monster I can create haha! So all of you currently serving or returned missionaries eading this email, GIVE ME SON ADVICE haha!!! But I'm pretty excited, I'll end up staying in London for about 3 more months, but I know Heavenly Father is needing me here for some reason! This past week was awesome with Elder Parks! He wanted to leave London with a BANG so we set a goal to talk to 160 people this week and we exceeded it! Now I'm not saying those contacts went very well but hey, they happened! We had a lesson with Gabby yesterday with some awesome members, the Harms. We watched a video about the restoration of Christ's church, it's called Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration ( watch it here: https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-03-01-joseph-smith-the-prophet-of-the-restoration?category=feature-films&lang=eng . Every time I have asked to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, I have been told time and time again that he is! Gabby told us that she believes he restored the church of Jesus Christ and she believe the Book of Mormon is true!! I showed her a picture of the Birmingham Alabama temple and her face lit up; she's going to Alabama for a couple weeks in July and she said she's going to visit the temple as soon as she can! It is so amazing to watch the gospel change someone's life to something so beautiful and joyful, I have had many opportunities to see that on my mission. This past week I had lots of time to think about the blessings the gospel brings to families, mine in particular. In church and at a missionary zone meeting this week I was reminded how blessed my family is to have been raised and reared in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I particularly thought of the blessing it is to serve a mission and do for other families what has been done for mine. I thank my Heavenly Father that so many ages ago he sent 2 missionaries knocking on the door of my mother's family's home, and that there was a man strongly-willed and determined to help my dad get back in church/ The blessings that have come from their decision to live the gospel and become members of this church are immeasurable!
I gave thought to this awesome Father's Day (God Bless It!!!) when we have the opportunity to give our dad's just a little thanks and praise for all that they do. It makes so much sense to me why we are put into families with a mother and a father. We all came from one huge Heavenly family, so when Heavenly Father decided to send us here to earth he organized us into families. God is a God of order and love, he wants us to have the opportunity to be reared in a loving home, to learn about and follow Jesus Christ, and to learn how to love EVERYONE!! I am grateful for my mom and dad, who took so much time (and the patience) to raise my troubled self. Dad especially, he has no masculine support or presence in his house right now besides the Holy Ghost. Keep trucking dad, keep trucking. Haha but in all seriousness, I have the best dad on the earth. Don't care what anyone else says, mine wins. My dad has supported me through thick and thin, he has shaped my life and my personality through the skills and abilities he has engrained in my soul. I saw a quote this week on another church's billboard and I wish I would've taken a picture. It said, "God gave me the greatest gift ever and I call him dad!" My family really is my greatest earthly blessing, or at least very close to it.
What kind of men should we be? We learn in the Book of Mormon in 3 Nephi 27:27 as Jesus speaks to his disciples: "Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am." I am grateful for a father here on earth who emulates the ability to love as Christ loved and serve as Christ served, I consider myself beyond blessed to have a man to look to here on earth whom I can learn from and follow as I seek to learn from and follow the Savior. I know that God's love for us is so great that He sent His beloved Son to live a perfect life then to give it up so that we could become clean and live with him again someday. I know that while we are here He has placed us in families so that we may be happier than ever. God the Father lives with His son Jesus Christ standing on His right hand. I an eternally grateful for everything I have to thank Him for and the blessings He continues to give me.
God Bless and Happy Father's Day,
Elder Crow
P.s. July 4th is a work day for me so I won't email until the Tuesday following the 4th
No comments:
Post a Comment