General Conference!

April 3, 2017

Well it feels like I just emailed y'all!.....probably because I did. :)

Holy Smokes! Wasn't General Conference just amazing? It was so neat to hear the words that God wants us to hear delivered by men he has chosen to represent Him. I thought it was so neat how each general authority that got up to speak expressed his/our love, prayers, and sustaining vote to President Monson! Those men have so much charity for everyone, especially the Prophet, and it made me have a desire to be like them, and seek to love and lift all those around me!

There were several talks that really stood out to me and helped me to identify things I can do to become like Christ, and so I made sure to put a star by my notes on those talks so that I can review them. :) One of the talks I loved was the one by Ronald A. Rasband. He talked about feeling, recognizing and acting upon the promptings of the Spirit, which is something that I want to work in; like he said, I want to be a "first responder." I actually had a neat experience with the Spirit Sunday afternoon. Elder Rogers and I were trying very very hard to watch Conference with Investigators, and we tried so many different people, but they all didn't work out. After the Sunday morning session we were thinking of who we could watch the final session with. I was kind of frustrated because all of our previous efforts hadn't worked out. We were trying really hard to think of someone to watch it with and no one was coming to mind. I was wondering "why am I not receiving a prompting of the name of someone we can watch it with?" What Elder Rasband said about how we should let the Lord know we are ready to receive promptings and we are ready to act was something I really liked. So I decided to pray in faith, and after a few minutes of praying I had a clear impression of someone we should try to watch it with. I presented it to Elder Rogers, he agreed, we called the person, and they said YES! We were able to watch the final session with someone! It was so neat to hear a talk, put the counsel into practice, and then see the blessings! It was wonderful!

I know that the general authorities are called of God! They establish order to this church and allow us to hear God's word effectively. They truly have been called by Him, and it is such a blessing to hear their words.

Sorry for no pictures and the short email again. This computer is freaking out! Hopefully it will be better next week!

Love,
Elder Petrie

Temple Week!

March 30, 2017

We got to go to the Temple today! Our P-day was today as well, and that is why I am emailing today!

It was so great to go to the temple again! It's been six months! I am so grateful that God has provided a special place where we can feel close to Him and understand His will for us!

I forgot the cable that hooks the camera up to the computer so no pictures for this week. I have a lot of good ones though.

We had a lesson with S. and she expressed to us that she probably wants to even move her baptism date even closer! She says that she feels like this is really the right thing to do! She is so awesome! So prepared to hear the gospel. She tells us that each time we teach her she feels good, and that what we are teaching her is right. The Lord really can soften and open hearts so that we can help others to be happy!

That's really all the time I have for today! I know know know that this gospel is true. It provides me with a way to be happy and have peace always, even through trials and hard times.

Love,

Elder Petrie