Hey there, everyone! It's me again, Elder Z.S.Weber, with a big announcement from the small town of Kimball, Nebraska. Brian McKay, grand-nephew of President David O. McKay, is getting baptized this Saturday, March 21st, at 2:00 in the afternoon! Elder Tapia and I are really excited, as is Brian himself and much of his family. The times we've talked with him and learned from him, we've found that he truly has been preparing for this moment all his life. I'm very glad that I had this awesome opportunity to help him find the true, restored gospel, and lead him back to his Father in Heaven, who truly does love him, and wants him back so very desperately. I know this, because I have felt it. Whenever we taught Brian, and the Spirit came, it was just like a wall, it hit us all so hard. If I gained nothing else from teaching Brian, it's that Heavenly Father loves all of His children, and so desperately, desperately wants them to return to him again!
So, with that exciting announcement out of the way, let's move on with the rest of the week. Like I've said before, things have been really good for Elder Tapia and me here in Kimball, but things are looking to be even better now than before. Last Wednesday, Elder Tapia and I drove down to the Laramie Stake Center (geeze that's a long drive!) for a Zone Conference with all of the 'Banishment' zones. Strange and awesome things started right then, as both Elder Tapia and I saw two falling stars, one of which was burning up so bad, we could see the fiery-red tail burning behind it for at least half a minute. Then, when we got to the Zone Conference and got everyone settled down, we had two shocking revelations told to us by President Brown. First, we now will definitely be getting iPads for our mission, and Second, we will be one of the first missions using the new video initiative, "#BecauseHeLives".
I'm still very skeptical about the whole iPad thing, seeing as we've heard rumors about getting iPads for about two years in this mission. But the #BecauseHeLives thing is real, and it's awesome. In the Social Media area of our Church, recently there have been some videos released specifically about the Savior, Jesus Christ, and how much he does for us. These videos are called "Because of Him", which is a much more general video, and "He Is The Gift", which is a video about Christ's birth and purpose in life. Well, "Because He Lives" is a new video that's coming out on March 28th, and it's mainly about the Savior, his death, and his Resurrection. Like the other videos, it is unbelievably powerful, so don't be surprised while watching it if you suddenly end up breaking into tears. It happened to me many times with the other two videos, and it happened with this one as well.
So, after receiving the initiative and returning home with our pass-along cards that are for #BecauseHeLives, Elder Tapia and I sat down and seriously thought over how we would put these cards to best use. Well, Thursday gave me an opportunity to test these thoughts and plans out. As you all probably remember from my past emails, our Subaru had a huge cracked windshield for a while now, and have had some trouble getting it fixed. On Thursday, in the morning, we finally got someone to come out and take care of it for us. While he was fixing it, we had an interesting discussion with him about our Missions, which weaved in and out of our religion. As we were talking, I had the distinct impression to give him one of the #BecauseHeLives pass-along cards we had. I was a little nervous, but once the job on the windshield was done I was able to bolster my courage and hand him the card, which he accepted in a very pleasant and thankful manner.
And thus, the #BecauseHeLives initiative had begun!
The rest of the week passed on with ease for me and my companion, as we tried using #BecauseHeLives more often throughout our activities in our area. We really feel that this new initiative will really be awesome and successful for us here. If you want to jump on board with this, by the way, you can head over to HeLives.lds.org, the new site that the video will be shown on. There, you can enter your email so you can receive updates on the initiative and learn more about Christ and his purpose in our lives. You will also be able to find the video on Youtube after March 28th--in fact, during the Easter Weekend, Youtube's homepage will be dominated by ads and videos from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I highly encourage you all to watch enjoy these videos. Though they're just a few minutes long, watching them could very well change your entire life.
Well, that's all I have to offer today! Hope to hear from y'all next week, and have an awesome day!
--Elder Z.S.Weber
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