Hey everyone! How are all of you doing this week? This is Elder Z.S.Weber, signing in once again with an update on how life is going in the Colorado Fort Collins Mission. And, to be completely honest...Autumn has definitely come.
Some of the more obvious signs are lagging behind, like the color change in the leaves, but everything else is here. Goodbye the warm and comfortable summer days of August and July, say hello to the brisk and bitter windy days of October and November. Goodbye sunshine and blue skies, say hello to thunderstorms, bleak skies, and misty mornings.
Goodbye short-sleeves, say hello to long-sleeves, rain coats, and uncomfortable sweaters!!
...ahem...anyways...
Despite the quick shift in seasons, the weather hasn't actually changed much in our routine—at least not from this week. To start off our report, let's head back to Tuesday of this week. This week, when we went over to EFAA for service, we were asked to do a fairly daunting task. For the last while, we've been removing the pea gravel from the playground in the back. Now, we were being asked to actually disassemble the playground itself. After a while of trying to muscle our way through the screws and bolts, though, we noticed that most of the wood was impossible to salvage, it was just too rotten from the years of use.
It was at that time that we were allowed to use the sledge hammer. Ah, the reckless destruction was absolutely beautiful.
Next up, on Wednesday, we were sent a fairly short list of names from our Ward Mission Leader to check up on. According to him, they were all new names added to the Ward's roster, and he wanted us to go and check up on them. Simple enough, right? Wrong. The first name we were sent after, we ended up driving to the other side of the freeway and drove about a mile up the road to an empty lot. The second name sent us into a labyrinthine neighborhood filled with addresses similar to our address, but not the address itself. And the third address just led us to a house where a non-member couple lived. So, after a while of chasing our tails, we reported our findings to the ward and returned home for the evening.
Thursday, we once more gathered together for our District Meeting for the week. However, this time, Elder Hale decided to do something a little different. Because he was being asked to give the training for the meeting, he decided to bake a large cherry pie and buy some chocolate and vanilla ice cream cups for the District to enjoy during the meeting.
Y'know, sort of a peace offering in case he totally botched up the lesson. Well, it turns out that starting off a meeting by announcing, "Hey, I brought ice cream and a pie" isn't really the best way to go. We were so focused on enjoying the pie and the ice cream that we pretty much just ended up turning the meeting into a casual get-together. It was still good, though. We got a lot off of our chests, and find a way together to move forward.
Elder Hale still has to give his training next week, though...heheheh...
Thursday led into Friday, and Friday into Saturday, and with Saturday came the most waited for moment if the week...GENERAL CONFERENCE!!! By the time Saturday morning came around, I was hanging-at-the-edge-of-my-seat excited, anyone else felt that way? Not only was it General Conference, but it was going to be a truly memorable and historic Conference as well, as three new apostles were going to be called to serve! In addition to the callings of Elders Rasband, Stevenson, and Renlund, the Conference was able to live up to the expectations of the past, filled to the brim with epic lessons and talks that we will be certain to continue to learn from as time passes by.
I don't know which of the talks I liked most. Perhaps I enjoyed listening to Elder Holland speak of the important mission of mothers, and the importance they have in our lives. Perhaps I was more drawn to President Nelson's talk on the strength of the women of this church, and how they will continue to grow strong as the hardships of life continue against us. Or maybe it was the touching memories that Elder Bednar shared with us as he remembered the last messages his friends and fellow apostles had shared before they left their mortal world. Whatever it was, I know that from all I've learned over Conference weekend, or what I've been reacquainted with, I've got a lot of work ahead of me.
So, before we part today, I ask one question—what did you learn? What message touched your heart? And how are you going to apply the principles you learned into your life? General Conference is a time where we can be chastened and strengthened, a time where we can take ourselves from where we are and grow closer to the men and women our Father desires of us. So, grow! Put your faith in the Lord's servants, and their words. They will not lead us astray, but if we heed their council, we will be forever blessed, and brought closer to that perfect man of God our Father longs for us to become. This I bear personal witness of, in the sacred name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
—Elder Z.S.Weber
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