Real Faith!

General Conference was great. We watched General conference at the church and there were two other elders there and there bishop and his family who have quintuplets. 5 kids in less than 5 minutes. This family feed us and their missionaries lunch between the sessions on Saturday and also Sunday. One of my favorite talks was from Brother Stephen W. Owen on leading and following. I have had the greatest leaders in my family, church, and now my mission that I look up to and hope that one day I can become like them and be a leader for others. I will be looking and following those leaders around me and especially Christ who was and always will be the greatest leader and follower.

President Thomas S. Monson was so powerful when he spoke in both priesthood and also Sunday morning session. “May we choose to build up within ourselves a great and powerful faith which will be our most effective defense against the designs of the adversary—a real faith, the kind of faith which will sustain us and will bolster our desire to choose the right.” Faith is the first principle of the gospel of Jesus Christ high starts as a seed and can grow in us if we let it. Although the prophets words were short they had a mighty power behind them.

The Garcia came to conference at the church on Sunday morning. The Garcia is a part member less active family. The mother is the semi less active member who we have been reactivating and the father is kinda against the church. They have one kid who is 10 but they are fostering two other kids who are part of there extended family. One is baptismal age (11) and the other is 7. We hope to talk with the father today and receive his approval to set the kids with a baptismal date.

We went to the food bank and sorted out food on Tuesday and also Friday this week which was great. We have been doing a lot of knocking and visiting potentials and less actives/part members to try and grow our teaching pool. We are trying to find a family to teach and baptize so that one day they can be sealed in the temple. Especially after General conference and there emphasis on the importance of family we hope to find and help a family hear Gods gospel and receive the blessings found in this church.

Holding one of the 500 original Book of Mormons one of our members have

"Keep trying. Keep trusting, keep believing, keep

 growing, heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow,

 and forever."  Jeffery R. Holland"