Hello Family,
First, this week has been crazy! Tons of stuff happening!
Tuesday
was pretty uneventful. We did however have a super cool lesson with a
woman. We met her knocking doors and she speaks English which is also
disappointing but it was awesome. She basically told us that she was
already saved and had Jesus and she didn't need any more Jesus in her
life. We started asking her what she believed and asked her to share her
church's beliefs so we could understand what she actually took as
truth. She reads the Bible a lot and is interested in the Church now
because we talked all about how our church's belief was similar but we
had the correct authority. If somebody came to me and told me that the
Church of Jesus Christ didn't have the proper authority and that their
church did, I would die laughing! That would be so funny! But, when we
yell this to people, it's super interesting how easily they accept that
as truth. They say, "oh, wow... That makes sense." There is the
difference between a true testimony and a fake one.
Tuesday night I decided to skip dinner just because I wasn't hungry.
On Wednesday
we had return and report in Boston. We got permission to drive up with
the Southbury Sisters so that was interesting. We talked a lot about the
challenges that new missionaries may have. Elder Neeley and I haven't
had any problems so it was interesting to hear all the other things
people say. We had lunch, but I still wasn't really hungry so I skipped
lunch there. We went to the temple and did an Endowment session.
Everytime I do an Endowment session my level of understanding and
knowledge go up. The drive back from Boston was uneventful. I didn't eat
dinner that night either so I completed a 48 hour water fast on Thursday Morning.
We are still actively teaching G and A. We met with her on Thursday and Saturday
and she watched ALL 4 sessions of General Conference. She even told us
her thoughts about it. It was awesome! And, she is only 16. Isn't that
crazy?
After the first session of conference on Sunday,
we had a lesson with a guy named E. We taught the Plan of Salvation
and it was super awesome!! We talked a lot about why Resurrection is
better than Reincarnation. It was awesome! We had 4 investigators who
watched conference. It was great!
Conference
was FANTASTIC! I was literally blown away by it. Russell M. Nelson is a
prophet! It's incredible. So many cool things happening in the Church. I
committed to myself that I was going to be such a strong and active
participant in Home Teaching when I returned but... Looks like I'll have
to minister like a baller. It was also a super awesome experience to
sustain the prophet and all the other General Authorities. I am a little
bummed that Tad R. Callister isn't an Apostle.
Love you All!!
Elder Bushman
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