Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
This week was great! Highlight of the week had to be district meeting and then interviews with President. There were were 13 People at district meeting this week and oh man pressures on. President even got to come! Seriously love him. During my interview I asked him what I could improve on and it was great. He gave me some really good feedback and I'm excited for district meeting next week!
Something cool happened yesterday! I was listening to President Nelsons last talk about the Book of Mormon and in his talk he says: "When I think of the Book of Mormon, I think of the word power. The truths of the Book of Mormon have the power to heal, comfort, restore, succor, strengthen, console, and cheer our souls." We were reading the Book of Mormon with this man we contacted on the street and we had him read Helaman 5:12 and I asked him what he felt as he read. All he said was I feel power as I read. It was a super cool experience to testify that I felt it too! There is power in the Book of Mormon! President Nelson is a prophet that is called of God! This week we've been having a blast just getting out of our comfort zones! I love what Elder Morris said in his weekly this week. Fears are so superficial! It's so true! We were walking down the street and we passed this lady who had just lit a cigarette. I felt prompted to ask her when the last time she tried to quit smoking was! I was terrified to do it but hey! Why not?! I don't have anything to lose and she might quit! So I asked her and at first she was not having it. But after asking some question we found that she had a strong belief in Jesus Christ. We asked her if she thought he could help her overcome her addiction. She said she knows he can. And we testified to her that we know that He can too. Then we explained to her the importance of of our message! She gladly gave us her number and address and we have an appointment with her and hopefully her family on Saturday! I love being a missionary. It's awesome. I love y'all! In my studies I was reading over 2 Nephi 28 and dc 130. In 2 Nephi 28:30 it talks about how the Lord teaches line upon line precept upon precept and the spirit taught me the precept upon precept can be changed to prompting upon prompting. Each time we act on a prompting we get taught something and we are given a little more wisdom which we can take with us up into the next life like it talks about in D&C 130. I love those chapters! Sorry I forgot to take pics. Elder Murray
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