Not yet I’m not!
I’ll keep telling myself that.
This week saw the unfortunate and drawn out continuation of the Saga of Sickness of Elder Burch. Nevertheless, some exciting and noteworthy things did occur. Here is the rundown:
There is a family in the ward that has an unbaptized 10 year old son, and that boy has a brother on a mission. The brother’s story is one of zero to hero, an ultimate story of success and finding a direction in life and going for it. The hope is that the same can happen to the young boy we are now teaching. He is as focused as one might expect a ten year old to be, but he is smart and responds well to visual lessons. We’ve been able to knock out the first two discussions, and the tentative baptismal date is for July 18th. Fingers crossed. Please pray for Ephraim.
We went out to the Malta branch on Wednesday for a luau that included a full pig roast, a game of baseball, and some water slides we did not participate in. It was fun. Malta is far away. We listened to a lot of talks.
Saturday there was a big (lol, is anything big here?) event with vendors and food trucks on one street of the Havre downtown. Talked to a lot of people, gave out some pass along cards, bought some food truck food (11/18, on a scale of 3-18) and watched a local group cover Tom Petty. It was a good time.
Sunday, we went to church in Havre (Ephraim made it to the last two hours), and then we headed out to the Rocky Boy Reservation to be a part of the group church service. Those services are some of the most interesting. There usually are between seven and twelve people there, one of whom is an older man named Henry who is fairly recently ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. Elder Taylor and I bless the sacrament, and Henry passes. After that, we had a brief testimony meeting, followed by a Sunday school lesson. We watched a general conference talk given by a general authority who is of Native American ancestry. Henry really likes those talks. He feels connected. Honestly, driving around the reservation, it is kind of a sad and dismal place. Nevertheless, my hope for the people there is high. The gospel has been promised to the people there, to the descendants of Lehi. And, from what I’ve seen, the prophecy is slowly coming to pass, though maybe not as slowly as it sometimes seems.
Thank you for your love. Rock and roll ~
-Elder Stephen Burch π
I’ll keep telling myself that.
This week saw the unfortunate and drawn out continuation of the Saga of Sickness of Elder Burch. Nevertheless, some exciting and noteworthy things did occur. Here is the rundown:
There is a family in the ward that has an unbaptized 10 year old son, and that boy has a brother on a mission. The brother’s story is one of zero to hero, an ultimate story of success and finding a direction in life and going for it. The hope is that the same can happen to the young boy we are now teaching. He is as focused as one might expect a ten year old to be, but he is smart and responds well to visual lessons. We’ve been able to knock out the first two discussions, and the tentative baptismal date is for July 18th. Fingers crossed. Please pray for Ephraim.
We went out to the Malta branch on Wednesday for a luau that included a full pig roast, a game of baseball, and some water slides we did not participate in. It was fun. Malta is far away. We listened to a lot of talks.
Saturday there was a big (lol, is anything big here?) event with vendors and food trucks on one street of the Havre downtown. Talked to a lot of people, gave out some pass along cards, bought some food truck food (11/18, on a scale of 3-18) and watched a local group cover Tom Petty. It was a good time.
Sunday, we went to church in Havre (Ephraim made it to the last two hours), and then we headed out to the Rocky Boy Reservation to be a part of the group church service. Those services are some of the most interesting. There usually are between seven and twelve people there, one of whom is an older man named Henry who is fairly recently ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. Elder Taylor and I bless the sacrament, and Henry passes. After that, we had a brief testimony meeting, followed by a Sunday school lesson. We watched a general conference talk given by a general authority who is of Native American ancestry. Henry really likes those talks. He feels connected. Honestly, driving around the reservation, it is kind of a sad and dismal place. Nevertheless, my hope for the people there is high. The gospel has been promised to the people there, to the descendants of Lehi. And, from what I’ve seen, the prophecy is slowly coming to pass, though maybe not as slowly as it sometimes seems.
Thank you for your love. Rock and roll ~
-Elder Stephen Burch π
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Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May the definition of faith bless you in life Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching for.
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith