Tuesday, January 17, 2017

January 16, 2017 Trust, Hope, and Faith

January 16, 2017 Trust, Hope, and Faith

Hello All,

My new companion has been different than my other companions but everything is good. I have been trying my best to lead by example more than anything. I’m really proud of him for striving his best with me. He helps me to be a little more excited for some things, and I know that we are companions for a reason.

Wow that’s amazing that you could hear them [Elders D. Todd Christofferson and Todd S. Larkin] speak! I think the mission has given me a better outlook and perspective of when we have the opportunity to hear the voice of an apostle or prophet. It’s literally like we are hearing the voice of our Heavenly Father, because what they say is revelation and instruction that has been given to them through the spirit (the Lords messenger). 

This week a scripture that caught my attention was Mosiah 5:8. I shared this scripture a couple times this week and loved that it talked about how the only way to get salvation is through Jesucristo. It explains how there’s no other title, or name by which we can be cleaned and get salvation. I also liked how it talked about how we have taken this name upon ourselves (those who have covenanted with him).  We always hear the people say, “Oh its ok, i just have the church in my heart and that’s good enough”, or they think, “Ï don’t need to go to church to be saved if I read the bible in my house”, or also that there’s a lot of ways to get saved, if they haven’t already gotten “saved”. It’s really interesting to me too see these different thoughts, but in reality the gospel gives us such a perspective that is clear. There’s no way that we can deny it.

We have been looking for a lot of people to teach this week and I was thinking this week, and through all the things that have happened I thought wow, the missionary pretty much run on trust, hope, and faith. That’s why sometimes it’s such a burden emotionally when we see the potential that people have and they don’t go through with what they say. All in all, I am grateful every day to be a missionary.

Thanks for everything and I hope everything goes well this week,

Elder Wolf

Photos of us in our area and also of us in a lunch.
  




And then this is our district

1 comment:

  1. Jacob is doing so awesome.
    I smile - reading between the lines about his companion.

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