This week was good! We met
this family of 3 who are sweet! The mom is Maria and we taught her along with
her son who is 21 years old and her daughter who is 16. We taught them the plan
of salvation and they liked it a lot.
Maria is very catholic and wants nothing to do with our church. She believes all missionaries took a class in
psychology and are there to trick them. But the two kids are really interested
and want to learn more.
I did SEF this week which
basically mean YA BOI is finally LEGAL here in Portugal!! I had zone conference
this week and it was so good. President
Tavares taught us what it really means to be a disciple of Christ. He taught us
from Mosiah and Alma how we can “know” Christ:
"For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?" {Mosiah 5:13}
"Yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding
and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God. But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God." {Alma 17:2-3}
SO this week I focused on doing
those 3 simple things—studying, praying, and fasting with more of a purpose. Literally
the small things make such a big difference. After the conference we did TRC’s
where we do a fake lesson and we learn where we need to improve. Of course with my luck I got set up to teach
President Tavares. I was so nervous but
it went well and I learned a lot of things I could do better.
The highlight of the week was General
Conference. We still haven’t watched all of it because of the time
difference. We still get to watch the
afternoon session and a little of the Sunday morning session. But man, General Conference is better than Christmas here on the mission!! It’s just so
good and everything they said really was inspired of God. I felt such gratitude for being able to serve.
I am so thankful to be on a mission and to really change my life. Also, I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon.
I found it interesting that our prophet,
Thomas S Monson, said something so simple yet so powerful--if we read the Book
of Mormon EVERYDAY we will see a difference in our lives and our testimony will
deepen. We all need to make time to read the scriptures in our busy lives. I
also loved the talk given by Yoon Hwan Choi.
His experience that one person accepting the gospel can pass down
happiness to future generations. And that
same happiness can go to generations that have already passed on through temple
work. I loved the idea that when we are
feeling down we do need to "look up”. I feel a great responsibility
to bring the gospel of Christ to people in Portugal to bless not only them but
future and past generations as well. There was so many good things to write
about! It was an amazing conference!
I love this work and am proud
to represent our Savior and His church every single day. I know this gospel is
true! Have a great week!!
- Elder Herrmann
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