It’s been a crazy week. So since last Friday we have been
teaching Lexi every 2-3 days, we made preparations for Landon's baptism, had
zone conference, and exchanges.
Teaching Lexi has been awesome she is a stellar kid and has an
awesome grasp on the gospel. While I was on exchanges with Elder Boatwright we
had a lesson with her on the plan of salvation and I think a bit of what we
said went over her head, but I think it was a good one for the parents to hear.
Friday we taught the rest of the plan of salvation and then the gospel of Jesus
Christ, this time it involved a lot of pictures and drawings and Lexi really
enjoyed that. I think kids have a much better understanding of the gospel than
we tend to give them credit for. She is preparing for her baptism this Friday
and we are pretty excited for her!
On Thursday we had Zone Conference with Elder Sitati. He had
a very happy personality; he talked mostly about improvement and the importance
of having the spirit in a companionship. When he talked about improvement he
had us do a few things from the Christ like attribute activity in preach my
gospel. Mostly those focused charity but also around faith, virtue, patients
and diligence. Any ways in PMG you give yourself a 1-5 rating five being you
always act in that manner, 1 being never. So he talked about the progression of
improvement. If you’re at a 2 you don’t just jump to a 5 and become depressed
if you can’t, he said you move step by step and celebrate with each
improvement. You move from sometimes doing something to doing it often, then
celebrate that you are doing better, then often to almost always, and celebrate
and then you strive to always have that attribute. It was a good meeting and
Elder Sitati is certainly an inspired man.
Saturday was an amazing day. Landon had his baptism and was
confirmed the following Sunday. His family has been less active long enough
that he's about ten and hasn't been baptized, but with the temple open house
coming he had a strong desire to go and to start getting into church. He
planned to have his grandfather baptize him but then dad realized it’s
something a father should be able to do. So the family has really benefited
just from Landon's desire. The service was great, I could see how happy his
aunts and uncles were that he made this choice and helped his family through
it.
It’s been a great week and the Lord has prepared so much for
us, we just have to go and do.
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