First off all, I loved conference so much!! Elder Holland started it off so powerfully when he said "Brothers and Sisters... Welcome to Conference." The main things I like from conference was how we need to focus on our personal holiness in order to gain true joy in this journey called life. I also loved the quote “The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives." That quote is directed to just about every single person I have met on my mission. I LOVE thinking about the importance of attitude. It really can control who we are and who we become. "You can't know who you can become until you know who you are right now." In order to find yourself, I think we have to really step back and evaluate our attitude on life. I don't have tons of time left to email, but I'll send you some pics of my notes I took.
We had a baptism this week! It was for an investigator that has been taking lessons for 2 years now. Sister Recca was baptized by her husband Kurt on Saturday. They were married a few weeks ago after a lot of marriage problems and trust issues. After he pulled her out of the water they just gave each other the biggest hug ever. I was grateful to be there to see and feel the joy that they received from their new commitment to come closer to each other through Christ:)
We had a few investigators at conference this week. It was good and bad. I don't think they understood a whole lot, but I hope they learned a few things. One of our investigators has the roughest past ever. He is currently working as a garbage man, his kid is trying to get a job at the junk shop to support his family. Carlito has had problems with Word of Wisdom, but we are going to help him change his life around. I am excited to see the gospel work miracles on him. Meeting investigators with Word of Wisdom problems is one of my favorite. If we can help them overcome their addictions, their lives truly will spin around 180 degrees.
We are excited to keep working our very best "Every day Every day Every day" so that we can eventually see baptisms in this ward "Every week Every week Every week!" That talk was awesome as well! I look forward to going back and studying each of the talks a little bit more in depth. Hope you guys all have a good week!
-Elder Reber
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