Wednesday we had a
great Zone Conference!
I taught about
Miracles.
My training went well
and I think people enjoyed it :).
I also spoke about
changing our "reason for", or in other words...Our "explanation"
for why things happen.... and to focus them on Heavenly Father and try to
recognize
His hand in our
lives.
Who would have ever
guessed back when I was in high school when I was giving those little
presentations in front of the class that, just a few years later,
I would be training
80 missionaries!
I was so shy back
then it's crazy for me to even think about. I'm thankful the Lord has helped me
overcome my shyness and that I am becoming more comfortable talking in front of
large groups. It's also much easier to talk about something that I am emotionally
invested in compared to my school
projects, where I wasn't very emotionally invested... ...other than getting a
good grade ;-p.
But I was definitely
happy for the opportunity to train at Zone Conference and I learned so much
through my study and preparation!
Then on Thursday we
had a great lesson with Logan's mom and step Dad.
They are struggling
and want to grow closer together and closer to Heavenly Father.
We shared the "Daily
Bread Mormon message" with them.
Check it out...
And we had a
discussion about the importance of studying daily and praying daily.
From a talk he heard,
Elder Hinrichsen shared how the Gospel is all about developing relationships. ....whether
they are with each other, Christ or Heavenly Father.
He showed a diagram and taught a
principle that was very
inspiring.
The diagram illustrated
3 people in the shape of a triangle.
The two people on the
bottom are a husband and wife
and the person at the
top is God.
And... as the husband and wife get closer to
God, they become closer to each other.
And it is SO true!
Relationships are
always better when the people in the relationship are closer to God.
I'm glad I was able
to learn this powerful principle :).
GOD
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Husband ----------- Wife
Sunday was a good
day! After church and went over to the Romans for dinner.
We made steak, mashed
potatoes, corn and jello! It was really good!!
Then later that night
we had a lesson with a new investigator named William! He is really nice and
had talked to some Mormons in the past and is curious about the things we
believe. So we will be going back there next Sunday to visit with him!
I hope you guys have
a wonderful week!
With Love, Elder Odland
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