Hello All,
As for my week,
I’m doing great. We are working very hard and trying to get some success but
still it’s a slow start. I gave a talk today in Sacrament meeting. The Branch President asked me last
night if I could. So, basically it was great to have a few hours
heads up. I am always happy to give
talks, it is very easy in a branch with only 5 active families. Variety is not very common here, it is very
nice to be able to help the Branch President.
I talked on scriptures and how we should read them very carefully. We should not only read the facts but look at
the whole of the scripture. We need to
ask ourselves why this scripture was chosen to be in the Bible or Book of
Mormon. I taught that every scripture can have a deeper meaning. I feel like all the stories have one that is slightly deeper than the
surface so only the people who are truly looking will find. Then, ponder and pray about the scriptures we have read. It was a good talk and a good reminder to me
as I read my scriptures.
I finally feel like I truly know enough of
the language and the basic doctrine to become a special instrument in His hands.
I now have to teach my companion the same. It’s a great boost in motivation to
show my comp the best course to become a great missionary and to help him with
his transition. He is a very motivated elder and I am so grateful to have him
as my comp!
I like
the object lesson dad suggested for our investigator! I’ll use it this week and
I’ll let you know how it turns out. I really like the scripture you shared with
it. I also love that scripture because it saying how the fool will say it’s not
the nicest scripture but it definitely lets the reader know that what they are
saying and reading is not in coherence with the teachings of our savior.
I like
the answer you shared about Father and Jesus being similar. And how their
clothes and hair are illuminated like with LEDs. I just hope I get to wire the
LEDs to my robes. Ha-ha. It’s cool how one is like the other in almost all
things and because of the tremendous amount of time together tutoring and
preparing the Son. I can see something similar between dad and I but obviously
on a lesser scale than deity; yet we share similar strengths, passions, drives
and desires.
I’m
hoping my sneak-attacks still catch you off guard, when you two (Mom and Dad)
are in your perfect resurrected bodies, as they do now. And the ultimate
question I posed last week of a higher law, I agree with what you said not new
laws but a higher, better understanding of them like when Jesus taught the
higher law to supersede the Law of Moses. He taught new ones but he also gave a
better understanding of the old ones. I imagine a similar process to come.
I sure do love you Dad and Mom!
Have a
great week! Elder Vance
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