Hello Family and Friends.
Elder Smith and I had a pretty awesome week. First off, we started off with P-day. not much to mention just did some shopping at Walmart and got some stuff to prepare for the coming Christmas season *photos to follow.
The beginning of the week went well. We go and see an older returning less-active family, the McNairs. Their house burned down back in July and right after that their only car got totalled in a pretty serious accident, leaving Brother McNair with some pretty serious neck injury. They were living in a motel for the time being. Sister McNair was prompted by the spirit that if she and her husband wanted help in their difficult time that they needed to return to church and renew their covenants and keep the commandments more fully so sister McNiar quit her job that kept her working on Sundays to make a long story short, The McNairs have been to church every Sunday for almost 2 months straight. Seeing the increase of their testimony in the restored gospel has helped grow my understanding of the Lord's hand in our lives. We are truly blessed when we make things that are important to the Lord important for us.
Skipping now to Friday I got to teach district meeting. accept it was more like a zone meeting because everybody in the zone was there with the exception of the Assistants to the President and the Sister training leaders. It was a lot of fun and really effective. I was stressing this meeting for over a week and studied quite a few hours to make it an effective training. I know that I personally left feeling uplifted by the spirit. When Elder Bednar was with us a few months ago, he told us that we know when we are teaching by the spirit when everybody in attendance learns something new and we take that knowledge and truth and use it to change our lives.The power of the Holy Ghost is real and has the power to redirect us toward Christ.
That same day Elder Smith and I made a point to talk to everybody that we ran into. The contacts that followed were really amazing and we were able to teach and testify because of them. Not only that, but we ran into an older Gentleman that called us over to him. At first we thought he was just going to bible-bash us like crazy, but it turns out that actually needed help. The man's name was Dick and he had just been given about 6 Months left to live. He just wanted somebody to talk to and Elder Smith and I were there to help him because we did what we needed to to be put in his path. We talked to Dick for a while and we gave him our phone number in case he every wanted to talk again. We talked mostly about how hope in the Savior diminishes our fear of leaving this life. He thanked us for our talk and we parted ways
I don't know if every will call us again, but I do know that our Heavenly Father answers the prayers of others through those that are willing to do His work. I hope you all know that I love you and that as we are noble and diligent that we will become the answer to somebody's plea to our Heavenly Father.
Have a great week and an amazing Thanksgiving.
I am thankful for all of you!
until next time
-Elder Connor Starr
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