#Transfers - I'm Going Back to Arlington!
Date
August 8, 2016
Area
Flower Mound 3rd Ward
Companion
Elder Jacob Parsons
#Transfers - I'm Going Back to Arlington!
I don't know if any of y'all are keeping track but this week is the
end of this transfer. Aaaaaaannd, I am going back to Arlington!!! just
in case you couldn't read my subject line, yeah! I will be in the
Arlington 6th Ward serving with Elder Virgin. I am super stoked
because I get a car! Just in time for the hottest time of the year
haha. I feel so bad for Elder Parsons, he hates the heat and has to
bike in it everyday still.
This week I we had exchanges with the zone leaders. I was on exchange
with Elder Lehman (pronounced "Laman"). We have actually been really
good friends here on the mission. I am not sure why we are, we just
kinda clicked like me and Jaden Rock. One day, we were just friends!
So that was fun. We pretty much just had a big long heart to heart
about all of the things that we have learned on our missions and how
we overcame them all. It was really fun!
on our way back for lunch, Elder Lehman had a blow out so we ended up
walking back to our apartment. That was awesome! We tried fixing it
but it didn't really work, so a walk to the bike store we commenced.
We got it fixed and we went to chick fil a for lunch! On the way over
to the bike shop, we realized that nothing in this work happens by
coincidence so we determined that we needed to go to the bike shop for
a reason other than Elder Lehmans tire. While we were there, we ended
up talking to a guy whose brother is actually a bishop! Pretty cool.
Not sure what needed to happen out of that, but I think he just needed
a reminder.
One of the traditions that Elder Lehman had on exchanges is teaching
the missionary he is with how to solve a rubies cube. I am pleased to
report that I now know how to mostly solve it. He is supposed to teach
me the rest of it today.
Bradon is going to be baptized on the 20th of this month. That is
alright with me that I didn't get to see him baptized this go round
but, it is alright! He is progressing and it will be awesome!
Chris Is still struggling with all kinds of things. We taught him the
love of God and how while there is opposition in all things, we are
truly here to feel joy. He seemed to have the wheels in his mind
turning so we're hoping that he continues to grow as new missionaries
come in and teach him.
So on Saturday, we had a surprise! A baptism! Sorry no pictures. the
young woman's name is Kallie. She is an investigator that we were
supposed to teach but the first Ward sisters had been teaching her,
which we knew about, but we were trying to get it all figured out.
Then, all of a sudden, the sisters told us that she as going to be
baptized last week. That was a tender mercy. I got to see a baptism in
this area. However, I did not feel the same love that I have felt in
the past but I think that that is because I did not teach her. I
didn't have the prayers and the thoughts that come with teaching. I
know that this work does in fact fill us with love! Her mom, Cathy, is
now going go take the lessons. Kallie is off to CMU in the next week
up in Colorado.
Something that has been on my mind recently actually goes a long with
my thought last week. It starts out with Helaman 5:12 which says:
"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our
Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your
foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds,
yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his
mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to
drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the
rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation
whereon if men build they cannot fall."
Then if we look at how that verse shows us that we need to build our
foundation on Christ then think about how we do that, notice that the
very beginning says "remember remember that it is Christ." Where else
are we admonished to remember Christ? The first place that I think of
is in the sacramental prayers which read as follows:
"O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who
partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy
Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are
willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him
and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may
always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen."
And,
"O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who
drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy
Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God,
the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may
have his Spirit to be with them. Amen."
The two things that are in both prayers are always remember Christ and
the promise that if we do, we will always have his spirit, then Holy
Ghost, to be with us. Yesterday during the sacramental meeting, I had
a thought to read in 3 Nephi where the resurrected Christ, who is
visiting the the people on the American continent, instituted the
sacrament. In verses 11-12 of chapter 18 Christ says:
"And this shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in
my name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have
shed for you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always
remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit
to be with you.
And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things. And
if ye shall always do these things blessed are ye, for ye are built
upon my rock."
He continues to say:
"Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always
lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat. Therefore ye must always pray unto the Father
in my name; And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which
is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given
unto you. Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name,
that your wives and your children may be blessed."
By these words from the lips of Jesus Christ we come to understand
that it is by prayer, sacrament and also feasting on the words of
Christ that we build our foundation on His rock and we will not fail
if we continue to deepen and keep our relationship alive with Heavenly
Father and Jesus Christ through prayer and the sacrament. We avoid the
entrapment of Satan when we do these things. This is my testimony that
it is true have felt the power that comes from doing such on a daily
basis. It works! I know it does!
Well, here is my address in Arlington:
Until next week! Love you guys!
Love, your missionary son and brother, Elder Jefferies
end of this transfer. Aaaaaaannd, I am going back to Arlington!!! just
in case you couldn't read my subject line, yeah! I will be in the
Arlington 6th Ward serving with Elder Virgin. I am super stoked
because I get a car! Just in time for the hottest time of the year
haha. I feel so bad for Elder Parsons, he hates the heat and has to
bike in it everyday still.
This week I we had exchanges with the zone leaders. I was on exchange
with Elder Lehman (pronounced "Laman"). We have actually been really
good friends here on the mission. I am not sure why we are, we just
kinda clicked like me and Jaden Rock. One day, we were just friends!
So that was fun. We pretty much just had a big long heart to heart
about all of the things that we have learned on our missions and how
we overcame them all. It was really fun!
on our way back for lunch, Elder Lehman had a blow out so we ended up
walking back to our apartment. That was awesome! We tried fixing it
but it didn't really work, so a walk to the bike store we commenced.
We got it fixed and we went to chick fil a for lunch! On the way over
to the bike shop, we realized that nothing in this work happens by
coincidence so we determined that we needed to go to the bike shop for
a reason other than Elder Lehmans tire. While we were there, we ended
up talking to a guy whose brother is actually a bishop! Pretty cool.
Not sure what needed to happen out of that, but I think he just needed
a reminder.
One of the traditions that Elder Lehman had on exchanges is teaching
the missionary he is with how to solve a rubies cube. I am pleased to
report that I now know how to mostly solve it. He is supposed to teach
me the rest of it today.
Bradon is going to be baptized on the 20th of this month. That is
alright with me that I didn't get to see him baptized this go round
but, it is alright! He is progressing and it will be awesome!
Chris Is still struggling with all kinds of things. We taught him the
love of God and how while there is opposition in all things, we are
truly here to feel joy. He seemed to have the wheels in his mind
turning so we're hoping that he continues to grow as new missionaries
come in and teach him.
So on Saturday, we had a surprise! A baptism! Sorry no pictures. the
young woman's name is Kallie. She is an investigator that we were
supposed to teach but the first Ward sisters had been teaching her,
which we knew about, but we were trying to get it all figured out.
Then, all of a sudden, the sisters told us that she as going to be
baptized last week. That was a tender mercy. I got to see a baptism in
this area. However, I did not feel the same love that I have felt in
the past but I think that that is because I did not teach her. I
didn't have the prayers and the thoughts that come with teaching. I
know that this work does in fact fill us with love! Her mom, Cathy, is
now going go take the lessons. Kallie is off to CMU in the next week
up in Colorado.
Something that has been on my mind recently actually goes a long with
my thought last week. It starts out with Helaman 5:12 which says:
"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our
Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your
foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds,
yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his
mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to
drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the
rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation
whereon if men build they cannot fall."
Then if we look at how that verse shows us that we need to build our
foundation on Christ then think about how we do that, notice that the
very beginning says "remember remember that it is Christ." Where else
are we admonished to remember Christ? The first place that I think of
is in the sacramental prayers which read as follows:
"O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who
partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy
Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are
willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him
and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may
always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen."
And,
"O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who
drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy
Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God,
the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may
have his Spirit to be with them. Amen."
The two things that are in both prayers are always remember Christ and
the promise that if we do, we will always have his spirit, then Holy
Ghost, to be with us. Yesterday during the sacramental meeting, I had
a thought to read in 3 Nephi where the resurrected Christ, who is
visiting the the people on the American continent, instituted the
sacrament. In verses 11-12 of chapter 18 Christ says:
"And this shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in
my name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have
shed for you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always
remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit
to be with you.
And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things. And
if ye shall always do these things blessed are ye, for ye are built
upon my rock."
He continues to say:
"Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always
lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat. Therefore ye must always pray unto the Father
in my name; And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which
is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given
unto you. Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name,
that your wives and your children may be blessed."
By these words from the lips of Jesus Christ we come to understand
that it is by prayer, sacrament and also feasting on the words of
Christ that we build our foundation on His rock and we will not fail
if we continue to deepen and keep our relationship alive with Heavenly
Father and Jesus Christ through prayer and the sacrament. We avoid the
entrapment of Satan when we do these things. This is my testimony that
it is true have felt the power that comes from doing such on a daily
basis. It works! I know it does!
Well, here is my address in Arlington:
Until next week! Love you guys!
Love, your missionary son and brother, Elder Jefferies
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