My Story, Your Story, Their Story
HELLO!!!!!!
Well here it is another week gone just like that and another great week
it was. It was even better because I was not sick!!:) Thank you
everybody for all of the Prayers and everything and I am feeling much
better this week and back into it. I titled this letter this week "My
Story Your Story Their Story" because the last couple of days I have
been really thinking about our own stories that we have in our lives and
really how cool each of our own personal stories really are. The
reason I have been thinking about this lately is because on Saturday
night we had a Branch Activity. At the activity we watched the movie
"Meet the Mormon's." It was great! I had only seen that movie once
before and I didn't really remember a whole lot about it. It was also
great because a lot of the member's in the Branch have never seen it
before and so it was real good for them to watch it. What an awesome
movie it is and it was so good to watch. If it has been a while since
you guys have watched it yous should definitely watch it, it is great!
It's so cool how it's about people and there stories in there lives
about the Gospel and how because of the Gospel it is all possible. It
was so cool to see so many different people from different places in the
world with different backgrounds, different lives, different cultures,
and different families all have one thing in common. The Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Anybody and everybody has such a cool story in there life
and how there life has gone and what has happened in it but it is so
cool to see that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for EVERYBODY!!! It is
not just for one certain type of people and it only works for them and
helps them in there lives but it is for everybody. It is so cool to see
in the scriptures. The Scriptures are full of stories of different
people and how there Faith in God and listening to Him and following Him
has helped them in there life. Three of my favorite stories in
Scriptures is one in the Bible, one in the Book of Mormon, and one in
the Doctrine and Covenants. Of course we all have heaps of favorite
stories but these are some of my favorites and people that I look up to
in my life. The first in the Doctrine and Covenants is the story of
the Prophet Joseph Smith. What an amazing story and an amazing man. I
cannot believe even close to how hard it would have been to be the
Prophet Joseph Smith and to do what he did. I love the verse in D&C
135:3 "Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more,
save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other
man that ever lived in it..." How amazing the Prophet Joseph Smith and
think we are just like him because we all have questions that we want to
ask God and others and that is what Joseph Smith did. He asked God
and little did he know the work God had for him to do but man just what
an amazing man and what a cool story that we can read. How awesome is
Joseph Smith History and other accounts of his life. Joseph Smith has a
cool story but we have just as cool as one as he does according to
God's eyes. Another story that I love and my favorite Book of Mormon
Hero is Ammon. What an amazing story and look how it started out.
Ammon is one of the Sons of Mosiah and he is good friends with Alma the
Younger and look who they were when they first started out. In the book
of Mosiah it tells us Mosiah 27:8 "Now the sons of Mosiah were numbered
among the unbelievers; and also one of the sons of Alma was numbered
among them, he being called Alma,..." looked what happened to them and
how righteous they became and those people that they helped. Look at
Ammon and his life being turned around because of the Grace and Power of
God and he went to a very stubborn Lamanite people in the land of
Ishmael and look what happens all because of Jesus Christ and His
Gospel. What a cool story! The last story and the best story in all of
the Scriptures is the Story of Jesus Christ. I do not even know where
to begin to explain the amazing, spiritual, sacred, powerful, story of
our Savior Jesus Christ. But we all have a story no matter who we are
and no matter where we came from we all have a story. I got thinking
after we watched the movie Saturday
night I started thinking of all of the cool stories of all of the
members in the Branch and how they got to be in the Gospel and the most
recent story of D____ who was there and just absolutely loved the
movie. I started thinking about my own story and how grateful and how
special my own story is. It is different and unique from that of
anybody else's story and I love it and God loves it. I am so grateful
for everything that has happened in my life and for what has led me to
who I am and where I am today serving a full-time mission to the people
of Australia and it is all because of my Savior Jesus Christ who is my
best friend. So I challenge all of you guys this week to think about
your own personal story of your life "The Story of ______" fill in the
blank. Think of where you are in your life and where you want to go?
Anything and everything is possible with God and Jesus Christ on our
side. Oh we had an awesome lesson yesterday in Sunday School about the
2000 Stripling Warriors! :) Also think about other people in your life
and there own story and how you can help them in there lives especially
those without the Gospel or those struggling in the Gospel. It is so
cool to see the Gospel change someone's life completely around and they
become a whole new person with a new purpose and way of living life that
is so much better. It is so cool the amazing things that we see as
missionaries and the things I have seen on my mission. D_____ is doing
great and he loves his membership and activity in the Gospel.
This week's Work! "Tracting"
Me and my
companion had a real cool experience this week when we went out
tracting. We went and knocked on this door and this middle aged lady
answered. We told her who we were and she told us that she is not
interested and that she does not believe in God. We asked her why she
believes this and she told us a story that humbled me very much. She
told us that about 3 years ago her son and 2 grand kids passed away in a
tragic accident. I remember the Spirit so strong as me and my
companion opened our mouths and testified to her about the Plan of
Salvation. We gave her a pamphlet and she started to tear up. A bummer
though her husband showed up and told us we had to leave and so we
left. We hope to follow up with her some day but if not we know we
planted that seed and testified to her that there is a life after death
and that God does love each and everyone of us. How amazing it is that
our own personal stories go passed this life and passed the grave. So
amazing God is and His love that He has for all of us.:) What an honour
it is for me to be out here on a mission to Preach the Gospel to the
people of Australia.
How are you guys?
Haha sorry mum and dad how are you guys? Man
as you can tell this past week has been great! Me and Elder Newman are
doing great! Are friendship is growing each and everyday and we get
along great and we are working so hard and diligently and trying our
hardest to be the best we can be and it's great. We have found a couple
of people this week and hope to further teach them and grow those seeds
and we continue to work with those we have relationships with
especially the members and helping them in an any way we can. I love
what you said Dad and how about service can do so much just like
teaching does and the Lord is helping me remember that and that we are
doing a good job and He is proud of us and the work we are doing. We
keep the service going and whatever we can do. It looks like you guys
got some pictures and we are almost done with the S________ shed we
are hoping that we get to start painting this week or next and we want
to finish it before transfers get here just in case one of us leaves.
Crazy this transfer is half over can you believe it! Only 3 more weeks
what gonna happen. What do you guys think is going to happen? Am I
going to stay or go? We think Elder Newman is going to get
transferred.:( Cuz he has been here for well this is his 4 transfer here
but we will have to see. I am good with whatever. I love it here and
would love to stay but if the Lord needs me somewhere else well then I
will go and do. This is the Lord's work and I will go where He wants me
to go not where I want to go because I ain't here for a vacation haha
but one of those would be nice when I finish haha because we sure are
working hard and we are very tired all the time but the Lord gives us
enough strength to do His work. Another then that this week has been
normal. Ya I'm not sick anymore!!!:)
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Other things going on this past week
We had a real good
branch activity this week and H______ got baptized yesterday which was
awesome!!! She got baptized in the lagoon just right next to the ocean
where the water is quieter and it was a real good baptism. Hey mum that's cool your on the Branch Facebook page.
Yesterday Sister W_____ asked me about you and if you were my mum. She
was the one that took the picture and posted it. Haha she was like
well now that your mum follows the page we need to post a picture to
show her that you guys are doing alright.:)
Question time? We noticed a new haircut
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Haha no I don't get my
haircut in Merimbula there is a missionary that when we go up to
Canberra he cuts it for us and it's free!!!:) So I got it cut last week
when we went up and he cut it haha right before I got sick. I am grateful that before my mission we had me save half of my
money each time for my mission cuz it taught me a lot and it feels good
to know that I have helped contribute to my mission but I also thank you
mum and dad for all that you guys do for me and not having to worry
about any of that.
USU?
Okay mum will do I don't like to think about it cuz
it scares me and I'm like I'll just stay a missionary but I know that's
the next step in life so I'll start thinking about it and talk to God
about it and what He wants me to do and let me know as it get's closer
what I need to decide on.:) Thanks mum your the best.
Fish and Chips
Hi Dad! haha
your questions fish and chips yes we have had a lot lately because it's
starting to get real good for them and there the best. We have fish and
chips about once a week cuz when we go to the game night right next
door is a take away fish and chips shop and so we always get some food
and it's heaps good. It's like a different fish each day I think just
whatever the caught and it's heaps good.:)
Golfing?
We haven't been golfing yet
and I don't know if we will I hope so but it's just hard to plan to do
it and everything but we still hit golf balls sometimes at Mandeni into
the driving range pond.:)
Spiritual Experience?
Our Spiritual Experience this week is
definitely when we went tracting and talked to that lady and that same
day we also talked for a good half hour to this old lady about haha
American Politics but we ended up giving her a Book of Mormon.:)
Things
are going great and we are excited for another week to hit it hard and
work hard and help other's cuz that's all what a missionary's story is
about serving others and that's what all of our stories should be about
is helping and serving others. Love you guys have a great week!!!!
Love Elder Stott :)
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