Apostolic Week!

It was quite the week! Elder Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came to talk with us for three hours! I can't tell you what it's like to shake hands with a special witness of Christ and then to feel him looking into your eyes for a brief moment. It was like looking into an ocean. He was great, just got right down to business. He first explained that it would be a discussion and he asked us to volunteer to answer questions and ask questions. He made it clear that he would not call anybody out or make anyone feel uncomfortable. When missionaries stood to ask something or make a comment about something, if he wanted to ask them a question, he always preceded it with, "Can I ask you a question?" And thus taught us a cool principle. He wanted us to understand that we are agents, not objects. We have our moral agency. We can choose to act and not be acted upon. Objects on the other hand, can only be acted upon. We need to act as if we are agents. We should never treat people as objects. He talked about strengthening our prayers. He hates it when people stand up in church and say in their prayers, "please bless those who are not here today, that they can come to church next week." he told us for once, he would just love if someone stood up and said something along the lines, "we know that we are missing several people, we know that we need to go and to visit them, and we just ask that we will all pay heed to the spirit so that we know what to say and what to do, and also where to go so we don't all show up at the same house." You are the agent, you are the tool that will help God answer your prayers.

Man he gave us a lot of cool stuff, I'll share more next week. twas really amazing.

All my love and stuff!