A Golden Week of Learning

January 27, 2020

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I hope my lack of email last week wasn't distressing, but nothing of note really took place. This week we have a lot to talk about, so let's get started. First off, we had a zone conference with the Europe East Area President, Elder Christoffel Golden. He is very knowledgeable about the gospel. He hijacked the Assistant to the President's agenda and taught us doctrine for about 3 hours. He taught some principles that are important for Missionaries to know as well as some very interesting points of doctrine. He threw some of his personal beliefs, but he was very clear to sign-post them as such.

The theme of the Zone Conference was supposed to be repentance, so we all expected to be roasted for not being overly obedient to the guidelines in the handbook. We were all pleasantly surprised when he just taught doctrine and order of the Church. That's another thing I've grown a greater appreciation for this week. I think you would be hard-pressed to find a more organized worldwide-organization than The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When the members prayerfully and diligently fulfill and magnify their callings, the church runs and grows wondrously. In this part of the world, the missionaries do a lot for both the organization and growth of the Church.  We want the church to be self-sustaining here, but that will take a lot of time and work.

I have also grown my testimony of The Prophet Joseph Smith. He really is the Great Seer of this dispensation. He ushered in this, the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times under the direction of Jesus Christ who lives and leads the Church today. Again, we teach some bold doctrine, but we don't apologize for teaching what is true. If you are a good Muslim, a good Georgian Orthodox, a good Catholic, a good Baptist, or anything else, we want to encourage you to continue doing what you're doing, and faithfully following your leaders and church. But if you want more, come and learn about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A few other changes were made just today. One of which is that I'm training one of the new missionaries coming in, so that's cool. Anyway. I'll probably write a good amount next week. Bye bye! 

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