9-20-10

HEY EVERYONE,


WELL MONDAY IS P-DAY. SORRY I DIDNT TELL YOU BUT I DIDNT KNOW TILL LAST NIGHT. THE WEEK HAS GONE WELL. WE HAD A BAPTISM THIS WEEK. IT WENT WELL. WE PICKED UP A FAMILY THAT WILL BE BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY THEY GAVE US THIS NAVAJO TEA STUFF (THAT WE MADE SURE WASNT AGAINST THE WORD OF WISDOM) AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD. NOT MUCH ELSE I CAN THINK OF SO I WILL MOVE ON TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

Tell us in 200 words about a gospel principle that you learned on your mission that you didn't know before, and why do you think it is cool?

WELL THIS IS A HARD TOPIC BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LEARNED A LOT BUT I WILL TRY TO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC.

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THE BLESSINGS OF DOING MISSIONARY WORK.ALMA 29:9 HAS ALMA SAYING, "I KNOW THAT WHICH THE LORD HATH COMMANDED ME, AND I GLORY IN IT. I DO NOT GLORY IN MY SELF, BUT I GLORY IN THAT WHICH THE LORD HATH COMMANDED ME; YEA, AND THIS IS MY GLORY, THAT PERHAPS I MAY BE AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF GOD TO BRING SOME SOUL TO REPENTANCE; AND THIS IS MY JOY." I HAVE SEEN THAT JOY THAT THE LORD SENDS INTO OUR LIVES WHEN WE ARE DOING HIS WORK. THE LORD TELLS US, "HE THAT THRUSTETH IN HIS SICKLE WITH HIS MIGHT, THE SAME LAYETH UP IN STORE THAT HE PERISHETH NOT, BUT BRINGETH SALVATION TO HIS SOUL." D&C 4:4. THE LORD CLARIFIES THIS TO US IN A WAY IN D&C 31:5 BY SAYING, "THEREFORE, THRUST IN YOUR SICKLE WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU..." I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS IN THIS WORK AND HE DOES HAVE MY BACK( D&C 84:88 ) . ANOTHER THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MISSIONARY WORK IS IT IS NOT ABOUT THE BAPTISMS, IT IS ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD IN HIS SERVICE. ALMA 8:14-15 TELLS US THAT WE "HAVE GREAT CAUSE TO REJOICE... THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL IN KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD..." I HAVE SEEN THOSE DURING ALL THOSE TIMES WHERE I HAVE HAD VERY FEW PEOPLE RECIEVEING THE MESSAGE. MODERN PROPHETS TELL US IN PREACH MY GOSPEL PAGE 10 HOW TO KNOW WE HAVE BEEN A SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY. THOMAS S MONSON ALSO SAID "THERE CAN BE NO SWEETER EXPERIENCE IN MORTALITY THAN KNOWING THE LORD HAS WORKED THROUGH US." THE REASON THAT I THINK THESE THINGS ARE SO COOL ARE THAT IT IS THE LORDS PURPOSE ( MOSES 1:39 ) THERE CAN BE NO GREATER CALL THAN TO BE ON THE LORDS ERRAND. THE LORD GIVES EACH OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL TO RECIEVE THESE BLESSINGS AND WE DONT EVEN HAVE TO WEAR A BLACK NAME TAG TO RECIEVE THEM. I SAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN.

HERE IS A LIST OF SCRIPTURES THAT EACH OF YOU CAN PONDER,

JEREMIAH 16:16
D&C 18:10-18
ALMA 42:31
D&C 123:14
D&C 88:81
D&C 33:7-10
D&C 60:7

WITH LOVE,

ELDER LUNT