This week was a good one. We had leadership conference so we went to Salta yet again! It's always a nice little mini vacation when we go to Salta but I think that I actually get back home more tired!
This time in the leadership conference we talked about how to achieve goals. It was interesting to hear all the input about the subject. When I prepared myself for the conference I studied more about the literal act of achieving goals such as doubling efforts and working with the goal in mind. Every conference 2 people are randomly called to share what they learned from studying the theme and luckily I wasn't called. The Sister and Elder that talked shared a completely different point of view then what I had prepared! They talked about the changes that are needed not in physical work but in spiritual dependence in the help from heaven and the changes of heart that we need to have.
I really like 2 Nephi 4:34:
O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea,cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.
When it comes to this life if we want to achieve our goals, we
need to put our trust in the Lord. We need to work really hard and pray even
harder! I love this work. We had the opportunity to share with the zone a talk
that's called "Becoming a Consecrated Missionary". It would be to the benefit of
us all to read and apply the teachings found in the wise words of Elder Tad R.
McAllister. He teaches us that to have real success we need to consecrate
ourselves to the mission. He compares the changes we make to putting our bad
traits on the alter of sacrifice. In our zone training we made an altar and
burnt it! It was epic! I invite you all to become better missionaries and to
consecrate yourselves even more to this gospel and the sharing of it.
-Elder Spencer McKee
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