The
spiritual experience of the week was definitely General Conference. I
forget really quickly the things I have heard so I need to study it a
lot more, but the feelings I felt stay with me for a long time and I
thought about how investigators probably feel the same and how I can
relate to them better now. I shared that with an investigator last night
and it just hit me how important it is to feel the Spirit. It doesn't
matter so much what people (or I) say, but what everyone feels. I'm
so grateful we can enjoy such an amazing feeling during General
Conference as the Spirit speaks to our spirit. It was amazing yesterday
too because a joven who went on the mission but came back for medical
reasons a year ago took his first steps inside the church in almost
a year. I know he felt so much and we're not going to let him escape
again.
A part from my letter to President.
My family,
General
Conference was just about the coolest thing that has happened in this
century. I mean, I was just soaking it all in and loving every minute of
it. I got a little of it in English, but then I realized that this is
my last time in Perú so I gloried in the Spanishness for Priesthood and
the two sessions on Sunday. It was so amazing and I am so grateful that
we can listen to a prophets voice in our day. I feel so extremely
blessed.
We had an amazing leadership counsel last week. I don't know why, but usually I
just don't feel it so much and hearing all of my friends write about
their awesome experiences in leadership counsel made me wonder why I
wasn't feeling the same. Well, I prayed extra hard that I would be
humble and could learn this week and it was amazing. Presidente
Archibald talked about how we need to focus on repentance because like
it says in 3 Nephi 7:24 if these people repent, then they will be
baptized. We talked a lot about what repentance really is and I'll try
to send some awesome papers he gave us to you guys next week. I've been
trying to apply it in my work and it's been helping a lot. The people
here have so much faith, they have ''believing blood'', but we need to
help them repent.
Our branch mission leader is super cool. He's kind
of an older guy and is just so happy to help us with whatever we ask
him. He has a habit of saying ''parece mentira'' (it seems like a lie)
before a lot of his sentences so this week he said ''it seems like a
lie, but God loves us''. Man, that was so hard not to just bust out
laughing in the middle of the lesson. I love him so much though and am
grateful for his help.
Oh yeah, so we were just walking this week and I saw
a guy with a football jersey on. Then I noticed that it was some nice
colors (blue and gold) and then on the back it said FAULK and there was
no way that we were going to pass him up. Yep, it was a genuine (genuine
fake that is) Marshall Faulk #28 from the St. Louis Rams. That was
amazing in and of itself, but then it turns out that he and his dad have
actually gone to church before. They didn't make it to Conference, but
you can rest assured that we'll be visiting them this week.
Sorry I don't have much more time. I just wanted to
say that I loved Elder M. Russell Ballard's talk so much. I've been
really trying my whole mission to stay low on the preaching and
committing my family and friends, but I felt like his talk was just too
special. He challenged us all to invite one person every 3 months to
listen to the missionaries. A lot of excuses came to my mind, but then I
realized he's a prophet of God. I know it's maybe not so easy in Utah,
or anywhere else (there are always excuses), but I want to invite you
all to follow a living prophet of God. We're gonna have to think outside
of the box and try some new things out, but that's why we were born.
''A prophet of God has spoken and I must obey'' is what I wrote in my
notes, I hope you can all take the time to say a prayer. I know that God
will tell you who you should talk with.
I loved Conference so much and missed you all more
than I can even say. Enjoy the last little bit of school and give it
your all. I'm really feeling the urgency in my mission and am trying to
give more than I've ever given before. We're going to have a baptism
this week of the two kids of a less active couple and the dad is going
to baptize them. I'm so excited and it's so amazing to help a whole
family come back to Christ. They all went to Conference and are doing
what they need to come closer to Christ. I feel so blessed to be a part
of this great work.
Thanks for all of your amazing examples to me. I
wouldn't be anything without my family (friends are family too). You are
all constantly in my prayers. Have the best week ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! And
go share the gospel, I'll be doing it with you all before we even know
it.
And one more thing. I don't know if I've ever really
asked for advice before, but the more I learn, the more I realize I
have so much more to learn. Any advice on how to give it my all here in
the mission would be greatly appreciated from any source. I'm doing
great and loving it, but I want to be better. Please just let me know
what I can do, any advice is appreciated.
I love you all more than I could ever say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tupananchiscama (until we see each other in Quechua-a native language of Perú) LOVE YOU,
Elder Aaron Micah Wheatley
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