Week 65 - Likening the scriptures to our times.

I had an intercambio (split) with Elder Koeven.   It was really fun.  Actually, it was one of my favorite splits!  Elder Koeven is a really cool guy.  Initially, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it very much.  But my impressions were so wrong!  See 1 Samuel 16:7.  He is really cool!

At the end of our intercambio he said some things to me that were 100% inspired.  It was like a direct message from my Heavenly Father to me.  I felt so good afterwards and cried like a baby.

I had a zone conference on Thursday.  Our mission president talked about some of the evidences that the Book of Mormon is true.  We know all can receive a spiritual witness it is true, but it was fun learning of other evidences.  See Moroni 10:3-5.  It was really cool to learn a lot of new things.

He also showed us how the Book of Mormon relates to our day and age. He likened our time to that found in the book of Helaman.   We have been through many wars:  World War 1, World War 2, Vietnam, Korea, etc.  In Helaman's day they went through many wars just before the Savior came to his sheep in that part of the world.  See John 10:16 and 3 Nephi 15:17,21.  The people had become increasingly wicked -- much like the people of the world today.  It is very similar to our time just prior to the Savior's second coming.

Then on Friday  I got a flu shot.

Saturday we were walking and there was a terrible smell in our area.  We keep walking and soon saw a ton of water flowing down. We looked at the water and it was brown.  It was raw sewage. It gave me a headache that lasted four hours.

One investigator didn't go to church and lost his phone.  We haven't been able to talk to him much.

Two other investigators have baptismal dates but they didn't go to church either.  One didn't go because a member forgot to pick him up so he was a little upset about that.