Dear family,
Good letters…a lot of love and
spirit felt behind each one. Let’s see…I honestly don’t have much to say in
response, but mom I don’t think anyone could really answer that question Ava
asked with relative ease (Who made Heavenly Father and Jesus?). I get that
asked a lot. I usually just say nobody has a clue who made God, but you can
know that He is there. (I think I already explained this in previous letters or
you might have heard it before.) We can’t see God but we can feel that He is
there and see the affects of His hands in our lives. Just like the wind…we can’t
see it, BUT! we KNOW that it is there because we can feel it and we can see the
affects of it in our lives. Dad you are the man at being the young men’s
president. Don’t get prideful…that’s a sin, but if everyone fulfilled callings
as the Savior would the Church of Jesus Christ would probably be lifted up into
heaven right next to the city of Enoch.
What else…thanks Aubs for the pictures…your hair is long!!!
Also, Collin good luck on those volleyball tryouts. Make sure you help console
some of the kids who are publicly humiliated in front of the whole team when
they get put at the very back of the line and are told that their mental
capacity is at a 1….haha poor Bryce. By the way is he trying out? Give Trevor
my regards and hope that he gets better!
Now let me go on to tell you some of the awesome spiritual
things that happened this week. We finally set some people for baptism one
named N. who was a hard out drinker and smoker. We refound her by some awesome
miracle and have been teaching her. She wasn't confident at all that she could
quit, but as she has read the BOM she has become so much more confident, and I
absolutely love going over to teach at her house. At first she said she would
get baptized at the end of March, but as she felt the spirit more and more we
were able to help her see that she could be free from addiction/sin by the 23rd
of February. WHOO!!!!
We finally started teaching the ward mission leader’s
girlfriend. We asked her to fellowship this person Charlie that we brought to
church and she actually came to our missionary gospel principle class! It was a
good experience. I love teaching the gospel so much now! It is almost an
adrenaline rush being able to help people feel and then recognize the spirit. I
will admit that when I taught primary I learned heaps and I grew a ton, but I
didn't really put my heart into it. Now every chance I receive to go teach or
to answer someone’s questions I am just thrilled to do it.
Another cool experience we had this week was when we were
having our ward conference. One of the speakers in the stake presidency was
speaking and he just asked the audience to feel the spirit speak to you and say
your name or something along those lines. When he said that I started pondering
on that and I just gently felt the spirit say Elder... Then I got this warm
feeling throughout my whole body. I thought it was cool that it just said Elder…no
Connor or Connor Ward….not even the Ward, but just Elder that was a cool
experience.
Also, one last thing this week I want to share. We saw a few people crowding around a lady
who was bleeding and looked in a lot of pain. Anyway, we pulled over and ran
down to see if we could help. Nothing too special happened, but I felt sick not
being able to help this lady who had been hit on her bike by a car and smashed
the windshield. She had no idea where she was or how she got there and her
daughter was taken to a nearby house to go get a drink so she wouldn't have to
see. The mom didn't know this though, so
she was yelling for her daughter. I felt so sick and helpless not being able to
do anything, I have no idea why I’m writing this, but now thinking about it as
I typed this out I remember Bishop McBride’s words about how if we were to pull
someone out of a burning house that would be great, but to pull someone out of
the depths of sin and hellish darkness means a whole lot more. I'm grateful for
what I can do for those who are suffering spiritually. I think I’m typing this
more for myself, but something you can ponder on as well is to think of those
who might be in a house on fire (spiritually speaking) and run in and see what
you can do to help.
Love,
Elder Ward
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