10/7/2013
We got
transfer calls this week but before we got the call Elder Olson and I got a
call from the “Assistants to the President” (AP). They asked us if we would be
willing to train!!!! Elder Olson will be leaving and going to Pocatello,
entering a new area, and training!!!! He’s a stud! I will be staying here and
training. I’m really nervous about being the example needed to raise a strong
new missionary. But with the Lord’s help, I can do anything. I’ve been praying
for him and hoping that he is a strong Elder who is ready to work and has that
"greeny fire" that Elders can have coming out of the MTC. I hope to
catch some of that fire and get a kick-start back into my mission. I’m so
grateful for this opportunity to serve and to be trusted with a new Elder.
Please pray for us that we might do what the Lord will have us do.
Elder Olson
has been sick the last 3 days. He thinks he got food poisoning! I’ve been
eating the same things he has and I’m fine! But I’m not going to argue with a
guy who is throwing up every 2 hours all night!!!! Ya that was a crazy
experience! Luckily it was over conference weekend so we weren't missing out on
any appointments. And those that we had we could reschedule.
Conference
was great! I really enjoyed President Monson’s talk. He spoke of people going through
hard times. Here’s a link to his
talk.
I’m so
grateful for a living prophet who guides us and leads and lets us know what our
Lord would have us hear. Prophets have always been a part of how God speaks to
his children. Adam was the first prophet and he, too, gathered the inhabitants
of the earth and spoke to them of God’s will. But as people reject the prophets
and lean on their own understanding and replace God with other worldly things,
they reject the teachings and sometimes kill the very man God sent them to come
back to him. Prophets have always either prophesied of Christ, or spoken of his
teachings.
When Christ
came to the earth, died for all of our sins, was resurrected, and returned to
His Father, he left the church in the hands of the 12 apostles. But the
rejection of Christ and his teaching drove the 12 away and eventual the
priesthood (or power of God given to man to serve and do as he would) was taken
from the earth. Today, we have a prophet who hold the very same power given to
the 12 apostles of old. Threw the restoration of Christ’s church back on the
earth threw Joseph Smith. I know this is true. I have prayed about it. I’m so
grateful to know that my Heavenly Father loves me enough to bring back His word
to the earth so I wouldn't have to walk in darkness and confusion.
I’m looking
forward to this new chapter in my mission. I’m going to miss working with Elder
Olson but I’m excited to start training.
Thank you so
much for all of your support
Elder
Eldredge
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