Jenson pictured with his entire mission. He is literally in the exact center of the picture. Dark suit and purple tie
Dear All,
I guess I'll just start right off with the surprise.
Yeah. The guy sitting in the middle there is Elder
Jeffrey R. Holland. Yeah. THAT Elder Holland. Also Elder Benjamin de Hoyos of
the Seventy. That was kinda cool. He totally shook my hand. And he looked me in
the eye. And then when he started his talk he said "The cool thing about
being an Apostle is that I have some privileges that come with my office. One
of those is the Gift of Discernment. In that handshake, I interviewed all of
you." That was kinda cool. He talked about lots of things, read some
scriptures, and cried a little. It was an amazingly powerful meeting. Something
I'll never forget like ever.
Other than that we had a pretty solid week. We were walking
down the street one day and we saw this dude smoking a cigarette who was
staring at us. And he calls us over. He looks like a kinda shady dude, but we
go over to talk to him. As we walk over he puts out his cigarette. Good sign.
Then, humbly, he asks us if we will please give him a Book of Mormon. As my companion
took it out and wrote our names and number in it, I started asking him if he
was a member of the church or anything. He said no, but a couple weeks ago he
was in Utah and went to General Conference, and he was going to go to the
fireside that Elder Holland was gonna have with the YSA. Blew us away. That was
a moment I probably won't forget. "El Senor no hace acepcion de
personas" and neither should we.
Also, this morning we went to IHOP to celebrate the last
week of the transfer, and it was way close to the temple, so we decided to walk
over and see it (us, the Zone Leaders, and the other District Leader). So we
are standing outside and we notice that there are some American guys outside,
which usually means that there is someone important there. So we start talking
to em. Turns out its the guy in charge of the whole temple construction
project, coming to visit and see how things were going. He let us on the
grounds and took us on a tour of the outside. We couldn't go inside or take
pictures, but oh well. Let's just say this is the prettiest temple I have ever
seen. It's breathtaking. I might be biased, but it is something truly, truly
special. I'm so pumped for a month when we get to go in for the Open
House.
But yeah this week is the last week of the transfer. So
probably, I'm gonna be changed. I'm gonna miss Elder Priego. One of my favorite
companions so far. Quiet, but when he talks it's with straight power and he
always makes me laugh so hard. He's a stud.
Keep being good, read the scriptures, pray, and go to the
temple as much as you can.
Los quiero mucho,
Elder Rawlings
No comments:
Post a Comment