MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow Conference was amazing. I felt like it was a buffet
with 100 of your favorite dishes all at once. I'm just amazed at the
teachings that we can receive, that fill us with faith, love, and a
desire to do better. I want to bring this angry man that we met this
week and let him watch any one of those sessions, so he can really learn
about what we teach here. Hah we'll see if we meet him again.
Dad, you're right, that we can work together to help
the potential Melchizedek Priesthood holders prepare, as well as
getting attendance up at church. I like the idea of fireside, I'll see
what we can do. All of these goals have the same grand goal, but it's
still a little mind boggling trying to juggle everything. But, we've got
help from on high.
Steeve Bourgoin the recent convert, is committed to work to
receive it. His girlfriend Julie (the one who introduced him to the
church) is great, but sometimes I don't know if she's helping or hurting
his progression.
Brother D'Amours is excited to come back, and committed to come this coming Sunday.
We saw something online that actually said he might have already
received the Melchizedek Priesthood, but its very possible that he did
and forgot. Many chemotherapy and radiation treatments may have hurt his
memory, as well as many years of inactivity, so we'll double check and
then bring him back either way.
Brother Leblond, is very mildly committed. But a miracle of the
week was that he listened to the Priesthood session, and remembered
something! President Uchtdorf speaking of addictions and bad habits
struck him, so we discussed that with him, with repentance. It seemed to
change his character. So we'll be praying for miracles.
An experience I had this week, I'd love to
share. We were leaving our less active friend Brother D'Amours apartment
building in Sayabec, where we saw a woman lifting a cabinet into her
car, and needed help. I asked if we could help, and she said yes.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we helped, and she as very grateful. We then
started to talk, and she told us that her brother in law is a member of
the church, and she had many questions for us. Wow! She was open. But
the quote that got me - according to my memory, she said, ''Why doesn't
he (her brother in law) talk to anyone about this? He acts as though its
a secret... but everyone knows that he goes there. Why hasn't he talked
to me about this before?''
Wow. Let's not miss opportunities to open our mouths and share what brings us joy.
I love you all.
Elder Austin Murphy
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