Week 62--September 22, 2014

Well Another transfer has come and gone, and for the second time on my mission Nothing changed for me. I am Staying in Circle City with Elder Schoonmaker for another transfer, I'm pretty excited about it, we are doing lots of work and we are having a lot of success. There were a lot of changes around the mission. This transfer is going to be great and I am really excited for it. Elder Elliott, my trainer is in my district this transfer. I am glad he is and that I have the opportunity to serve around him again before he goes home.

This week. It's been pretty good. Sister Hustad was baptized yesterday, it was one of the most spiritual baptisms that I have ever been to. It has been truly amazing teaching her, and it has strengthened my testimony that the Lord is preparing people to receive the gospel. It is such a sweet sight to see, when somebody decides to be baptized, and it is amazing how it doesn't matter how old you are you can still change and come unto Jesus Christ. Sister Hustad is in her 70's and it wasn't too late for her to come to the waters of baptism.

I was studying this week in Ether, and I read one of my favorite chapters in all of the Scriptures and that is Ether 12. While I was reading a particular verse stuck out to me, and that is verse 41 the last verse of the chapter: " 41 And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen." In this chapter Moroni talks about many things but it really impressed me that the last thing that Moroni asks us to do is to "Seek this Jesus," and I pondered what it means to Seek Jesus. As I was studying some things really impressed me, in the scriptures it talks about when we seek things out we should do so with all our heart and all of our souls. The savior tells us " Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" So if we seek earnestly we will find! President Uchtdorf said: "The truth is, those who diligently seek to learn of Christ eventually will come to know Him. They will personally receive a divine portrait of the Master, although it most often comes in the form of a puzzle—one piece at a time. Each individual piece may not be easily recognizable by itself; it may not be clear how it relates to the whole. Each piece helps us to see the big picture a little more clearly. Eventually, after enough pieces have been put together, we recognize the grand beauty of it all. Then, looking back on our experience, we see that the Savior had indeed come to be with us—not all at once but quietly, gently, almost unnoticed." I think that as we Seek to know the savior that we will come to know more of ourselves. As we strive to learn of the Savior, almost with out us knowing it, we become more like the Savior. Then Jesus himself says: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." 

I am so grateful for Heavenly Father's Plan of Salvation, I am grateful that we have the opportunity to come here to be in families, and that through Heavenly Father's plan we can be with our families for time and all eternity. I am so grateful that Jesus Christ made it possible for all of us to overcome sin. I am so grateful that he died for us, and that he rose from the grave. I am grateful for the restored gospel!

I Know Jesus Christ Lives! He really did die for all of us, and he really does live. I know that he loves each and everyone of us. I have felt that love and I hope that EVERY person on the Earth feels that Love. I Know that The gospel truly was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith really did see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

I love all of you guys,

Elder Bangerter

I forgot to add this:

https://www.lds.org/topics/plan-of-salvation/our-eternal-life/video?lang=eng

This is an excellent video about the Plan of Salvation and I encourage all of you to share it with someone

Elder Bangerter

Week 61-September 15, 2014

This week has been a pretty slow one. Not a whole lot has happened this week.

Everything is going great with Sister H, She had her baptismal interview this past week, and she is all cleared to go for this Weekend, we are really excited for it. Most of the week, we were dealing with some drama between missionaries, and getting that cleared up. There has been a lot on our plates with that. We have also been having quite a few problems with obedience in our district, so a lot of time and energy went into that this week.

I'm sorry that this has been short but I promise that I will have a lot more to write about next week.

Also Transfers are this weekend, I really hope that I stay, but I'm willing to do whatever Heavenly Father wants me to do.

I Love you guys,

Elder Bangerter

Week 60--September 8, 2014

This week has been fairly uneventful, but it has still been pretty good.

We were able to Have a lesson with Sister H this week, and teach her the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It went awesome! She really is the most prepared person I have ever met. I am always amazed when we go over and teach her, She just soaks everything up and she is so in tune with the promptings of the spirit. She has never missed a reading assignment, she comprehends everything like she has been a member her whole life. We had left her the reading assignment to read 2 Nephi 31-33, and she was able to explain to us the Doctrine of Christ so well it amazed us. She made a comment about chapter 31 about the narrow gate that leads to salvation, and how it is amazing how true that statement is, because so many churches are close, but they all miss the authority of the Priesthood. It blew my mind hearing that from an Investigator. Then she told us about her neat confirmation that she is supposed to get baptized on the 21st, She was reading in the Book of Mormon and thinking about her baptism that is coming up, and her confirmation was,  the 2nd time that she will be baptized, 1st time she got it right, 21st. It was funny!

Well I'm running short on time and that's about it.

I love you guys

Elder Bangerter

Week 59--September 2, 2014

Andrew's email came today.  One drawback of serving your mission in the US is when Holidays fall on your P-day you don't have access to a computer.  Luckily they got permission to email today!

This has been a very good week here in The Circle City ward, Things are really moving forward, and the work is going great. We had another Baptism this past weekend, for Briana , it was awesome. She is doing great and she is so converted to the gospel!

We also had some very good lessons with Sister H this past week too. She is progressing so very well, she just absorbs everything like  a sponge. We were over teaching her and her phone kept ringing, so she went over and answered it and told the people calling to stop calling because she was meeting with us, and that was really the only thing that she wanted to do was meet with us and learn more about the church. It was pretty cool!

We also had Multi-Zone Conferences this past week, and they were very good. We focused a lot on planning and effective missionary work. It was a very good Conference. I really enjoyed it.

Well I love you guys

Elder Bangerter