Well This week something happened that I thought never would, but I will get to that in a minute.
Tuesday, Elder Brent H. Neilson of the Seventy held a conference for the North Half of the mission. It was really good! He talked a lot about the enabling power of the atonement. Through Jesus Christ all things are possible. We can be cleansed of sin, but we can also be lifted up and strengthened by him. Such as in Matthew 11 when Christ invites us to come unto him and take his yoke upon you, that he can strengthen you. He is always willing to help us, but are we always willing to come unto him? Sister Neilson also spoke, she talked about relationships with our companions. It was really good, and I definitely learned a lot. In the Afternoon Elder Neilson opened it up for questions and of course one of the first questions was "When are we getting iPads?" To which he gave the answer "Hopefully soon." He talked a lot about them, and talked about a lot of things. One of them is from Elder Russell M. Nelson: Elder Nelson talked about how this generation has a much different struggle than the previous generation, the biggest worry of the brethren for the previous generation was the Word of Wisdom, now it is Pornography. He said that Perhaps the biggest reason they are giving missionaries iPads are to teach them how to avoid temptation, and keep themselves clean after their missions. Elder Neilson talked about the training for that, and as I thought about it I think that it is something that I am definitely going to apply when I get home. There are 3 steps: 1) Avoid Temptation, 2) Have a Plan for when Temptation arises, 3) Learn and Improve. In addition to those things, every four days have a Device Audit. A Device Audit is when someone else has the information to get into your device, and you trade devices and go through their device to hold each other accountable. I am definitely going to do that when I get home, If we are doing what we are supposed to we should have nothing to hide in our Devices. I really enjoyed the conference.
Well we did have some really good lessons this week. We had a really powerful lesson with the Tavis Family. We taught about the Plan of Salvation. I really Love teaching about the Plan of Salvation because it truly is what can make us the most happy. It was really good to see them come to understand Heavenly Father's Plan for them. I Love the Gospel!
Well I guess it is time to talk about the thing that I never thought would come. On Wednesday Night I got a call from President Mullen asking me to come to Riverside on Friday for my Exit Interview. So on Friday I had my Exit Interview. I was the First one to have the Interview too. It was a really good experience. President Mullen gave me some really good advice. He asked about my goals, and told me that I need to get married. He said that if I am not married in 10 years that there is something wrong. I would probably agree. The Interview was good.
Well I love you all!
Elder Bangerter
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