It has been a great
week this week capped off by an amazing general conference. The spirit
was very present through every message. When President Monson spoke on
Sunday morning I almost started crying when he was talking about his
wife, and also later because of the spirit that was present during his
message. The spirit truly did manifest and confirm to me that Thomas S.
Monson is a Prophet of God. I have absolutely no doubts in my mind that
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's chuch
restored on the earth today. I was so very impressed by every single
message, I could take something from every one of them and apply it to
me.
We had a special stake meeting called by our stake presidency 2
hours after general conference was finished yesterday, for the whole
stake. It was truly amazing, with the stake splitting two weeks ago, to
see the concentration of the new stake presidency in a new stake. As the
meeting started, it was called the Inaugural meeting of the Lake
Elsinore stake (We were previously in the Menifee stake), President
Wilson called all the Youth age 15-18 to come sit in the choir chairs on
the stand and he said that through General Conference we have seen that
as the Morals and Standards of the World spiral downward, the Faith and
Valiance of the youth spiral upward. In President Wilson's words "the
mission age has been lowered again, the age for all members of the
church especially this stake the mission age is what ever age you are."
The stake presidency has set the focus of the stake to be on missionary
work, the goal is for every family to bring someone who is Less Active
in the church back to church, and to baptize one person. I am so glad
that I have to serve in Lake Elsinore Right now, our stake presidency is
pushing missionary work, our bishop and ward council have been pushing
missionary work, It is truly Amazing. President Wilson was talking to
one of the general authorities about why the brethren are pushing
missionary work right now and the general authority told him that the
lord is trying to save as many of his children as he can before the
world becomes too corrupt.
I
am so glad to be serving here right now, we have 2 people very solidly
on date for baptism at the end of this month, and we have picked up 12
new investigators over the past few weeks. I hope that I get to stay in
Lake Elsinore for longer than the Two weeks that are left in the
transfer, because I want to see these baptism's through and see the
miracles that the lord is continuing to bring in to Lake Elsinore right
now. But I get the feeling that a week from Saturday I will be getting a
call either from President Smart, or my Zone Leaders that I will be
transferring out of Lake Elsinore. I'll go where the Lord wants me to go
and where he needs me.
I hope that all is well with everyone, I enjoy the mail and packages that everyone is sending me.
Elder Bangerter
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