"We had the most amazing mission wide conference!!!! Elder Uchtdorf came and spoke to us (for those of you who may not know, he is an Apostle of the Lord, like the same calling as the original 12 the Jesus Christ called when he was on the Earth) I learned SO much from him! He talked about so many things that its hard to put it all into 1 email. But here are some of the things that he taught us:
"We are not the message, the Gosple is the message!" (meaning there is nothing you do that helps some one become converted, we need to teach pure doctrine, and use the scriptures to teach)
He taught us that Satan will try and make us remember the mistakes in the past, and make us feel as though we have not been fully repentant, but when you have truly repented the promise is that God remembers our sins no more, and that as we continue to be obedient to God that we will be able to claim the holy ghost (meaning we will be able to have it as a constant companion always.)
He spoke of how our goal is to return home totally and completely converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we left as teenagers be we will return as men and women of God.
He encouraged us to remember that we are changing lives and that we should make sure that we keep in contact with those whom we have taught because those are relationships that will last for the eternities.
He encouraged us to be courageous and taught us to use the Book of Mormon because there is power in that book.
One of my favorite things that was said by him was "Whether you are and the beginning or the end of your mission, you need to work as though you are in the middle of your mission."
There was so much more that we were taught and I wish I could just transmit everything that I learned and felt so that you could have the same experience that I did. Because it was just amazing. "
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