I know the subject line for this week’s email was a little
long, but we worked our fair booth this week and the flies were terrible! Earlier, we won a little red plastic fly
swatter from the Valley Tellicom communication booth and we put it to good
use. We killed 94 flies. The flies were bad and it was at least a
million and one degrees in that building!
During our time at the fair, we talked to a lot of church members and
maybe five or our investigators. So, it
could have been worse, right? After all
was said and done, we were only able to teach one person about family
history.
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| Family History is awesome people! (Just not the flies) UGH |
On Friday, we worked the booth for 8 hours and on Saturday
we worked it for 15 hours, including take down.
Because of that, we actually didn't get home before 11:00 pm, which made
for a long, hot, sweaty day – and oh yeah, flies, lol.
A long with serving in the booth, we served along-side a church
member that owns a fudge shop. The only thing I'll say about that is - they
had like 21 different flavors and they took really good care of us, lol. Other than working the booth, this week was
relatively slow. We ended up having a couple of lessons cancel, so we just
walked around and talked to people on the street.
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| Pictures from our 9-11 Hike to support our local responders. |
This week I would like to share a little about the atonement
of Jesus Christ and the final judgment, which was the topic of our Sacrament
Meeting this week, which brought me great comfort.
While judgment day may seem like a scary thing, the outcome
is something so beautiful we can't even comprehend it here in our mortal
state. Jesus Christ’s Atoning sacrifice (his suffering for our sins,
pains and afflictions) is what makes it possible for us to return to our Loving
Father in Heaven. Each of us can have
our own personal relationship with Him.
There is no sin or transgression that is outside the healing power of
the atonement of Jesus Christ. It is actually
selfish for us to think that the Son of God suffering and dying for us is not
sufficient enough for our shortcomings.
When the day comes when we are judged, it will be the most
just judgment that we will ever endure. As a little word of caution: As long as we are doing what we are supposed
to do (i.e. read the scriptures, pray and repent) there is nothing to
fear.
Something else I learned our wonderful Sacrament Meeting
this week is that no matter how many times we slip up, we can repent and hit the
repeat button. David A. Bednar stated "If we are just a little
better today than we were yesterday - we have nothing to worry about."
I know that this is true doctrine and if we abide by its
precepts we WILL be able to return to our maker. Just remember that
God loves you.
And I love you guys and am really enjoying the last 12 weeks
of my mission. While time may be short, it is of the utmost importance to me.
I'm having fun! How about you ;)
Love you,
Elder C.W. Dickinson
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