Jacob - April 17, 2017

Hey everyone, this week was good. We're still getting a grip on
everything, we don't have many solid investigators so that aspect it's
a little tough. A pattern that I've been noticing is that we set a
good amount of return appointments and find in those areas that we go
and set more appointments, but the appointments fall through more
often than not. So we are building a good potential list, but it's a
little slow with finding cool, willing people. But we are still
working and so far things are going good, we are just staying patient
and hoping for the best. But some of the highlights from this week
are: district Meeting, it's pretty cool when one can see the promises
of the lord come true in regards to receiving revelation for others
like me receiving revelation for the district. That was a really good
meeting about finding. Up next I was able to interview a girl that got
baptized this Saturday. That was good. Also I went on exchanges with
elder Porter, he's a zone leader and has only a transfer more than I
do. We had a good time together. We learned a lot even though a lot of
lessons fell through. Oh also Sunday was good, I felt really strange
throughout the day with fatigue and a stomach ache, but it was nice to
ponder about the significance of Easter during church and to think
about Christ's sacrifice. I've really enjoyed my studies these past
two weeks, I've been reading a lot of General Conference talks about
peace and I've learned a lot about how Christ offers peace. I've come
to understand that the principles of peace aren't just about peace,
but also they are principles of conversion. Two quotes that I liked
from my studies is: "Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows
who we are and knows that we have faith in Him, love Him, and keep His
commandments, even and especially amid life’s devastating trials and
tragedies" (personal peace: the reward of righteousness) "Knowing God
and becoming His friend comes with the conversion process. Enos found
it. King Benjamin’s subjects found it. Alma found it. It is available
to all who will repent and obey the commandments" (bringing peace and
healing to your soul). Maybe you can't see the connections I see, all
I know is that keeping the commandments brings peace and conversion so
y'all can ponder about that. But this is all I can think to write
about for this week. But I love you all and hope you have a great
week!
Elder Baer