Week 22 ~ The Power of an Apostle 🔥🔥🔒

Elder Rasband came this week! We are so fortunate to have an Apostle of the Lord come here to the Philippines Legazpi Mission, as it hasn't happened for a long time. He dropped some spiritual bombs on us so it was pretty ðŸ”¥.

The Ammo (Content of the Talk):

The thing he really emphasized to us was that baptism is one amongst equals in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Meaning that we need to be focusing on baptism. He called our mission a baptizing mission (President was smiling), and how we should really emphasize that. 

He then started to talk about the atonement of Jesus Christ, and how through it we are all forgiven. And he said, "If any of you have made mistakes in the past, get over it. Repent, and you'll be forgiven. The rest of your life starts today". He then gave us a message from the prophet President Nelson: "1. We love you, 2. We thank you, 3. We need you." 

He talked about how we need to convert people to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how it's possible to teach the Gospel in such a way, "They will never fall away or dwindle". 

Then came my favorite part and the craziest part in my opinion, the testimony of an Apostle. He said to us, "This isn't folklore or a made up story. It's true, and I know that it is true". It was crazy to hear an Apostle of the Lord testify like that, full of the Spirit. 

We also got to take a picture as a mission with him and shake his hand so that was also cool.

Tagalog word of the day (try pronouncing this): Pinagkakaabalahan: Things that keep you busy

Have a great week,
Elder Spackman

Pig

Sunset

Proselyting


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