Hello
All,
We
had zone conference this week! Zone conference is awesome, but this zone conference was especially awesome, even though it was my last one. Our Mission
President is the head Church Historian, so he pretty much knows everything
there is to know about church history. The topic of this conference was
the coming forth of The Book of Mormon. It was amazing learning from him, but
it was more amazing to hear what he has done. He has touched the seer stone
that Joseph Smith used to translate The Book of Mormon! That is probably the
coolest thing I've ever heard! Remember when the church purchased the printer's manuscripts of The Book of Mormon from the RLDS church for 35 million dollars? He is
the one that went inside their Temple and carried it out! He calls it his "James
Bond Moment." Now that is also probably one of the coolest things I've ever
heard!
At
the End of Zone conference I got to give my departing testimony. The
missionaries who are in their last transfer give their testimonies at the zone
conference. It has always been my favorite part of zone conference until it was
my own turn. It was super weird to be the one up there, but it was a great
reflection of my time serving the Lord out here in the Washington D.C Maryland
Area.
We
had a zone conference part 2 this week where we were able to learn from a doctor of psychology, where we talked about mental health. They asked us to
come in our non-missionary clothes. It was very cool to learn about Depression
and Anxiety, and how to recognize it in ourself and others.
We
meet a girl named Sharda this week, who we starting teaching. How we met her is
actually pretty funny. We were just walking and we heard someone yell, "Are
you mormons?" We saw a lady on her porch far away, so we went up to talk
with her. We didn't see her as we walked past, so we are glad she yelled to
us!
We
went to the Farmers Market again this week, because there is always a lot of
people there. Most of them a drunk, but they are friendly. We went to the Amish
stand and I got some Granola! It is very good in yogurt.
I'm
so excited for General Conference this week! I'm not sure if we are going to
watch it at the church or with a member, but either way, it will be great! I
have been changed by the Prophets words. I have become a more pure disciple of
Christ. I encourage y'all to watch as many sessions as you can!
Love
y'all!
Elder
Dallin Spurgeon
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