The Power of The Priesthood

So this was a really good week!! We dropped some of our investigators because they weren't progressing and our time should be used elsewhere. So we only had 2 steady investigators and they already had a date for baptism. Our teaching pool of people was small so we were worried about finding more people to teach. As we prayed together as a companionship for more people to teach this last week we have found 3 more real investigators! They are all very interested and are looking forward to letting us teach them about our church and bringing them closer to Jesus Christ. Prayers truly are answered and I have many more examples of that.

Also this week we were given the opportunity to give 4 priesthood blessings all within 2 days of each other. I think that this conference was amazing and addressed some real problems with priesthood holders. We should never live below our privileges! God the Eternal Father has given us the authority and power to act in His name! Just stop and think about the gravity of that calling. We all take the priesthood for granite and that is inexcusable! We as priesthood holders should use this power to bless the lives of others, the great thing about the priesthood is that we cannot use it to bless or heal ourselves only to bless the lives of others. Did Christ ever use His power for himself? What a wonderful and marvelous blessing the men of the church have and how many of us try to avoid using it? It blesses our lives and the lives of others more than we con possibly comprehend! Utilize this blessing that God has given you and use it as He would have you to use it.

I am so grateful to be on my mission. I can't even explain how much more i have grown this past month! The help I am to people, the blessings I can be for someone just be listening can be astounding. Me and my companion have a really hard time only staying at places for an hour because people do not want us to leave. This old lady her name is Ruby we call her miss Ruby, she says she always feels better when we come to visit. Even if i am not converting everyone i talk to I just want to bless the lives of my fellow men.

People are so open to us as missionaries, I don't know why but i think people feel like they need to tell us everything. We have 2 awesome new investigators and one of them is looking for relief from the past and asked us if church would help? I was so excited to tell her about Jesus Christ and His atonement for us! She is looking for the very thing we have to offer. It is amazing how the Lord works, Like one a the talks in general conference said, "Great blessings are always right on the heels of affliction." How true that statement really is.

On a side not i do not like tracting. It is very awkward, and simply does not work. As a missionary now i can tell you that as members of this church is is your responsibility to make missionary work happen. We can do almost nothing without the help of members! So help your missionaries! The only reason this area is great and having such success is not because of my and my companion but because the members are very missionary minded!

I am having a great time here in the south! It is getting hotter but oh well :) Thank ya'll for y our prayers and support! I love hearing from everyone and I hope this was fun for you to read. Next week will be better :)

Elder Blomquist