Well, I'm
pretty darn excited to let you all in on what happened this week.
Hiya Family
and Friends!
We, as you
may have guessed, had a conference again! Whooo! We have
mission conference usually not this often... but it turns out that
one of the newest members of the First Quorum of Seventy wanted to
come down to our mission and have a chat with all of us.
Something special about this man -- He's the former mission president
of the Kiev Mission. The L'viv mission used to be a part of the
Kiev mission, but now is operating on it's own under a different
president (President Lattin! [whoo!]). Needless to say, between
the handful of missionaries that used to be a part of his mission,
and the reputation he has amongst the native missionaries, it was a
pretty talked up conference.
This, my
friends, is Elder Jorg Kelbingat.
He dropped
a solid 3 ton weight on us. He literally came in, held a
leadership counsel with the zone and sister training leaders, and dug
out every single weakness there is to be found in our mission.
Once he had that all done, we met with him in L'viv for an 8 hour
mission conference. He had us all sit down, and pulled out 19
factors of our missionary work which he had already discussed on the
leader ship counsel. He has us rate ourselves on a scale of
1-10 in each of them. Then... it was crazy.
I have
never seen the spirit being used in real time like that. He was
discerning thoughts of missionaries, directing conversations and
comments, and he said almost every needful thing that there was to be
said. He left no stone unturned. The Spirit of Truth was
in ownership of the room.
During the
course of an 8 hour conference, I did not once think, "Thank
goodness he said that, I know some OTHER missionaries who could use
some help with that...". I was continually being smacked
in the face with, "Aw man... that's completely for me... it's
like he can read my soul!"
I even got
a personal interview with him, which was one of the most interesting
experiences in my life. There's just something about someone
who feeds off of truth... it makes you hunger for more truth.
I'm pretty sure that man hasn't told a lie, accepted an excuse, or
justified any unrighteous action for a good portion of his life in
the church. It was open, it was clear, and it was direct. I
want nothing more than to be able to communicate in that manner
always. The spirit THRIVES in truth. I know, because I
was there, and I got consumed with spiritual affirmation of the
things that he told me.
He will be
speaking in General Conference in October, so keep an eye out for
him.
On top of
that, things are going really well here!
The branch
is recovering from some difficulties it was having (Our Branch
President leaving to the East on command from the UA Army)
We saw a
woman who contacted us the other day once more today, and she wants
to come by the Church and learn more about us. Elder Rubliuk is
just so charming, I don't know how we don't have the entire city
inviting us over for dinner ;)
I've
recovered from some problems I was having with my ankle, and I just
totally slaughtered the fever that I had the past couple days with
some old world remedies, and the most important of all, a blessing
from our awesome Zone Leaders. Good times! Also, I don't
totally stink at basketball anymore (Playing in the rain sometimes
makes sickness come around...)
Well, I
love you all very much, and I'm praying for you!
Keep
reading, praying, and loving everyone!
Share your
favorite verse with someone you love!
D&C
107--
40 The
order of this priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father
to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen
seed, to whom the promises were made.
--
That one's for you, dad!
Elder
LeBaron
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