It started with a call and ended with a prayer!

So this past week on Tuesday, I received a call to be a District Leader.

We were able to finally get in to teach some of our investigators. It
is amazing how the Lord is willing to wait until we are worthy and
ready for us to come in contact with people. I know as we each try to
work on our selves to become the most obedient to Gods commandments,
we have no choice but being blessed. We all are given the opportunity
and choice to follow and become a deciple of Jesus Christ. Like the
Lord says "I the am bound when ye do what I say, but when ye do not
what I say, ye have no promise".

Then the crowning event was getting to go to the Temple this morning.
It is still marveling to see how God knows each and everyone of us
personally. He knows what choices we are going to make and can set
plans in place before we even ask for things.

I love you all. I hope y'all have a great week ahead.

Love
Elder Warkentin

It's The Small Things That Count!

This past week we had several small miracles happen, it was interesting thou, because we ended up having almost all our appointments cancel. So we had plenty of time to go and try finding new people. So one of the days we decided to go and do some leaf racking for people who hadn't had it done yet. We were able to talk with many people that way who were grateful for the service. Then we had tried doing some tracting, and we found some people who were interested in hearing the message that we had to share with them. I think it is so awesome to see people be influenced by the light of Christ, when they were surrounded by the chaos of the worldly influences.

I know that as we listen to the prophets both Biblical and Modern, we will be able to receive promptings on how we can change our lives to be better. I know that Tomas S Monson is our current Prophet upon this earth. I know Nephi is a Prophet from The Book of Mormon. I know Moses was a Prophet from the Bible. I know all y'all can pray to know of these same things. I hope each and everyone of you are able to feel of the Holy Ghost at some point this coming week.

I love you all. I hope y'all have a great week to come.

Love,

Elder Warkentin

here is a picture of the Temple here:

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What a good Thanksgiving!

Well, to start off, we had Thanksgiving yesterday. We had the Members we live with have a few sets of Missionaries over for dinner who didn't have one. So we got a Thanksgiving picture together:

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So then this past week we went out tracting, out of 9 houses we knocked on, 5 of them answered the door, out of those 5, 3 of them are interested in having us come back to teach them more about the Gospel. So that just shows that there are many people who have been prepared to hear the Gospel.

If anyone has any Ideas on how to help someone want to come to church, please share?

Love always,

Elder Warkentin

What a Great Conference

I thought it was awesome to have seen 3 new Apostle's called this weekend, Elder Ronald A. Rasband, Elder Gary E. Stevenson and Elder Dale G. Renlund. I know they have been called of God. I know that they will help teach us the Gospel in ways we can understand it.

I loved Elder Uchtdorf's talk on Saturday morning, he focused on not over complicating the Gospel. In reality the Gospel of Jesus Christ is very basic. All it comes down to is having Faith in Jesus Christ, Continually repenting, getting baptized and continually partaking of the Sacrament, Using The Holy Ghost, and Staying strong until the end. We should look for the simple truths. We should simplify what we know.

Also I learned about how if we have enough faith, we can ask God and receive an answer to what ever we ask Him. Just think, all we have to do is ask!

I know that The Book of Mormon is true (I have prayed about it), I know the Bible is True (I have also prayed about it), I know that Joseph Smith IS a prophet ( I have prayed about it), I know Thomas S Monson is our current and living prophet (I have prayed about it), I know Jesus Christ is our Savior (I have prayed about it), I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father (I have prayed about it). I know that you can come to this a surety for you self, all you have to do is pray bout it with a sincere heart.

I love you all. I know God loves you.

Love,

Elder Warkentin

P.S. We got an Investigator on date this past week.

P.S.S. Here is a picture of me:

As people go to school, the work shall pick up.

So this past week we were able to finally meet with some of our Investigators that we haven't been able to meet with for over a month. Some of them go to school, so with it starting they felt like it was hard to plan anything with them trying to figure out there schedules. It has been awesome, we have a family that we were able to meet with twice this past week and they are planing on coming to watch General Conference with us. It was also awesome because we found them while we were out Tracting a couple months ago and we have found out that they have some Member friends.

It was also awesome this past week, we have a recently activated member who went through the temple for the first time in more then 10 years. There is also another Member that has officially been declared active that we have been working with. I feel the biggest part to helping them stay active is having the fellowship of the other fellow members.

Also this past Saturday, we were able to help out with the Food Drive for the Food Bank that was going on in my area. Here is a picture of it.

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Then I had made a couple carvings in my spare time, here is how they turned out:

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I love you all.

Love,

Elder Warkentin

Mission Tour with Elder Golden

So this past week we had Elder Cristoffel Golden come to our Mission to speak with us. Some of the cool things he taught us is that us, being set apart as Missionaries, are Ministers of Jesus Christ. As such, we have the power to confess it. If anyone who has not been properly tries to confess it, the Light of Christ will not recognize it and the people we talk to will be able to tell the difference. I know through prayer, I have gotten a confirmation that The Book of Mormon is True, that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God and translated The Book of Mormon. I know that the Priesthood power to act in Gods name has been restored through Joseph Smith and is on the earth today. I know that anyone of you who asks God with a sincere desire to find the truth, will come to the same conclusion I have.

Another think that he brought up is that we as Missionaries have been called to bring the world the truth. Also, we are to convert people to the truth. It is not our primary purpose to gain a testimony, that is something we should have already, however, as we help others by studying and teaching, we will be able to strengthen our testimony. I know the Lord has called me to be a teacher for him. It is my job to allow the Holy Ghost to work through me to help those around me. That being said, I do feel like my testimony has become stronger the more I teach.

I love you all. I hope you have a great week.

Love,

Elder Warkentin

Things to come.

So since we had Pday quite late last week, not a whole lot has happened. Although we have had quite a bit of bike troubles the past few days, however they are all fixed. Also we had one of our most promising investigators decide to stop meeting with us, however, he seems like he will continue to try to learn the truth.

Now things to expect about this coming week. We have Elder Christoffel Golden of the seventies coming to our mission this coming week for Mission Tour. I think it will be good.

As for me I know that as we try to provide charity toward those in our lives, we will be able to feel of the love the Savior has for us. As we are commanded to become like Jesus Christ, we know that he went about trying to provide service for everyone that was in his path. As we are able to help everyone that comes up in our path, we will be able to feel true love for them and help them to love us back. I would just Invite all to try to provide service for someone along there way to where they are going this coming week.

I love you all. I hope all y'all have a great week.

Love,

Elder Warkentin