Week 71 Opposition in all things

Monday 3/6/2017

After our studies we went and picked up Elder Dodd/Sparto. We did some grocery shopping. We also checked out some of the local shops. We went to Pday activity at a park and played some ultimate Frisbee. We grabbed some dinner and then dropped off Elder Dodd and Sparto 

Tuesday 

After our studies we had a service where we helped move some furniture. We got some haircuts before lunch. We were able to do a little finding before dinner with the Jensens. We finished the night with ward council we taught about the covenant pathway and implementation in the ward. It went really well and they set some plans to better use it. 

Wednesday 

After studies and a quick lunch we gave a ride to the mission office. After we dropped them off we had President Interviews. Sister Taggart reviewed what we went over in zone training. We talked about our purpose, our authority and power. And being a successful missionary. With President he talked about our study of Jesus Christ. President Nelson has completed his study of Jesus Christ in 6 weeks. We did some finding before dinner with the Bryant's. After dinner we went with Brother and Sister Vargas. We saw the Torres family and talked with them about coming to church and starting to read the book of Mormon again. We met up with the Samoan Elders and saw four young men. We got they feeling they were not comfortable with palongis (White guys) teaching them we will see how it goes. 

Thursday 

We had district meeting in the morning after our studies. We discussed the Doctrine of Christ and putting people on date. We went to lunch at Panda express. We went to the mission  office to help pick up some new cars from the dealership. They loaded a group of missionaries in one of the big vans. We had a little wait for them to sign paper work and get keys. We got the car checked stuff and headed back to the office. As we were driving back I realized I didn't have my wallet. We went back I didn't leave it at the dealership, turned out it fell out of my pocket in our car. We picked up Elder Dodd/Sparto then dropped them off and headed for dinner with the Baldwins they made really good food they showed us their collection of money from all over the world. We talked with them about stake conference. We went and saw Brother Valencia we talked about his smoking he isn't ready to quit, he has decided. We are planning on getting him to read and pray better, it should help him. We saw Jessie and followed up and invited him to the temple walk. 

Saturday 

We did our weekly planning in the morning after tour studies. Brother Valencia let us know he was going to be able to make it to the Temple walk. We went to their house and they drove us there. We were a little late but it was a good experience. He is trying to prepare himself to go to the temple with his family. He has to overcome his addiction to smoking. We headed back and hit some heavy traffic. We had dinner with the Hernandez family and we played a quick game with them. We finished the night at Glenn's reminding him to come to church. 

Sunday 

We woke up it took us some time to realize it was a daylight savings. We had a good discussion in Elders quorum just us and Brother Bryant. One of the Torres boys was able to come to church. He bore his testimony about how he was thankful we stopped by and said that we wanted him to come back to church, which was really cool. After church we went back and finished up weekly planning to end the day. 

Opposition in all things 

There is always opposition in all things. This provides for the Plan of Salvation to move forward. The opposition provides us with choice or agency. In the garden Eden Adam and Eve were given that. They had the tree of Life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 

2 Nephi 2:15 And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man, after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are created, it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter.

We are given these things to gain experience in this life. 

2 Nephi 2:11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

Love Elder Caleb S. Bailey