Our Sunday Devotional was great. Elder Allen showed us some old LDS clips that were great. "It's not who you aren't, it's who you are that is great." "It's often life's small moments that bring the best memories, don't let them pass you by." "If you love people, let them know, they can't read your heart." "Arguments, even childish, ruin companionships and relationships." These were just a few quotes from the Devo that I loved. He talked a ton about families and the importance of them.
I also said bye to Jon Sunday night. It is weird seeing people come and go so soon. We also saw all the new missionaries coming in and I saw Talmage Lamb and a few others.
I had a great week this week. We learned a ton about how and why we go to church and that it really isn't for anything other than to strenghten our relationship with God. I have taken for granted going to church my whole life and viewed it as a chore but our lesson on that this week was so great.
In TRC this week me and Elder Wright taught a woman over skype that was from Germany but she now lives in Alpine down by the Creek Side Park. I went to school with her daughter. At the end of our lesson when she asked us where we were from and I said Alpine and she walked out off her porch and I could see my house from there it was pretty cool. She actually made fun of the missionaries when she was 17 on a train in Germany and now she is helping us with TRC's so that was a funny story to hear!
Me and Elder Wright in our lessons that we taught this week tried to focus more on teaching people and not the lessons and that if we are not excited about the Gospel and our message then who in the world is going to be? Teaching is my favorite thing. I have been struggling and getting frustrated with the language but I recieve some serious help from above when I walk in to the lessons and the German just comes to me.
I learned a valuable lesson with pride this week. An Armanian teacher offended a couple of our sisters this week and I was upset about it for them. Sometimes the MTC makes the smallest mistakes seem like we somebody just got killed and it bothers me super bad. But in the end it doesn't matter and we just need to drop our pride and be humble. I think that is the main tool Satan uses in our life to destroy our testimonies and our relationships with family and friends.
Yesterday we had a sister that hurt her neck and then lost all the feeling in her body from the neck down and asked that Elder Wright give her a blessing. She is super tough and was trying to downplay her pain but she could barely walk, turns out she pulled most of the muscles along her spine. The spirit was so strong during the blessing and Elder Wright was physically exausted after that for the rest of the night but she is doing much better now. After the blessing she said she felt her Dad there and that it was actually the 5 year anniversary of his funeral. Later that night Elder Wright pulled me aside and talked to me with some concerns he had and he was just getting down on himself. I just talked to him about how after and before super spiritual experiences is when we get attacked most by the adversary and just tried to help him with what he was dealing with and I guess whatever I said it had said in his Patriarcal Blessing, and that his mission companion would say it so we both were like woah, and then we started laughing.
Just want you all to know that The Gospel is super simple and that if we do what is right, God and Christ are super pleased with us. I love my Savior and what he did for us. We can not do this life without his help and he is eager to help us, we just have to have the faith in him. I can not wait to get to Germany and serve the people there.
Thanks for all of the letters, packages and emails. I appreciate you all. Have an awesome week!
-Elder Rothwell
Favorite Scriptures of the week:
**Alma 26
(this is just the heading)
"Ammon glories in the Lord—The faithful are strengthened by the Lord and are given knowledge—By faith men may bring thousands of souls unto repentance—God has all power and comprehends all things."
**Mosiah 23
(this is just the heading)
"Alma refuses to be king—He serves as high priest—The Lord chastens His people, and the Lamanites conquer the land of Helam—Amulon, leader of King Noah’s wicked priests, rules subject to the Lamanite monarch."
**Alma 17:2-4
" 2 Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.
3 But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God.
4 And they had been teaching the word of God for the space of fourteen years among the Lamanites, having had much success in bringing many to the knowledge of the truth; yea, by the power of their words many were brought before the altar of God, to call on his name and confesstheir sins before him."
**Matthew 24: 33-46
"33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
**Luke 22: 41-46
" 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: andhis sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
I got a pic with Elder Rios who is going to Armania and he lived in Kanab for a while. He is a great dude!
Elder Rothwell with his close friend, Elder Brockbank!
**ELDER HAS BEEN GONE FOR ONE MONTH NOW!!**
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