I hope everyone had a "Merry
Little Conference" complete with snow for the Gibbons/Schlappi family as
of late.
A few happy birthdays to two of my
best friends in the whole wide world: Max Webb (Oct 11th) and of course, my great
mother's (Oct 18th). They will be 21 and 35 respectively. Please give them your
regards too.
There was great things shared and
revealed to me this weekend. There were many themes that were present, but I
wish to echo the words of Joseph Smith, that "after all has been said, our
most important duty is to preach the gospel." And we got a deadline too,
didn't we? Next Merry Little Christmas! I hope this Christmas will be extra
special as you will focus your prayers toward spreading the gospel - the TRUE
Christmas cheer. How great will it be that by this Christmas we can sit around
the tree and share our experiences of how we SHARED Christmas with others in
response to this conference! It will be much more meaningful knowing we spread
the message of Jesus farther beyond the walls of our home. I also noticed that
we must pay attention with our homes more than ever, as joy and happiness are
truly achieve with there's love at home. Even if there's not much love in your
home, you, too, can pray to make a difference by this this Christmas just
within your home. After all we are taught that "no success can compensate
for failure in the home." When we pray earnestly for Charity (Moroni 7:48)
and take up Christ as our leader, failure in the home won't be an option. I express
my joy and with you blessings as you apply conference and spread the love of
Jesus Christ to those around you this year.
Now about my ministry here,
just when I thought that weeks couldn't get crazier, found out Bun wasn't
married to Pat, that he said she was quitting investigating the church and the
he himself was going to a different church. Then we would call Bun who would
share with us scriptures and then said that Pat is just super sensitive (even
more than ME, Angie!!) and we offended him and he said some not super nice
things... Bun really calmed us as she said that he just gets in weird mood but
settles down. Pray for us to go back into that situation tomorrow.
As for Rough and Gaeo - Gaeo asked
about the 10 Commandments and if she can be Buddhist and Christian together -
and because it was a phone lesson (cuz she can't meet us in person), and I was
not helping Elder at all, she and Elder didn't really
understand each other about that question/concern. So, Gaeo just asked if was
could just so see her at work instead - the God blesses His New Missionaries in
mysterious ways! So we went there to her work with our Elder's Quorum President
(whose name is Bro Bon and was actually a missionary in this mission when I
first came in). She said she'd follow the 10 Commandments - that that was what
Elder Oaks really hit on in the only session she made it to! The Lord truly
does work in mysterious ways.
More on transfers, a possible new
area this week, etc. Next week!
May he continue to bless us all in
sharing His Good News is my prayer.
With Love,
Elder Gibbons
