Here are a few videos that Elder Anderson helped to make on Facebook this week.
(Phineas and Ferb theme song) Training
Today was very busy, we made a parody version of “Phineas and Ferb” for missionary work, and it was probably our most successful video yet, we heard an incredible number of compliments back on this episode as everyone really liked the format, it was a very engaging way of concisely stating some finding techniques. True to the “Phineas and Ferb” format we even had a fight scene between our “secret agent” and “mad scientist”. I worry for the mental health of our missionaries sometimes, and I think that this played a big role in helping some people to destress to as we made missionary work a light, fun topic, rather than just making everyone feel like work mules.
1/13/2021
Today was another very busy day. We ended up teaching a lot of lessons and were busy for our whole day. We got to do a scripture study with a widow in our ward for a long time which was very nice. We also had a meeting for our whole mission this morning, and it was a very Spiritual experience. There are always good trainings on different aspects of missionary work, but the messages today were especially powerful and motivating. Our zone leaders asked us to roleplay with them, and they decided to call us “Brother and SIster Gomez”, and referred to me as “Sister Gomez” multiple times. This is a usual practice for our zone, but I still wasn’t enthusiastic about it.
1/14/2021
Today was a little bit stressful, but it was definitely my fault. We had a lot of projects to do (our hype videos, a Sunday devotional for the Zone, and Facebook post for tomorrow (those were in order of most time-consuming to least time-consuming)) and they all fell into needing to be done within the same two day block. We’re really only used to having the occasional Facebook post to do, so this many projects was a little stressful, but we got through everything that we needed to today, which was good. I also helped a widow set up her phone tonight, and set up everything perfectly, except that I forgot to tell her that her new PIN was “0000” and so she was locked out of her phone for a very long time until a ward member who she had emailed from her computer gave me a call and relayed the situation. I guess I’m not such great tech support after all.
1/15/2021
Today we spent most of our time working on our Facebook live. It turned out pretty good so we’re very excited to tell our ward about the opportunity that they all have to listen in on another devotional style video. We talked about utilizing scriptures and how we can learn to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives. It ended up being pretty quick, and we were pretty happy with how it turned out. We also pulled together a small miracle today. There were some missionaries in our District who were in a lot of pain because they were having digestion issues. Well, using my extensive knowledge of how to use a blender we managed to whip up 410% of the daily recommended fiber intake and split it up into four smoothies for the companionship to drink today and tomorrow. We went from not having any supplies for that to the Lord providing for these missionaries who were struggling, and getting to witness the way He watches over us was a huge testimony builder.
1/16/2021
I forgot my phone in the car last night, so I couldn’t write in my journal, however, this was a great blessing to me. I got to go to bed at 9:30 which was amazing, we’re supposed to go to bed at 10:30 each night at the latest, but by the time I get through everything I need to it’s often 10:45. I really enjoyed not having any responsibilities for a night and getting to go to bed at a good time for once.
1/17/2021
Today we had ward council and got to pass out 30 copies of the Ward Mission Plan to families. We were very excited to get so many copies to so many families. We also had multiple lessons today, and even got to teach Sunday School about what makes us the hope of Christianity. Then, on our Sunday night devotional we got to hear from Elder Wong (Yes, Elder Wong, not Elder Gong), a member of our area presidency, and he gave a very moving message.
Today for a spiritual thought I wanted to share verse 11 of 1st Corinthians 2: For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
A lot of us have expectations to know God by means of proof unto us, and have constructed a box as to what we believe our proof of God has to fit into: We have to be able to see Him, we'll know that Christ has resurrected when we feel the prints of the nails in His feet and hands and by the wound in His side, but we're told here that we can't know God in that way. If you wanted to measure the temperature outside you would use a thermometer, and if you want proof of God's existence you need to use another tool that He's given you: Your heart. We all come to know God by the whisperings of the Spirit to our mind and hearts. Make no mistake, though, in thinking that these promptings are foolish imaginations, that they're made up. They are real, and I bear my witness that they are. Each of us can feel the promptings of the Holy Ghost, for Christ's arms are open to all.
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