April 8, 2019
Hey Everybody,
This week FLEW by! It's so crazy that it's already Monday.
So the main thing that happened this week was our exchange with the Zone Leaders. I went up to the other Elders apartment with Elder Jackson. The main thing we did was on the second day. We went to do service for one of the people they are teaching. He's a crabber so he's prepping his cages, called pots, for the season. He had us attaching extra pieces of metal gating to the door so the smaller crabs which are legal to catch early in the season stay in the pot, then when the legal size increases partway through the season, he just cuts the extra gate off so those smaller crabs can escape so they can get bigger and get caught later. He has about 1200 pots, which is about half of what some crabbers have, and we did about 500 of them. While we were attaching the gates, the guy was attaching these little rectangular prisms of Zinc, the prisms protect the pots from the elements in the water that would corode the pot. It felt so nice to just get out in the sun and work with my hands for a few hours, even if my neck and arms were super sunburned afterwards.
That was the main event of the exchange, it ended up being a day and a half exchange because it was more convenient to exchange back at the Book of Mormon Class we hold every Wednesday night.
Thursday was Interviews with President Mutumbo, which is always an awesome and revelatory experience. Then this past weekend has been an outpouring of revelation as well with General Conference, here are some of my biggest take aways (disclaimer, these are not direct quotes, they are just how I understood what they were saying):
Elder Uchtdorf- We grow, not only inspite of, but Because of persecution.
Also, Stand as a witness of God at all times, and when necessary, use words.
Elder Anderson- The point of this life is to learn to be to in the world, but not of it.
Elder Homer- The Book of Mormon exposes the stratagies of Satan, the arguments of Korihor are the same used by the mainstream world today.
Elder Holland- Sell the ox or fill the mire. The Sacrament is the focal point of our weekly worship.
President Erying- The Lord will someday interview us.
God has chosen his servants. If they require condemnation, he will take care of it personally.
President Oaks- Save the Squirrel.
Opportunity Cost.
Ye must Repent. (Of all actions AND inactions).
President Nelson- μετάνοια (metánoia)
Metá= change
noia= mind, knowledge, spirit, breath.
Elder Christofferson- The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the ultimate seed of Hope.
We have been uniquely comissioned to prepare the world for the Second Coming.
Elder Callister- Law of Gravity= Law of Justice.
By using the Atonement of Jesus Christ (the Parachute) we do not rob the Law of Justice.
I love you all,
Elder Howell
This week FLEW by! It's so crazy that it's already Monday.
So the main thing that happened this week was our exchange with the Zone Leaders. I went up to the other Elders apartment with Elder Jackson. The main thing we did was on the second day. We went to do service for one of the people they are teaching. He's a crabber so he's prepping his cages, called pots, for the season. He had us attaching extra pieces of metal gating to the door so the smaller crabs which are legal to catch early in the season stay in the pot, then when the legal size increases partway through the season, he just cuts the extra gate off so those smaller crabs can escape so they can get bigger and get caught later. He has about 1200 pots, which is about half of what some crabbers have, and we did about 500 of them. While we were attaching the gates, the guy was attaching these little rectangular prisms of Zinc, the prisms protect the pots from the elements in the water that would corode the pot. It felt so nice to just get out in the sun and work with my hands for a few hours, even if my neck and arms were super sunburned afterwards.
That was the main event of the exchange, it ended up being a day and a half exchange because it was more convenient to exchange back at the Book of Mormon Class we hold every Wednesday night.
Thursday was Interviews with President Mutumbo, which is always an awesome and revelatory experience. Then this past weekend has been an outpouring of revelation as well with General Conference, here are some of my biggest take aways (disclaimer, these are not direct quotes, they are just how I understood what they were saying):
Elder Uchtdorf- We grow, not only inspite of, but Because of persecution.
Also, Stand as a witness of God at all times, and when necessary, use words.
Elder Anderson- The point of this life is to learn to be to in the world, but not of it.
Elder Homer- The Book of Mormon exposes the stratagies of Satan, the arguments of Korihor are the same used by the mainstream world today.
Elder Holland- Sell the ox or fill the mire. The Sacrament is the focal point of our weekly worship.
President Erying- The Lord will someday interview us.
God has chosen his servants. If they require condemnation, he will take care of it personally.
President Oaks- Save the Squirrel.
Opportunity Cost.
Ye must Repent. (Of all actions AND inactions).
President Nelson- μετάνοια (metánoia)
Metá= change
noia= mind, knowledge, spirit, breath.
Elder Christofferson- The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the ultimate seed of Hope.
We have been uniquely comissioned to prepare the world for the Second Coming.
Elder Callister- Law of Gravity= Law of Justice.
By using the Atonement of Jesus Christ (the Parachute) we do not rob the Law of Justice.
I love you all,
Elder Howell
Pictures:
Crab Pots
I think we missed a miracle
We had to throw away our couch
An great quote I saw the other day
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