As missionaries, our number is available online, and sometimes people still text us that don't meet with us anymore. We also currently have "dumb" phones, which means we have to clear out old texts every now and then and therefore don't have any old texts from people saved anywhere as reference. This results in the occasional random text from some unnamed person whose name is not saved in our phone. Sometimes they're absolutely hilarious. Here's our most recent addition (spelling and punctuation preserved).
"Meanwhill back at home does it mean im week if i had turn the other Check Sister? Im not good at saying Amen"
0.0 Umm... No idea. Does it mean one is weak if they turn the other cheek? And what does "amen" have to do with that? Am I good at saying amen?! *crisis ensues*
Yeah, we've been laughing like all week. It's awesome.
Sewers and What Not to Do
Elder Costa of the presidency of the Seventy came to our mission on Saturday. It was a bit of a surprise and we had to drive to Macon, but it was SO worth it! He talked about missionary work and being bold and courageous. He also talked about relying on the Spirit in everything we do. One example is as follows.
Elder Costa had a friend who told him he was struggling with his testimony. He asked if he could meet him in his office to talk. Elder Costa said yes.
When this friend came to his office, he brought a foot-tall stack of papers all about Joseph Smith and why he wasn't a prophet, which he had found on various websites. Elder Costa listened to him for 3 hours and 15 minutes straight.
When he was done, Elder Costa said, "Okay, stop right there. You have just spent 3 hours and 15 minutes telling me about this material. I'm going to respond to you in less than 3 minutes."
He proceeds to bear an extremely simple testimony, and then says this: "Please read the Joseph Smith History published by the Church and ask God if it's true. I prefer to drink out of the living water of the teachings of God's prophets and apostles. Don't drink from the sewer."
Take Elder Costa's advice. Read from the source of truth. If you lived in Joseph Smith's time and wanted to know about Joseph Smith, would you ask someone who lived near him to tell you all about him? Or would you ask Joseph himself? Likewise, in our day we should go to the source. Read from his personal history and look to the sources of truth on the Church website, not all over the internet. I promise you'll be blessed with your own personal testimony if you take the time to read, understand, and pray. And if you have a testimony, but it's struggling, do the same! It will be strengthened.
Don't drink from the sewer.
Sister McKay
Object lessons with families in the ward!
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