Great Week...
Dear All,
This last week was a great week! On Thursday we
had our Zone Conference, up at my old stake center in Gaoxiong. When I used to
serve in Nanzi, Gaoxiong, we would take the MRT (subway) to the stake center
just about every week for meetings and such. So going back there this week was
fun because I got to see some of the old sites.
The conference and training was really good. We
talked about the importance of teaching very clearly each of the three members
of the Godhead. Because many people here do not have a clear concept of the true nature of God, it is very important that we help them understand the basics; that God is
our Father in Heaven. He is literally our Father, and we are created in the
image of Him. And because He loves us, He sent His Son Jesus Christ to come
down to the Earth to atone for our sins. And in order to help us learn and
recognize these truths, we can feel the Holy Ghost in our minds and hearts. If
people here can't understand these basic truths, they don't have a foundation
for any of the other principles we need to teach them. I realized that I take for granted the fact that we know what God really is like. But to
the people here, it's an entirely new concept. In our lessons with new people
this week, Elder Lin and I tried hard to really make sure they understood these
basic things before moving on, and they were really great lessons.
After the Zone Conference, we went back to Ping Dong
and met with President Wang, our Stake President. He's a great guy and so are
his counselors. We are working hard on helping the individual wards with their
own mission plans, but it's also hard because there are many other things for a
new Stake President to focus on. In April we have a big Family History activity
which we hope can be used as a way to introduce many people to our Family
History tools and to the church. That'll be fun!
Last week, Elder Lin and I laid down some
expectations and a step by step plan of how to pick up the work in this area.
Even the Stake President said that the work in our ward has been too slow for
the past year or so. We really hope that we can work hard to change that! This
is a great area, with lots of people! We definitely believe that there are many
people here that are waiting for this knowledge of the restored truths of Jesus gospel!
I'm sorry I don't have much time to email any more.
Alexa! Congrats on winning the piano recital!! That's awesome! Also, Dad,
thanks for your advice on working with the Stake leaders.
We're having a great time! I love you all!
Elder Stevens
Dome of Lights, Formosa Blvd., Gaoxiong, Taiwan
Lots Of Dogs!
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