Week 36: Mosiah 28:3

The Assistants gave a great training in Zone Conference on praying for miracles.  Particularly in finding people to teach.  They had 5 steps to finding more people to teach.

Step 1: Pray

  We need to pray and ask for guidance in finding people.  Everything is possible through the lord and we must pray for Him to help us.  I have a huge testimony of the power of prayer.

Step 2: Thought

  We need to throw out everything we know about logic, people, and our area.  When we put our trust in the Lord, He will give us specific thoughts of what to do and where to go.

Step 3: Go

  When we receive this prompting, we need to go.  We need to do what we've been told to do.  Nothing happens until we act.

Step 4: Expect

  We need to expect the Lord to provide miracles.  We won't accomplish anything if we don't have the faith that He will help us.

Step 5: Persist

  Things won't always go our way.  Sometimes the Lord wants to test our faith.  When things don't go as planned, we need to keep going and repeat the steps.

I know this applies to everything, not just missionary work.  I know that the Lord is with us, guiding us in everything we do, and is waiting for us to ask Him for help.

"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day."  (Alma 37:37)

Elder Poulsen

Email to Mom:

Zone Conference was great.  There were a lot of things about praying about every single thing you do.  A lot of missionaries think that they "get it done" when they go out and knock 50 doors.  It's all about including the Lord.  Asking him for guidance in EVERYTHING.  Not just the normal stuff we pray for.  I realized that I needed to pray more.  I needed to persist more and not murmur or give up. There was a training on how we can politely cut people off when they take a conversation way out to where it's not relevant.  There were lots of things that helped me know what I can work on.

I really loved the APs training.  I knew that was what I was missing in my finding aspect.  I really love what you said about not murmuring.  That is key.  I can't be successful or in tune with the Spirit if I'm constantly complaining about my bad circumstances.  I love that.