General Conference was Awesome! It was so inspirational, and it
answered a lot of questions that I have had. President Monson said it
best, " this has been the most inspiring conference." All the talks were
great! I can never pick a favorite one. I learned so much. I love
reading and listening to talks. Over the course of my mission I have
gotten a lot of talks and I love to study them. It is so cool that each
talk is different and that they are on something specific. Over the
course of the wekkend I had the spirit again bear witness to me that
President Monson is a true Prophet called of God and he is leading the
church the Way the Lord would if he were here. It is such a blessing to
know that God continues to work the same way as he did in the time the
Savior was on the Earth. It just makes so much sense and I am grateful
for the knowledge and understanding I have of it. It is a weird thought
to think of what life would be like without guidance from the Prophets
and Apostles. I know I would be lost.
There was so much in each talk and there was a lot of little
specific things in all of them that stuck out to me. I think the
overarching theme was missionary work and enduring. There was a lot of
great talks on pushing through when times get tough. I love General
Conference. What was you favorite talk? I can't believe that the
priesthood session was broadcasted over the internet. The chaple here
was pretty empty as well. I feel like that takes away from the power of
it along with the tradition. It still felt really weird not being with
the family for conference. Especially the priesthood session. Going to
get ice cream afterwards was always the greatest. I thought alot about
that on Saturday night.
Friday we had mission leadership council. Those are always
great! It is great to go and receive trainings on how we can become
better and how we can help the missionaries to do the same. We were
trained on how we can better resolve concerns using the Book of Mormon.
We will be having our zone training meeting this wednesday where we will
be training all the missionaries in the zone on this along with
something else that my companion and I feel like we need to. I am always
excited to do this. I love to give trainings! I feel like I always
learn so much while I do. Also during the council meeting we had a
pretty long heated discussion about standards of excellence. No on
really wanted them because they in a way impose and the missionaries
aren't completely motivated to stretch. But as we counciled and
discussed we came to the concesses on what we can do. We will be setting
a standard of excellence on a couple things. It is gong to be
interested to see how this works out. I am a little aprensive but I am
going to follow the council given from my missionpresident and I am
going to do it and see miracles.
On Tuesday I had the oppurtunity to go to the San Diego Temple. I
love going to the Temple! It is such a great place. That temple is so
incredible. It is so beautiful. Inside the Temple I feel like I always
receive inspiration on things that I need to know/do. Being there I also
feel so close to my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ. The
Temple is such a special place and it is a blessing to have them.
That is great to hear that st. george was good. Those are always
great trips no matter how short on long they are. That is awesome that
Eric ran it. I can't believe that they are finally moving here. It is
about time. I can't believe that Austin is driving. Time is flying by so
quickly. I feel like I close my eyes and wam a week is gone. I don't
know when my release date is, I haven't heard anything.
Thanks for everything mom! I Love You!
Love, Elder RINDLISBACHER
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