Seeking Correction

Hello friends!

        I hope you all had a great week! This week has been busy - we've had a lot of lessons and have been able to be in lots of homes! There's such a difference between having lessons on a doorstep and lessons inside a home. It's always better inside a house, especially in a member's home, because of the Spirit that's there. 

      

  This week we had zone conference, with all the missionaries from the bottom half of the mission.

Southern half of the Jacksonville Florida Mission 

 There were great trainings given and the Spirit was felt. One of my favorite things, that can really be applied no matter who or where you are, is on seeking correction. 

President Lee teaching the missionaries.

   Instead of just obeying out of obligation and a sense of duty, we should be asking for what we can do better. For us, that means asking the missionaries in our zone and the members what we can do better. Especially asking what we can improve to serve them better. 

      

    BUT THIS IS GOOD FOR YOU TOO! The same idea can be applied in home, at work, in church, etc.  Imagine if, in a family setting, everybody was always sincerely asking each other how they could improve. Or at work, asking co-workers how you can help them with their work or uplift them?  Asking friends in college how you can help them and how you can be a better friend? Asking our professors what we can do to be a better student, a better learner? The image that comes to mind is one of those helix wind chimes that spin around and looks like it grows infinitely up. I firmly believe that that's how it will be with us if we seek correction always!

          Anyway, enough if my weird ranting. Here are some poems about prayer. We've been praying and asking questions, and we've seen many miracles as God answers our prayers. 

"A kinda basic haiku on prayer"

In prayer we ask God

How we can serve his children

Answers always come

A kinda poorly written poem on prayer

A prayer with faith is a powerful thing,

With hearts aflame our questions we bring,

Then pause now and listen to His quiet voice

And each time unfailing He guides to a choice. 

Heartfelt prayer is a gift from above,

A way to show Heavenly Father our love.

Sincerely we pour out our hearts to Him,

Our prayer rising up, like an heavenly hymn. 

Love you all! Have a great week.

Gainseville Zone at the conference. Love these missionaries!

My Trainer, Elder Day, and I - one year after he first started training me.