FAM!!!‏ November 2, 2015

Hey Family and Friends! How is it going in Utah! I can`t believe that it is already November! Things are FLYING BY!!! AHHH!!! BUT!!! I already have my awesome plan for Thanksgiving Day. My comp and I are going to buy TWO GIANT CAMPECHANAS EACH!!! MUAHAHAHA!!!! Haha Ya I am pretty excited. He doesn`t really celebrate thanksgiving but... he is always down for Campechanas. :) Who isn`t!? Haha this week has been pretty good. Pretty normal. Working hard. A couple of big disappointments but nothing that I haven`t already experienced. Haha that is the good part right? BUT!!! Elder Piper came to the mission. WOW!!! He is amazing. He is now one of my favorites. He speaks so powerfully. And he spoke about a lot of things that I don`t know what to share. But! Something really cool that I learned was about Councils. How it is that God always works in councils. Whether it is the quorum of the twelve. Or a couple in their family. Counciling brings power from God. I also learned that the Prophet NEVER says I recieved revelation and we are going to do THIS. It is always taken to the council. To the twelve apostles. And when they speak. they always start from the youngest in the quorum to the oldest. And they take a vote. And if even one of them doesn`t feel right. They take it back for more planning and changing. He said that it took two years for one project so that all of the twelve and the first presidency said yes. Isn`t that crazy? I always thought that the Prophet recieves revelation and takes decisions. Haha Something else really cool is this. Our opinion is important to the Lord in decisions. He also wants to hear and know what we have to say. About our lives. Or with our families. And for the Leaders of the chuch. Well what to do with the church. He takes into account all of this as well. He also explained very clearly about the priesthood. The opinions of woman are just important as men in a council. He talked about what it is the gives us the power of the priesthood. It isn`t the ordination. It is our covenants with the Lord. The ordination of the priesthood to men is a responsability, not a power. So with that explaination. Women that have all of their covenants have the same priesthood power in their lives as men. But men have to enter into the covenant of the preisthood. Or recieve the priesthood to be able to have the same blessings as the women. Haha It was just so clear and perfect the way he explained it. PURE DOCTRINE!!! I LOVE IT!!! But the coolest part was his testimony. In this moment I realized the truth of what Preach my Gospel says. It is not about the words that are said. Or the amount of knowledge that we have. It all depends on the conviction in our hearts. :) That is why we need to keep nurturing our testimonies. When he bore his testimony of the saviour. It was POWERFUL I am almost sure that he has seen the saviour personaly. But I want to be able to have the same conversion as Elder Piper. :) I love you family and Friends! Have a great week! Elder Slade :)