how are you?
wow trek sounded great. i am so glad you all got to go. i wish i could have been there, man dad there must have been a ton of dust, for some reason i dont really remember all that dust there, how time changes the climate, haha
i know what i want for christmas! JAMMYPACK what? yah coolest thing i have ever seen, please tell mckay that i love him and he has inspired me. Trek is like general conference, going to the temple, sacrament meeting, and all those firesides all packed into 3 crazy days, something i like to call a sucker punch of the spirit, right to the face! not even chuck norris is capable of a strike this powerful. imagine that!
I love that scripture that your family chose, It has also helped me on the mission, I have been thinking about the Holy Ghost and how he works through us to comfort others, and often times that is how we receive the comfort we need, for example: i was really sad at the beginning of this week because i learned that a recent convert of mine back in mont saint hilaire doesn't come to church anymore, the missionaries said that he doesnt want anything to do with the church right now. so i was really sad about all of this and i needed some comfort, so then this happened, The Forbes family invited us over for dinner, He is the brother that is from England. it was a pretty standard DA until i mentioned i play the guitar, then he said, want to see something, so then he took me downstairs and showed me his beauty, this awesome electric guitar with a sick amp. i was so happy haha, he let me play it for a little while and we talked about music. It was just what i needed. I know that there isn't much that i can do for the man who left the church but i can pray that he can feel some of the same comfort that i felt.
So we had an interesting encounter with someone this week, we went to go try a potential investigator and as we got there she pulled up. we were thinking hey this is awesome, maybe this was supposed to happen, then satan came in! a man yelled at us from across the street and said, "hey boys, you dont need to worry about her, dont waste your time she already comes to this church," it was pastor joey. we didn't move because we wanted to talk to this lady, then he walked over to "protect the flock" as he said. So doing all that he possibly could to take the agency away from this woman, and making a complete fool of himself, we decided to leave because the spirit was long gone. I was real angry with him and i wanted to give him one of those sucker punches that i was talking about earlier. then after a long drive we went to our next appointment, sister bellman. It was funny because she said, you know i learned something, holding a grudge only hurts me, hating others never did any good. darn, i was humbled by a less active. it was a lesson i shall never forget. I was thinking about forgiveness and how hard it can be some times. this man made me so mad and i was wondering how could i forgive someone that is trying to thwart the plans of God? but then i was reminded of the greatest example of all: Forgive them for they know not what they do" the Savior is able to forgive the most vile sinners that ever existed, and he commands all men everywhere to forgive and forget, so after much prayer and "wrestling in the spirit" as enos puts it i was able to put it behind me.
i still dont get it 100% i dont think i ever will here on earth but we know enough like elder andersen says, to keep the commandments.
I had a funny experience, so that man who let me play his guitar has a little boy who is around 5. he was bouncing off the walls and so i played with him for a while. he was funny, he reminds me of myself when i was younger. then at church yesterday he ran up to me and started jumping on me haha. i made a friend. we were playing a little bit when his mother asked me if i had adhd. haha is worried about her son going to school and stuff, and i said, not that i am aware of haha. i have never been asked that before though i am sure that many have thought it.
well family, it was great to hear about trek, i am glad you had a great time. thank you for everything! i love you all and pray for you everyday
elder cameron
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