Monday, March 9, 2015

March 9, 2015

hello everyone. my how time flies. doesnt it seem like it was just monday? boy oh  boy  what a mighty fine week it was.

we had some great lessons and a lot of cancellations but you know that is just part of life. but we had the craziest stake conference i have ever been to. lots of changes in the stake. a new ward was even created right before our very eyes. it was really quite something. the Lord is hastening His work right here is our part of the neighborhood. stake conference was avaliable in 3 languages. how neat is that. so the gatineau elders, thats us (the only french elders at stake conference) sang with our french members in french haha. a little prideful of me but it was fun. I enjoy speaking french. this is something i will miss a lot.

i hope you enjoy these pictures i am sending home. i got sick of my desk so i taped all these pictures i found to the walls. how neat is that. we put up all the latter day prophets too. thank goodness i have that primary song memorized or putting them up would have been a challenge! latter day prophets are number one!

this is the river by our home. it is large. and frozen at the mombent. yes that right still frozen.

and the last one is sister gagnon. she is the sweetest old lady in the world.

so this last week i read a lot about the apostle peter. He was an amazing man. I love his story so much and we can learn a lot from his life and the change he went through from being a fisherman to one of the greatest leaders in the church. After Christ was resurrected He came to Peter and asked if he loved Him. We all know the story. Feed my sheep is the response 3 times. After Peter received the Holy Ghost he was a changed man. He was sanctified. We knew he had the Priesthood and he had the faith that with it he could do all the Lord required of him. A lot of people didnt like him. there were some that wanted him dead. No one has ever said they want to kill me but there have been some who made it know that they did not like mormon missionaries. Peter taught me a great lesson this week. In Acts 5 peter says
41 ¶And they departed from the presence of the council,rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

What a strange thing to say in the eyes of the world. I have been trying to think like this this week. to be worthy to suffer for the Name of Christ. His name is on my chest everyday and because of it a lot of people stare at me and look at me in a strange way. But i love it now. Now i understand a little how Peter felt. I love being a missionary of Christ. I know he loves me and He helps me everyday!

i love you all very much. I am working hard and i hope you are too!
elder cameron
Godspeed


 

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