11/17/14 3 Days of Training

Going to to 3 days of training is like going on vacation, the best kind, where you get completely filled up spiritually. And you have a notebook full of things you want to change and things to share.  Then you come back to your area, and feel like you haven't worked in it for months and everything and you get overwhelmed because there are so many people who need you to visit them and so many people you want to help but there just isn't enough time or miles. We've been very blessed.

My favorite things from 3-day was that we constantly need to be thinking about how we can serve others.  The only difference there is about being a leader is that you have a wider scope of people you can serve. I want to constantly keep this in mind.   President taught us a lot about David in 1st and 2nd Samuel.  I loved the story about David being chosen as king and then battling Goliath. Can you imagine the valor of a young boy declaring to an army that they would fall because he had Jehova on his side? Would you have the same faith and accept the call to fight Goliath. We are on the front lines of a war. It is by small and simple things that we do to give us faith to fight this battle. Faith in the Lord comes as a result of our obedience. If we are obedient we will have the spirit to guide us as well.  It is also by small and simple things that we lose our exaltation.  In 2 Samuel 11 (I think) the first verse tells how great King David simply chose not to go to battle. That sin led to another until he chose to murder Bethsabe's husband and lose his exaltation. We have to be obedient in all things.  

As for our area, Amber and her 3 brothers came to church again. They love it.  I think little Manny is going to perform in the primary program next Sunday.  That family is so cute. I hope that we will be able to keep up and keep the people we have progressing. It is interesting how investigators tend to fall away if you aren't there to visit and help them see the light of the spirit a couple of times a week. Keep praying for Amber's family. 

Love,

Sister Campbell