Email to Family and Friends
Hello Family!!! This has been such a fun week. We had amazing lessons with Larry and Tina this week. Larry is getting baptized on the 22nd of April. Tina (his wife) has been making huge progress as well!
We started teaching Anna and her husband Bill. Anna was the head radiologist over the entire United States Army for 25 years! She is from India, haha she is so funny! We are going to have dinner and a lesson with the Stake President and his wife over at Anna's house this week.
We also met JT, he has one of the coolest Harley's ever! It's completely custom. He is an excommunicated member, but he is such an amazing guy!
We have been having so much success lately, it's fantastic! Something I have been really working on is teaching correct principles and letting the missionaries govern themselves. I could work and creat patterns for us to live as a Zone, but if they can understand correct principles and do it themselves, not only will they be great missionaries,but they will become converted to the gospel, go home and raise righteous family's!
"Becoming Great"
(1) The mother of James and John, the "Sons of Thunder", came to Jesus and asked him if he would grant unto them that they may be on his right hand and on his left in glory for all eternity.
Then Christ gives them this great lesson, that that is not His to give, but it shall be given to those whom it is prepared of our Father.
At that point the remaining 10 Apostles get angry at them for even suggesting such a thing as if they were surpass them.
And then I believe Jesus sees the wonderful intention of James and Johns hearts and how they wanted to become great in the eyes of God! He takes them aside and relates to them how the Gentiles lead with power and authority. He commands them to not be like that. But if they wanted to be great, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: (2)
The Savior says "I can't give you what you want, but I can teach you how to get it. I believe in you." The Savior wants each of us to become great! And in this he teaches us how. He believes in you!
Elder Philip R. Bredsguard
Mission Home: 1848 Rimrock Road, Billings, Montana
Current Address: 1704 Lowell Ave, Butte, MT 59701
Notes
- See Matthew 20:20-28
- Matthew 20:26-27
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