So I start with a few photos. The one that "...a way cool guy took..." is before he was transferred to Northampton, the two others (can you see the difference) are Jed and his companion Elder Eliason in Northampton.
Since it is getting more spring like here in the state of Utah, I was telling Jed that while I was enjoying the weather - I woke up to frost on the rooftops that morning. I asked him if he ever saw frost in England? "It frosted this morning. It gets pretty chilly here. But it's a different kind of cold. Kinda like if Hawaii would have been cold (which is a daunting thought)." That would be a daunting thought, and I am not sure the surfers would enjoy that too much.
Elder Murri must have read a talk from the Apostle Elder Ballard recently as he tells his Mom, "I, like Elder Ballard (he talks about it in his talk "Following Up") ... have learned again the importance of follow up this past week. I know that you have to do it with love, but also be stern. Those two things can and should coexist. When they do, that's when you know that you're helping the person that you're following up with improve."
When I served as a missionary in Hawaii I fondly remember going to help the other companionship's in my zone. We would (all the Elders in the zone) show up in the area that was assigned to a companionship and knock on doors, or contact people in that area. This was done to help find those that were seeking to know more and give them the chance to hear the gospel. I asked Jed if he gets this chance. He said, "We try to do that every day! We like to work with different companionships (I think that that's a word) in the zone as much as we can. We'll go on things with them called "blitzes" where we'll go find with them for a period of time and then evaluate our efforts and our performance afterwards.They're really fun, because we get to unite with the Zone in work! Just like it says in PMG, "Work, work, work. There is no satisfactory substitute, especially in missionary work!"".
Elder Murri shares a little of his thoughts regarding two chapters from the Book of Mormon, of really a part of the crowning event in the Book of Mormon. These are a few of the chapters about the time Jesus Christ spent on the American continent among the Nephite people, (the link here). I feel this a fitting end to this post as I love the emphasis Jed places on whom is praying for who to our Father. He says, "I love the part in the Book of Mormon where Christ prays for the Nephites. He prays for them. I can only imagine that happening. They even talk about how sacred that was, and how special, but I can also only imagine that He does that for each of us, when we repent. He is the Mediator. He's the Christ -- the Anointed one -- the only one that's ordained to be the bridge between us and Heavenly Father. I know that it's like that. I know that He's like that. I love Him for that."
Since it is getting more spring like here in the state of Utah, I was telling Jed that while I was enjoying the weather - I woke up to frost on the rooftops that morning. I asked him if he ever saw frost in England? "It frosted this morning. It gets pretty chilly here. But it's a different kind of cold. Kinda like if Hawaii would have been cold (which is a daunting thought)." That would be a daunting thought, and I am not sure the surfers would enjoy that too much.
Elder Murri must have read a talk from the Apostle Elder Ballard recently as he tells his Mom, "I, like Elder Ballard (he talks about it in his talk "Following Up") ... have learned again the importance of follow up this past week. I know that you have to do it with love, but also be stern. Those two things can and should coexist. When they do, that's when you know that you're helping the person that you're following up with improve."
When I served as a missionary in Hawaii I fondly remember going to help the other companionship's in my zone. We would (all the Elders in the zone) show up in the area that was assigned to a companionship and knock on doors, or contact people in that area. This was done to help find those that were seeking to know more and give them the chance to hear the gospel. I asked Jed if he gets this chance. He said, "We try to do that every day! We like to work with different companionships (I think that that's a word) in the zone as much as we can. We'll go on things with them called "blitzes" where we'll go find with them for a period of time and then evaluate our efforts and our performance afterwards.They're really fun, because we get to unite with the Zone in work! Just like it says in PMG, "Work, work, work. There is no satisfactory substitute, especially in missionary work!"".
Elder Murri shares a little of his thoughts regarding two chapters from the Book of Mormon, of really a part of the crowning event in the Book of Mormon. These are a few of the chapters about the time Jesus Christ spent on the American continent among the Nephite people, (the link here). I feel this a fitting end to this post as I love the emphasis Jed places on whom is praying for who to our Father. He says, "I love the part in the Book of Mormon where Christ prays for the Nephites. He prays for them. I can only imagine that happening. They even talk about how sacred that was, and how special, but I can also only imagine that He does that for each of us, when we repent. He is the Mediator. He's the Christ -- the Anointed one -- the only one that's ordained to be the bridge between us and Heavenly Father. I know that it's like that. I know that He's like that. I love Him for that."