Last week I mentioned
some changes that were announced in General Conference, which I am super
pumped for. Implentation of those changes will happen over the next few
months, and I'm excited to see how the Saints benefit. The Nampa South
Stake, the stake I serve in, decided to jump on board with the change
idea though, and made a new ward yesterday! The new ward took pieces
from a couple of our other wards, so there was some expected crying and
sadness as people were moved out of the ward they've attended for so
many years. But to me, it all testifies that this is a living, breathing
church. There's a living, breathing God that leads it!
This
week we had many opportunities to minister to missionaries and to
people the missionaries are teaching. I've given more priesthood
blessings this week than ever before, which is a great feeling. We did a
couple of exchanges with some Elders that have some tough stuff going
on in their lives. I feel blessed to be in a position to provide some
comfort and love in times like that.
We
also had MLC this week, which is my favorite meeting! About 6 months
ago, I suggested to the MLC that we could pray as a mission at a
predetermined time every night for our monthly baptismal goal. The goal
that month was 32, so the whole mission prayed at 9:32 every night for
our goal. We've continued doing that every night for the past 6 months,
and it's been really unifying. This month, we've decided to take it a
step further. We're now inviting every member in our mission boundaries
to pray with us too! So that's probably around fifty thousand people
(rough estimate) all praying for one purpose! It gets me pretty excited.
I'd like to extend that invitation to anyone that's still reading at
this point. Our mission goal this month is 25 baptisms. I know prayer
works!
Love,
Elder Doyle
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| Most Sunday nights we visit with a bunch of youth from church and any friends they want to invite! |
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| Last night I ended up doing a little unplanned concert! |
