Conferences and Meetings (Week 11)

This week was full of meetings and conferences. On Tuesday we had district and zone counsel, on Thursday we were in Kona all day for Island conference, Friday we had interviews with the mission president and had a training from his wife, and of course the crown jewel of it all was General Conference on Saturday and Sunday. It's always amazing to hear from the Prophet and the Apostles. 

This week was whacky fast. Something I loved was that President Nelson spoke so much about temples! And he stressed the temples so much, and what I got from that, is that the temple is the most important thing in our lives. Making and keeping temple covenants bind us with the Lord and being worthy of and obtaining a temple recommend makes us know that we have nothing to worry about and if we die then we can go recommended and worthy to the Lord and inherit the Kingdom of God.

Last week we met this older guy who we've been meeting with for a while, Uncle Timmy. A lil back story. Uncle Timmy has had a lot of physical pain in his life and he has some back problems and his muscles are very weak. He told us more about his life, and he's basically just had a pretty rough life. 

Chicken coop that Al and his comp helped a member make.

We asked what Uncle Timmy does for fun or what makes him happy and he told us he doesn't know what "fun" is anymore. This really hurt to hear and was very sad to hear, but we told Uncle Timmy that because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ that his body will be resurrected to a perfect immortal state. We told him the great happiness and joy that he can find in living the gospel of Jesus Christ, and trust me I know first hand that when you aren't living the gospel of Jesus Christ and keeping the commandments you don't have lasting joy and you're missing something. It's not a good feeling and I've known that feeling. I always knew that the gospel of Jesus Christ was where I needed to turn to have the joy, peace and happiness that I was missing in my life. Once I made the switch I became happy. I now have joy in my life and I have peace in my life because I'm living the gospel of Jesus Christ and keeping the commandments and by doing this life is "fun" no matter what circumstance I'm in. 

Fun doesn't have to be something that we are going to do physically but there is also fun and joy that we find in growing spiritually by studying scriptures and growing a deeper understanding for them, serving faithfully and wholeheartedly in our callings, doing temple and family history work like indexing, finding ways to serve others in whatever situation that we may be in. Come unto Christ and reap the blessings that come from His Atonement, live His gospel. It's the BEST! and at the end of the day, that's the only thing that matters.

Ofa atu 

-Elder Alec Shockley 

Keto chocolate mousse pie. There is a family that Alec sees frequently and the wife is always making keto dishes.