3/28/16
Yokwe baamle!! and Happy Easter!!!
Easter Sunday was actually pretty much just a typical
Sunday. Of course when I say that is was "a typical Sunday" I'm not
saying in any way that is was not very spiritual, but rather that even a
"typical Sunday" should be just as spiritual and significant in our
remembrance of the Saviors sacrifice. That is the main purpose for our meeting
together! To partake of the emblems of the sacrament and remember what he did
for us and to renew our covenants that we have made with Him at baptism and in
the Temple! But I digress... I suppose for the most part that I am preaching to
the choir anyway because all of you so wonderful at making every Sabbath a
delight already! So keep that up! :)
Of course one highlight of this whole week was getting to
share solemn witness to everyone we came in contact with of the Atonement of
Jesus Christ! I'm sure you're already aware of this, but the church put out a
new video about the Atonement and Easter and also gave out new pass-a-long
cards to go with it, so we have been having passing those out literally
everywhere we go! It's kind of fun! :) On another fun note, my companion and I
have also basically taken on new callings as the "default back up Sunday
school teachers" and when I say Sunday school we really have just become
the EVERYTHING teachers... in fact it's getting to the point where we're not
even the back-ups... we're just the "default everything teachers"!!
haha! It's really fun and exciting for us and definitely keeps us on our toes
because we never know when we're going to have to teach or what we will have to
teach on but I kind of feel bad for the other teachers because they are missing
out on all of the incredible blessings that come from preparing and presenting
a lesson, even to a class of just a few, (which is usually all that ever attend
Sunday school classes anyway). 
This past week I think I had a total of three people in my
class, one of which kept getting up to leave because of her small child. Still
it was a wonderful chance to teach about the scriptures to one of our
investigators and a recently returning member both of whom were there in the
class (in fact they made up about 2/3rds of the class! haha!) We've even been
having to split the last few weeks so that one of us can teach the Gospel
Principles class and the other can go teach the youth class and then we find
ourselves teaching the young men's class a lot of the time too. It's kind of
fun! We're trying to get the young men excited about serving a mission too...
but... well... let's just say they’re not too enthusiastic until the FunDip and
other candies start coming out of the bag! haha! It's ok though! I remember
what it was like to be in their shoes so that helps! :)
So other than teaching and teaching and teaching a lot this
past week, we also got to do quite a bit of learning, which is always a HUGE
blessing! :) We had zone conference this past week and we got to hear all sorts
of wonderful training's from the Assistants, the Mission President, and even
from a member of the missionary department from Salt Lake who came out to train
us on and install these new little devices in all of our cars that basically
just help the church keep track of where cars are and more importantly how they
are being driven. The device is a little bit obnoxious at times, but it is
there for a good purpose and we are making the most of the situation anyway.
Anyway, I love you all so very much! Keep on doing the
amazing things that you do and again you can be assured that you are and always
will be in my thoughts and in my prayers!! I love you so much and hope to hear
again from you soon!! Have a great week! Kommol kun am jipan im jar! Bar yokwe
eok!! :)
-Elder Powell
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