I can hardly believe it's September already. I'll
be hitting my two year mark on the 28th of this month, but will
still have a month after that before coming home. Well, I am sorry to hear
about BYU’s opening game loss to Virginia on Saturday. It sounds like Mom and Dad had a fun trip
even with the BYU loss. (Thanks for the
recap, Dad. But, I have learned not to
get my expectations too high for BYU.)
But, onto more important matters. Congratulations to David and Kambria for the safe arrival of my newest
niece, Aubrey Marie Royal. She looks so adorable. It is so weird to
me that I'll have four new nieces and nephews to meet when I get home. Our
family's just gotten so big these past two years!
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| David & Kambria welcomed Aubrey Marie into the world this week (Jordan's oldest nephew, Beckham, was born a month before Jordan entered the MTC. We've had three more grandchildren join our family since then, so Jordan will have some catching up to do when he returns home next month.) |
We went to Tarlac on Tuesday and Wednesday for my last
MLC at the mission home. This month we are studying the doctrine of the
Gathering of Israel. I really didn't know that much about the Gathering
of Israel and didn't think that it wasn't really important to understand. I've
learned a great deal about it, though. We learn from the Book of Mormon,
as taught by Elder Russel M. Nelson, that the Gathering of Israel will commence
when the "Book of Mormon shall come forth." (3 Nephi 21 -
Heading.) More of that was fulfilled when Moses appeared to Joseph
Smith and Oliver Cowdrey in the Kirkland Temple and restored the keys to the
Gathering of Israel, which keys are held by President Thomas S. Monson today. The
prophet has always held these keys. We then learned just how important we
really are as full-time missionaries in the Gathering of Israel. (Jeremiah
16:16.). So, it's pretty awesome being apart of this work in Gathering
Israel in preparation for the second coming of Jesus Christ. It was
really cool being with all of the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders. I'll
probably not see most of them again. It all depends whether I get
transferred on September 12th or not. I really hope that does
not happen. Not only because it
would be an incredible hassle to pack, but that would mean I would have to say
goodbye to all the people I've grown so close to. I’m just not ready to do that yet.
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| Jordan at the Mission Leadership Conference |
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| Jordan at the Mission Home for MLC |
We average about six new investigators a week, which is
really good, but we had no one come to church yesterday, the reason either
being financial problems or they're shy. It's just disappointing when we
work so hard for miracles in our area, but the day they're needed the most,
these great people do not come to church.
I read an article this week by Elder Dallin H. Oaks in this month's
issue of the Liahona about receiving personal revelation. He says that we
can't force ourselves to have spiritual experiences or demand revelation on our
time, but that it all comes from the will of God on His time. I guess I'm
still new on this whole revelation thing, so I guess I'm still a little
impatient about those things. Two years as a missionary isn't enough time
to really begin to understand just how revelation works, although Id’ say I
have a lot more understanding than I did before my mission. I think that
our prayers are getting answered little by little. The Bishop told us
yesterday that they've got an area they want for a meeting house and want us to
be the ones to find a specific location.
Once we find one, then the work will start to really progress. We
could be the ones to start a legacy here in San Leonardo. How cool would
that be? I guess that'll be my goal before I go home: Begin a legacy of
faith.
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| Jordan with Elder Blackham |
That’s it for this week. I hope that you're all
doing great. I can't wait to hear from
you soon. I love you all. Stay safe.
Ingat.
Elder Jordan "Legacy" Royal
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