conferencia general #56

askjhflakhfjkdshf! welcome back to the semi-half-monthly email of Elder Koblob, who currently has TEN MINUTES LEFT AGGHHHHHH

i did do the important stuff first tho, so forgive me if the stories aren't that long. that's not what matters anyways tho:)

This week's summary! (for my TLDR folks)

☆ it rained more 

☆ CDC

☆ exchanges, but in spanish (again)

☆ went to the dentist and absolutely horrified the assistant because i shoved a metal wire in my gums

☆ my whole family is in Hawaii

☆ the Fly Fisherman is back!!

☆ FIREMAN OOOOH MY GOSH HE IS ELECT GOD IS GOOD THE SPIRIT IS AMAZING AND THE CALENDAR APP IS FREAKY

☆ Kip! new(ish) friend:)

☆ general conferenceeeeeee oh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

☆ sunday devo stuff

Stories

- had a LIT CDC. so much faith. so much expecting of miracles, as was mentioned in general conference!! it literally gave us the momentum to accomplish many amazing things this week. never underestimate a good meeting!

- so, our DL is not spanish anymore, (the DL area got changed), but one of the other spanish elders got yoinked so they're in a trio right now. so, when i went on exchanges, it was still spanish speaking! because we were in both of their areas. it was a great time! i made them pasta and cookies, and we played soccer for our workout in the morning. i can confidently say i didn't do too bad, although the spanish elder was kinda sorta fantastic and megged me WAY too many times for it to be okay. (i'm sorry dad...) butttttt anyway, i got the chance to bear my testimony in spanish once more, luckily i still had it and was able to read from it! i also extended an invitation in spanish to another family we visited, and they seemed impressed! so impressed in fact, that they did not happen to comment on the invitation at all. hm. either way, exchanges were a good time with Clark Avondet! if any of my LP friends remember the homie:)

- so, i finally went to the dentist because my bottom retainer of my teeth has been broken for.... a few years........ but anyway, the way i solved that loose wire flappin around in my mouth was kinda to... shove it in my gums in between two of my teeth! the dental assistant lady was horrified but also couldn't stop laughing when i told her that. maybe not the smartest choice by ya boi kob, but hey, it worked! gotta give me props for creativity at least. and one of my favorite members fixed the wire so best case!

- general conference was SO good. the recurring themes i picked up were:

missionary work

becoming as a child

peace

loving others, no matter the religion

suicide prevention (one of my favs)

covenants and ordinances

momentum!

and probably more but those were the ones i loved! it was so amazing. i beg of you to watch it!! i have...... a lot of thoughts on it, as you all may know. they're all down there near the bottom! read if you want, i did put a lot of time into it 

- we also had an amazing Sunday night devotional! we all were invited to share our thoughts and questions..... so you know ya boi was literally way ahead of the time to raise his hand and was the first to speak. i talked about Uchtdorfs talk, and about consecration and sacrifice. only thing is, we were asked to make it 30 seconds. and you all know i can talk WAY too fast. like seriously. way too fast. so i'm sure i was very unintelligible, but hey, i made a promise once to always share my thoughts and you best believe i keep my promises. and love talking too much wheeeeeeeee

Teaching Updates

 - OH. MY. GOODNESS. Y'ALLLLLLLLLL we had the most amazing thing ever. We're there with our lesson with the Fireman, right? he's just so ready. we tell him we want to move his date up. we ALL get on our knees, including the whole family of four for fellowship that we had, and Fireman says a BEAUTIFUL vocal prayer for him. and, tells us his date should be the 16th of april. a whole THREE weeks before we thought he would be. MY GOODNESS HOLY HANNAH. WOOOOHAHAOHAOHOHWIHWOHOWSH. it was SO amazing!!!!! not only that, but our member goes to put it in her calendar, and tells us this might freak us out. she shows us her phone, where she had typed in the first three letters of his name. and it says: "Fireman's Baptism". HOLY MOTHER OF A SONLESS GOAT. SHEEEEEEEEEEEESH. then! then! then! we went over on sunday to eat lunch with them because we had one approved meal during conference weekend, and teach him. then like EVERY SINGLE THING we talked about was in the final session of conference!!!!! it was so amazing. GOD IS GOOD. HE IS SO GOOD. WOOHOOOOOOOOOOO

- the fly fisherman called us, and told us he was ready to dedicate EVERYTHING to God! i have faith and high hopes for him. he has accepted the invitation to be baptized, but we aren't quite sure when yet. so exciting!!

- Berry watched all of conference as well! lets go!

- our good new friend Kip who we got from the old spring creek sisters is dope too! he has such a desire to read the BoM, we just have no clue how to easily get in contact with him. but hey, he loves the Book of Mormon so best case! it's very true, dontcha know.

Spotlight

- uhhhhh kaeli. nerd.

- mckinley! homie, congrats on the mish call!

- elder Bales. i HECCIN love ya

- my whole family, who is in Hawaii without me. ouch. 

(nah im messin tho hehe i love u guys HAVE FUN)

- hermana, i tried so hard to do your challenge of 19 acts of service. i'm so sorry, i don't know if i did it. but we did have a few service activities that day! i'll do better, i promise.

- Probsty boi. iiiiii heccin love ya. and all ur cars. ur just one of my most favorite beans. yeet

My challenges for you

- As I have loved you. i thought about this phrase for just a second. i realized quickly that Christ doesn't mean 'because'. He literally means 'as'! we shouldn't just love others because He loved us. we should love them the same exact way He loved us!! challenge is to love others the way Christ wuld! always be forgiving. always show love first before any anger. I hope you know i'm trying to do it too!

Every minute, every moment...there was Jesus

General Conference edition! 

- so, today i'm gonna be listing all of my most favorite notes from conference! hopefully you enjoy! there'll be a lot hehe but i'll try to narrow them down!

Nelson

• a time of spiritual rejuvenation

Ballard

• sight? nah. hindsight

• serve a mission

Aburto

• the church is us.

• the faith of a child

Bednar

• LET US ALL PRESS ON

hold fast, and heed not

Anderson

• peace makers are not passive, they are persuasive

Gavarret

• give the Lord everything, a sacrifice. a mighty change of heart

Kacher

• God will consecrate our afflictions

• faith is not static

• unbelief blocks our ability to see miracles

• am i stripped of pride?

is my will swallowed in the Fathers?

Eyring

• always be smiley

• reach out to lift others on the rock (foundation of Christ) with you

• accept His help by being obedient 

Holland!!!!!!!!!!

• Jesus wants you for a sunbeam 

• fear not, believe only, and you will be made whole

• suicide will never relieve any pain. ever. from any perspective, to anyone involved.

• His light always has, and always will shine in you

Kearon

• you are living a survival story right now

• we are never damaged beyond repair

• God has not, nor will He ever see you as someone to be despised

• you are defined as an eternally loved child of God

• Jesus specializes in the impossible

(can you tell that these two were some of my favorites? and these are just the highlights of all the notes i got from all of these talks!)

Aidukaitis

• whoso believeth in Christ and is baptized shall be saved and inherit all God has

• Christ is the inspiration to not fear for the future

• Christs mission was the hardest

Gong

• families may bring joy, or sorrow. but heavens help will always give us peace

Ochoa

• 3 principles from peter:

    1. act in faith in Jesus Christ

    2. in times of trouble, turn to Christ. right away.

Hamilton

• God gives us weakness. singular.

Cook

• we must be converted as well

Christofferson

• don't counsel the Lord, take council from him

Stevenson

• sharing isn't about selling the gospel

Rasband

• no matter what faith you are, Christ is still all our Savior

Nelson

• how do we expect peace if we ourselves do not seek it?

• momentum means we start now, to get it going!

Oaks

• God wants us to keep His highest commandments to receive His highest blessings

Klebingat

• intellectual reservations to cover for their faults

• valliant, not timid. confident, not fearful. (and one more i forgot. this one was goooooood. shoutout hh for showing me his missionary devo a while ago, he's such a good bold speaker)

Suares

• complacency is deadly

Funk

• blessed and happy state of those who keep the commandments of God

• everything good in life begins with faith

• some of us may still be on the "plains", we all arrive at different times

Uchtdorf

• whether our offering be big or small, it must be our all. all of our hearts desire

• letting things go, and letting things grow

• when we consecrate something, we put it to use in the Lords service. we offer it to Him. doesn't mean we have to give it up!

• now sacrifice, is putting the wrong things away. the things holding us back. then we consecrate the rest to the Lord!

Nelson

• the now on which the shadow stands

• be worthy of being His people, and we will be Our God

these are just a few of the things i wrote down for conference. SORRY it was so long. but actually not. if you haven't listened, go back and do so!!! there was SO much good stuff in there.

mucho love!!! 

~ elda smithity