Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Missionary Experiences 1



They can get creative when it comes to wiring here.  Pictured is the power room for a block of flats. Remember, this is 220 volt electrical power.


When we were in the Missionary Training Center they showed us a video of Elder Bednar, one of the Twelve Apostles, teaching missionaries a few years back.  While I was impressed by all that he said, there was one simple thing that I found especially profound.  It is obviously a foundational principle of Christianity, but I was greatly impressed by the way he put it, and find myself remembering and taking into account his phrase often.  He said, "It's not about you."  Then he repeated it.  "It's not about you."  How true that is.  "It" is about others.  It is about Jesus Christ, and about other people - remembering that when we serve them, we serve him.

Elder Emfield

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