So, this morning was incredible.
The Salt Lake City Temple
Square Mission has officially had Ipad training! Except it really wasn't about
Ipads at all. Elder Clark from the Quorum of the Seventy and Brother Donaldson
(he's the mission president in "The District 2" - lol) gave us the training. It was
4 hours long but it literally felt like 25 minutes. I was kind of freaking out
at the idea that we are getting Ipads I don't really know why...it just felt
weird/wrong in a way to have one on my mission? I don't know.
But today I
realized that this is all apart of God's plan and that incorporating technology
into his work has been His plan all along. The church has developed all these
ways to help us, while on our missions, use self-control with technology so
when we get off our missions we will have developed habits that will help us
for the rest of our lives. The skills that we will be learning on our missions
are centered on how to use technology time effectively and be purpose-oriented.
Something that the church is doing is they're sending general authorities to
every single mission that has Ipads to receive this training. I LOVE how they
are explaining the "how" to us. They're not just giving us these
tools and saying, "Go use these!" They're explaining how we can most
effectively use them.
They talked a lot about how they want Ipads to become something
that is just a part of us. Like a pen that we always carry. They said one of the
mistakes they made in the past was focusing on the tool as opposed to our
purpose as missionaries. Our purpose is the exact same as it has always been,
but the rate at which we will be able to accomplish our purpose is simply
accelerating.
A sister commented and it really stood out to me.
She was talking about how it had always bothered her when parents tried to
shield their children from the world (which I think to a certain extent you
obviously should), but she explained how the gospel of Jesus Christ is meant to
strengthen us so we can face the world.
I love the verse in Matthew when Christ
is eating with the publicans and sinners and the Pharisee asks him why he's
eating with these people.
Christ explains that he came into the world not to
call the righteous to repentance but the sinners. Christ's gospel is all about
strengthening those who are weak and helping us change everyday and be a little
better.
I am so excited to use the technology that God has blessed us with! It
won't really change our mission a ton, just because we have so many resources
to teach with already on Temple Square, but it will enable us to reach even
more people.
We are going to become a Facebook mission as well. It's
soooo cool how onboard Facebook is with helping the church. I guess the
creator of FB (I forget his name) when he first started the company,
started it in a little rented garage.
Mormons had previously owned the little house
they were renting and so at the top of the doorway in the garage there was a
sign that said "Return With Honor." Today, that is their little
slogan on their doorways all over the company! Just an interesting little fun
fact. haha.
I think God may have played a role in this?
Oh, also...everyone in my
class reallyyyy thought we were going outbound in March but only like 3 of us are. So, sorry for the false alarm! That's what I get for speculating...haha.
I can't
believe the transfer is almost done and next Wednesday I will have a new
companion! Don't know what I'll do without Sister Bellais. We're praying we
will stay together but even if we don't, we're sisters forever anyways.
Love
you all so much! The pics this week are just from announcing after Music
and the Spoken Word last Sunday.
xoxo,
Sister Helton
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