Hello everyone! As of right now i am in a new area called gyeongjoo. and i already love it. My new companions name is elder powell, and i can already tell that he is a great missionary. I have heard a lot of things about this area and i am excited to be able to be blessed with the opportunity i have to serve here. geoge really was an amazing opportunity, and i learned so much there. and last saturday when we were walking back to our apartment, i was thinking about the time i was able to spend in geoje, and i remembered something that president said to us at the start of Last transfer. he said "Success is looking back and seeing the Lord's hand in your life." I really believe that that is true. Looking back on my time on geoje, there is no doubt in my mind that the Lord helped us have huge success. While i was there, he changed me, refined me, stretched me, and made me a better person overall. I still have a multitude of weaknesses, but it is ok, because I know that the Lord is on my side. In a conference talk i was reading last week, titled "Stay By the Tree" I learned that there are four basic things that i true disciple of Jesus Christ does.
1. Personal Prayer
2. EARNEST Scripture Study
3. Personal Obedience
4. Selfless Service
I talked about these things in my goodbye talk to geoje branch last sunday and i focused on the fourth pne 'selfless service'. I really do believe that the only reason that anyone is able to do this work, is because not only is the Lord giving us the daily strength we need to do it, but it is also an act of service. I know that as we try and turn outward, rather than inward, that is when we begin to have true strength to overcome our problems and weaknesses, and i know that as we do that the Lord will as President Eyering said "Feel is as if we were reaching out to him directly." I know he lives and loves each of us.
Also i cant send pictures this week, because we do not have an adapter to the computer form the sd card, but next week i will send pictures! I love you all and hope you are all doing well!
Love,
Elder Dobbins
1. Personal Prayer
2. EARNEST Scripture Study
3. Personal Obedience
4. Selfless Service
I talked about these things in my goodbye talk to geoje branch last sunday and i focused on the fourth pne 'selfless service'. I really do believe that the only reason that anyone is able to do this work, is because not only is the Lord giving us the daily strength we need to do it, but it is also an act of service. I know that as we try and turn outward, rather than inward, that is when we begin to have true strength to overcome our problems and weaknesses, and i know that as we do that the Lord will as President Eyering said "Feel is as if we were reaching out to him directly." I know he lives and loves each of us.
Also i cant send pictures this week, because we do not have an adapter to the computer form the sd card, but next week i will send pictures! I love you all and hope you are all doing well!
Love,
Elder Dobbins