Greetings!
What a really good week! It's always a good week when you
get to watch a movie! Yes, missionaries got to watch a movie this past week! Of
course, it was about Mormons. It's a film that will be released on Oct. 10
called Meet the Mormons. It's showing in limited theaters around the country
and highlights six families that live in the USA or around the world. I really
enjoyed it, especially the beginning which included a number of pop culture
references about Mormons to explain some common misunderstandings about
Mormons; i.e: South Park. We even got popcorn before the movie! That's a party
by missionary standards. :)
Lots of screen time this week since General Conference
occurred this past weekend. The leaders of the Church gave many inspired talks
that answered questions and concerns that I didn't even realize I had. One of
the points emphasized during the conference was that there are prophets on the
earth today that have power and authority given to them from God, just like in
Old Testament and New Testament times. Also emphasized was just how easy it is
to find out for yourself if the message of the Restoration and the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true: Pray about it.
Prior to the Sunday morning session, I watched the Music and
the Spoken Word broadcast and was again reminded of why I love the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. The message was about pondering and how God can speak to us
through our thinking about things. Great peace and order can come from
thinking. I often overthink things, but I appreciated this message about the
purpose of pondering. Coupled with prayer, pondering yields inspiration and
perspective. On a mission, sometimes it feels like everything is go, go, go,
but taking time to think has helped me out a lot. I write a lot in my journal.
My camera died, otherwise I would include some pictures!
I hope you all have had a wonderful week and I hope you have
a good one this week!
Love,
Elder Adamek
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