Something Special

This week was something special. It really strengthened my testimony of this church, this gospel, and our Heavenly Father's great plan for us. This week we had the opportunity to meet an apostle of the Lord: Elder Dale G. Renlund. He came and spoke to our mission! We each had the opportunity to shake his hand and meet with him personally. As he spoke to us the spirit truly confirmed to me that he was an apostle of Jesus Christ. I know he is. I am so grateful for living Prophets and Apostles on the earth today. What a blessing that is.

This week we also met with Rickey Snow again. He is a less active who hasn't been to church in years. Recently his wife died. It has been such an amazing experience to explain to him the beautiful principles in the Plan of Salvation. The fact that he can be sealed to his wife in a temple of God and live with her for time and all eternity. What truly remarkable thing that is. What greater evidence is there of our Heavenly Father's love for us than to allow us the opportunity to live with our loved ones for eternity. I am so grateful for the Priesthood Authority of God that has that sealing power. 

In Matthew 16:18-19 it says

18 "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

 19 "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven"

Jesus Christ gave his apostles Priesthood authority when he was on the earth. That priesthood authority is now again on the earth and what a blessing that is. In teaching Rickey it allowed me to reflect on the recent death of my Grandpa. How truly amazing it is to know that I have been sealed to my family and I will be able to live with him for eternity. I am eternally grateful for this truth. I love my family. Heaven would not be heaven without the ones I love. I know that because the Church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth and we can all obtain that blessing of living with our families forever. I love the opportunity I have to share these truths with others here in Sacramento.

Love, 


Elder Hallmark

 Something else cool we saw this week

 

So In LC1 there are lots of farmlands. This week we had tons of rain which caused a lot of flooding. When the Sacramento river floods over it goes into all the farmlands. So as we were driving through the farmlands this week it looked like we were driving through the middle of the ocean. I took a panoramic picture.