Prince of Peace

Well this week has flown by. It felt like we were barely home. So on Wednesday we went on exchanges with Elder Carper and Elder Pearson from the Diamond Springs ward. I went with Elder Carper. It was so awesome to be with him again. We served together in Sacramento but we were only together for a short 5 week transfer. It was not enough. Well it was great to rekindle some friendships. We had a great exchange. We went to go work in the Georgetown ward and it was so fun. It is so hard to visit people because it is such a big area. We spent most of the time driving. In 3 hours we were only able to visit 5 people and out of those 5 people only 2 answered their doors and we talked to them for a short amount of time. It was a long day with not very much success but at least I was able to spend most of the time talking to Elder Carper.

Then on Friday we went on Exchanges with the Zone Leaders. Guess who my zone leader is?? My trainer Elder Toki! It was especially great to be with him again. He was one of my favorite companions. We shared so many memories from back when we were in the Del Campo ward. It was probably the most fun transfer I have been on in my mission. I was so grateful for it. It is weird now because we get along so much better. I guess that is what time does. We have both grown so much since we have been together. I am grateful for everything I learned from him as he was training me. I am serving around some of the best missionaries in the mission right now and I am so grateful.

So this weekend we had the special privilege to watch General Conference. It was an amazing experience. I love General Conference so much. It is so great to hear from a modern day prophet and apostles. I think so many people take this for granted. The fact that we have a prophet on the earth today, someone just like moses, or noah, or abraham is just indescribable. I am grateful that Jesus Christ has restored his church to the earth and has called a prophet and twelve apostles to lead it. I know they are called of God. And I am grateful to hear their words.

On Friday the church released a new video called the Prince of Peace. It focuses on the life of Jesus Christ and how we can learn principles of peace from the Prince of Peace. I posted the video of it on my facebook if any of you want to check it out. You can also watch it at mormon.org. So to go along with that video it has 8 principles of peace with separate videos as well as talking about how people have gained peace by following that specific principle. They are all phenomenal. My favorite video is "Gratitude" in it, Jon Lewis shares his story about how gratitude has helped him find peace. He said something in it that is one of my new favorite quotes. He said 

"I have so much to be grateful for that it would be disrespectful to God if I wasn't happy." 

That is so true. We all have so much to be grateful for. Often times we don't really recognize all that we have. The food we have to eat, the roof over our heads, the freedoms we enjoy in this country, the technology we use everyday. The list could go on and on. As we take the time to be grateful for all that we have it turns our thoughts back to the one from whom all of our blessings come from; our Heavenly Father. I would strongly encourage everyone to watch all of the videos on that website. I know that as you apply those principles of peace in your life you will truly draw closer to the source of all peace, the Prince of Peace. I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ. I know he lives. 

Love, 

 

 

Elder Hallmark

 

 

 We also went to an old gold mine today called "Gold Bug Mine" it was super cool.