February 25, 2013

Dang, where did the transfer go? Well, I'm being transferred to Nixa Missouri. Looked on my GPS and found out that it is like 5-10 miles south of Springfield Missouri. Seems like a fairly big city, it seems I will finish my mission there. I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to serve the rest of my mission in Owasso. Didn't really want to be here for 9 months! Hey, this will be my 13th companion!! I believe my MTC companion, is at companion 15-16!

 

Well, this was an ok week. We taught 16 lessons, but we taught 8 indicator lessons and 8 active member lessons. In addition to me leaving Elder Morton is being transferred to Parsons Kansas. His companion is a missionary who came out the same time as me and is really awesome. I'm rather jealous, but hey, I'm going to a place where I'm needed, so I'm fine with it.

 

Well, the past couple days it has been rainy cold, and snowing and all manner of wetness of most kinds. Today it is raining and storming pretty good. It's pretty nice, since Oklahoma is in a drought this rain is really welcomed.

 

Well, I really don't have much to write this week. I will go to my scriptural thought.

 

Let's see, last week I was in Alma 35 and now I'm in 48. Those are some great chapters. Alma chapter 36-42 is Alma teaching his 3 sons, Helaman, Shiblon and Corianton. His sons, weren't bad children, but he needed to teach them himself. Like we need to do. We need to teach our children ourselves. In chapter 36-37 Alma talks to Helaman, talks to him about his conversion story and the time that he repented from his evil ways. Then 37, he tells him about what he needs to do with the records. Helaman was a great son, but Alma needed to teach his sons. Chapter 38 is only to Shiblon, not very much dedicating to him, he was told things that he needed to know.

 

Now the last 4 chapters in this section is dedicated to Corianton, who as we remember is the son that went on a mission and he was lulled away from the ministry by the harlot Isabel. In this sense, Alma spent more time, since Corianton had more things he needed to know. The needs for him, were different than Helaman and Shiblon. Alma goes into detail about the Resurrection, because that was something that Corianton needed to understand more fully. Sometimes I wonder if Corianton didn't do that, we might not have chapters 39-42 in the Book of Mormon, we wouldn't have a lot of what we know about the Spirit world, Resurrection and the Fall of Adam. Who knows. Well, I'm so grateful for the Book of Mormon, the messages it has, and the messages that can be so applicable to us in this life. I know these to be true in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

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Elder Colby Stewart Haymond
Oklahoma, Tulsa mission
Owasso, Oklahoma