Romans 8:16-17

Romans 8:16-17 

 16 The Spirit itself beareth ^awitness with our ^bspirit, that we are the ^cchildren of God:

 17 And if children, then heirs; ^aheirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we ^bsuffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

This week was a good week! We taught alot of lessons and had great experiences. We have a new investigator named XXXX. He met us just earlier this past week and came to church for the first time on Sunday. In our Priesthood meeting the teacher mentioned that if anyone ever wanted to teach the class to just let him know and he could set it up. So today our new investigator texts us and tells us that he was studying the manual this morning and then asks if anyone had anything planned for the lesson next week! He wants to teach the class! haha. He's so awesome! That’s just a taste of what’s going on in this area. A lot of miracles are happening. We're teaching a couple families that are really solid and sincere. They are progressing well. 

This week in our mission as a whole did really well. Several records were broken in our mission this week. The Rogers zone taught 536 lessons. The previous record for our mission was somewhere in the high 300's. It was ridiculous. Then records were set this week for progressing investigators, new investigators etc. I'm not sure who set them or exactly what the new records are. It was just a great week. Miracles are happening. The work is hastening. And the church is true. 

The scripture I chose to put in the subject line is one of my favorites. I may have put it there previously but that's ok. It's awesome. Revelation from God comes in the form of Spirit speaking to spirit. Often times we think the answers to our prayers should be dramatic, loud and clear, etc. But they are not. They are soft, subtle, quiet. The Spirit, speaking to our spirit. We are God's Children. He is our Father. There is no more fundamental truth that that. And He intends to make us into the glorious beings that we can become. That’s how he sees us. In an eternal perspective. Not with the limited mortal eyes that we have. I pray that we can all learn and remember our true identity as sons and daughters of God. Those are my thoughts for today :) I love you all so much! 

Love,

Elder Sherwood

Mosiah 4:9

Mosiah 4:9 Believe in ^aGod; believe that he is, and that he ^bcreated all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all ^cwisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not ^dcomprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.

This week was a good week! It was a little weird because we had a zone conference on Tuesday and then New Year’s Eve that night. Then later this week Elder Stapley had the flu. So it wasn't a normal week but it was still good. I got to go on exchange with Elder Koetting! My first trainee! Twice! He came and worked in our area with me on Friday. It was awesome! He has improved so much since I was with him this past summer. It's so cool to see his progression and to know that I had a part in helping him get started as a missionary :) 

Today we are heading down to Tulsa for MLC. That stands for Mission Leader Conference. It's a conference with President Shumway and all the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders in the Mission. Tonight we will have a fireside meeting where President Shumway will teach us something, I don't really know what but I've heard it’s awesome. Then we spend the night in the mission home and on Tuesday we council together as mission leaders and discuss the needs of the mission and ways that we can progress the work here in the Oklahoma Tulsa Mission. It's gonna be so awesome to be able to go back to the mission home in Tulsa. I haven't been there since my first day in the field! It's also going to be awesome to be with all the other Zone Leaders in the mission and get to hear from them about all the areas and missionaries in their zones. 

I love the scripture that I put in the subject line. It's one of my new favorites. Believe in God. It's a choice that we make. Miracles happen all around us. God has a hand in all of our lives, we just have to acknowledge Him! I'm so grateful for the opportunity that I have to serve a mission down here in the bible belt. It's hard! But it's awesome! I believe in Jesus Christ. I know that He lives. God is merciful, kind, and just. He loves us and wants us to succeed in this life. I'm so so so grateful for the opportunity that I have to serve the Lord and the people northwest Arkansas!

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Sherwood