Follow the Prophet, Follow the Prophet

From April 11, 2014

This week was a good week. We had General Conference! That was a great General Conference. The week before General Conference we had been committing people to go to General Conference with us. We wanted to bring a ton of people. We committed 20 investigators to come with us. We only got 9 to come but that still was a pretty good turn out. I really loved the talks. When you are on the mission you pay a lot more attention and consequently learn a lot more as well. I found the theme of being firm in the faith a lot. It seems that the times are coming where we will all have to stand up for what we believe in, in the face of adversity. We need to say what Paul said in his epistle to the romans. Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth..." It may not be the most popular in the eyes of the world. Lets look at the head of this church who is Jesus Christ. He was never the most popular. He didn't do things to please men but rather to please His father who sent Him. In the end He was mocked, spit upon, unrighteously condemned, and in the end killed. So when someone offers us something that we know we shouldn't take, when someone says something that might make us think about crossing our values, when friends as well as foes try to get us to deny "the gospel of Christ" let us remember Christ and His example. Let's remember what He did and lets ask ourselves, "What would He think if I did this thing." Or maybe "Is this following His example?" or "Are we ashamed of the Gospel of Christ (which is the only power unto salvation)?" Anyways I hope we remember this always.

Have a fantastic week and reread General Conference.

Thanks for everything!

-Elder Rowberry