This has been such an awesome/crazy week! It feels like forever since I last wrote!
This week we had the craziness of MLC and Zone conference! On Thursday
we had to drive down to Victoria (2 hour drive) then ferry over to
Richmond with the Victoria STLs. We had an amazing MLC! The big topic of
conversation was technology. President asked us if we wanted to get
Facebook now or latter. We had a huge debate about it. Not everyone was
on the same page but the spirit was guiding the conversation. It was so
strong. At the end of the discussion we made the decision to implement
Facebook now. It was an incredible experience that I learned a lot from.
I learned that God truly is at the head of this church. There is no
doubt about that. When the apostles meet and discuss decisions within
the church they must come to an unanimous decision. Not a single one of
them can feel wrong about something and have the decision still made.
That's not an easy task, pulling together 15 completely different men
from completely different backgrounds. But because all 15 of them are
striving to put the Lord's will above their own the spirit guides guides
any decision. Nothing is done in the church without the support of all
the apostles. It felt a little like that in MLC. A lot of people were
really nervous about introducing social media. But as the spirit guided
the conversation it was clear what we needed to do. What God needed us
to do.
So now I'm on Facebook as some of you may have noticed!
Just to let everyone know the only reason I'm using it is for mission
related things. So if anyone outside my mission messages me or anything I
won't respond until I'm home!
After MLC on Friday
we took the ferry back to Victoria with President Wong, the assistants,
the Nanaimo zone leaders, the Victoria zone leaders, the Victoria STLs,
and a senior couple. As you can imagine, we were quite a sight to
behold haha. It was awesome because we were able to discuss with
President ways we can help the Victoria and Nanaimo stakes reach their
goals. I absolutely love this work with all my heart. It is so
incredible to me to be able to be spending all my time and effort on
helping other people to learn about Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for
this gospel and the privilege I have of being able to share it with
others. I know this is Christ's true gospel on the earth. None of this
would be possible without Him.
On Saturday
we had an amazing zone conference! A wonderful lady from the Victoria
2nd ward made all us missionaries giant hamburgers! It was really funny
watching all of the missionaries try to eat them! It was also an
incredible experience to hear more direction from President Wong on how
we can be better missionaries. I want to be better everyday, taking it
one notch up everyday.
On Sunday
we had a bit of a miracle! Like 8 different people told us they were
coming to church and none of them showed up. We were a little sad, but
then this lady walked through the door! She used to be meeting with the
sisters but then stopped. She is dating one of the elder's investigators
and asked us to meet with her! She also asked a bunch of ward members
the qualifications for baptism! It was such a miracle! I know this
gospel is true! We should never lower our expectations because God has
so many miracles in store for us!
I love being a missionary so much!
Sister Bloomfield
