Elder Michael Bronson
730 Gardenia Circle #2
Paso Robles, CA 93446
Sorry about that.
This
week has been awesome! I didn't get a picture with Elder Anderson yet,
so I'll keep everyone in suspense until next week. Paso is great though.
It is a lot slower pace than Ventura and a lot more like home. It would
be comparable to Burley's size. Elder Anderson happened to actually
know where Burley was. He has some relatives that live in Elba and also
between Burley and Twin Falls.
Things that happened... We had a
lesson with one of our investigators. It was pretty cool. He said that
the only reason he listened to Elders Anderson and DeGraw was they
knocked on his door seconds after he has finished a prayer to find out
what he needed to do about religion. It was super cool. That Spirit was
so strong at that little burger shop. He said that his dad has shunned
him because he has been looking for a different religion. He is really
awesome and has his head on good. He just got a Book of Mormon, so he
will get his answer soon.
So I'm not sure if
you have seen this TV show. I think it is called Redwood Kings or
something like that. One of the main guys is our ward mission leader. He
has a crazy cool tree house. It has a fingerprint lock on it. And secret
passageways. And a TV with Xbox. Crazy cool.
This
week we had a cool broadcast. It was along the coast from California to
Alaska and also Hawaii. It was super inspired. Elder Renlund talked
about "the short answer." In case you are wondering, the short answer is
the Restoration and the First Vision. He explained that for anyone to
really understand why we do the things we do, they need to first
understand our belief in modern day prophets and revelation. He gave us 2
steps to answer questions.
1. Give them the short answer.
2. Answer their question in context of the Plan of Salvation.
This
is so inspired. So my challenge for this week is for you to use the
"short answer" and then answer the question in the context of the Plan
of Salvation. As you do this, they will actually understand why we do
the things we do. Otherwise you might get sucked into a conversation
about the health benefits of red wine, ect.
Have a great week and Happy President's Day!
Love Elder Bronson
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