General Conference was just amazing!!! For maybe the first time ever I was able to sit down and watch all 5 sessions of conference and write down my thoughts from each talk. I can't believe how much more I get out of conference when I watch all the sessions and pay attention, which is difficult to do at home all the time. Here are my favorite talks
My favorite talk was from Elder Quinton L. Cook in the Saturday afternoon session. For anyone that wasn't able to watch the Saturday sessions I suggest going back to watch them, they were great. Elder Cook talked about the importance of humility in our lives. I really loved when he told us "Anyone who is sent to preach the gospel in my name will have the power to open the doors of the kingdom of heaven to any nation of the world so long as they are humble." This applies to me so much, and I felt the spirit so strongly when he told us this, and I have been trying to be as humble as I can so that this promise will come true for me.
My next favorite talk was President Eyring's talk from Priesthood Session. He taught us that "When God calls someone to a calling it is never a mistake", he also told us that we need to look past the weaknesses of our church leaders and have faith that they have been called by God and that he has a plan in place for them and that we should always sustain our leaders in word and in deed. I really loved this talk, and it has really taught me that our leaders are called by the power of God, and that we should never criticize them or think we could fulfill their calling better than they can, because God knows them better than we do and he has put them in that position to help and strengthen them.
My third favorite talk was President Nelsons wonderful talk about the BOOK OF MORMON. I just loved his talk so much. He asked us the questions "How precious is the Book of Mormon to you? What would your life be without the Book of Mormon? What would you not know? What would you not have?" I know that the Book of Mormon is the keystone in our religion, and that without the Book of Mormon we would be very different people. I know the Book of Mormon is true and testify of its power. I also loved his promise that " If we read and ponder the Book of Mormon our individual prayers will be answered" this is such an awesome promise. I know that this is true for sure.
Other than General Conference the highlight of this week was going to the University. Ours and the other older district had the opportunity to leave the MTC and hand out Restoration pamphlets and teach the people at the university here in Santo Domingo about the Restoration. We talked to a few people and got a few numbers and gave out a few pamphlets, but nobody had the time to listen to our message. We were however able to teach one guy who was sitting outside one the buildings, he told us that he was a professor at the university. I had the opportunity to try to teach him about the Restoration in my terrible Spanish, but he was very patient with my companion and I. He listened to the whole lesson and we gave him the pamphlet and he said he would read it. We tried to give him a Book of Mormon, but he wouldn't take it, and he said something about he only reads the Bible. It was really great though. I was able to teach him about the entire Restoration and hopefully he reads the pamphlet and wants to know more. He gave us his number and the real missionaries will be giving him a call sometime soon to hopefully give him the lessons.
Thank you everyone for your emails! Good luck to everyone with everything. I hope you all have a great week
Elder Porritt
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