Personal Conversion

I'm not really sure what to write about this week, there is not too much to say about what has been going on here. I did get to go to a meeting at the mission home for all the District leaders in the mission, that was quite cool. President Rasmussen is always sure to be inspired and inspiring. He has given us a lot of training recently on conversion, and all the training done in the mission for the month of July is to be on following the Spirit and on its role in conversion. President Rasmussen said, "Spiritual preparation is the most important thing that we do as leaders." This week I was pondering on how I have become converted myself, so that I could use that knowledge to help me be able to help others become converted. I realized that I did not become converted to certain commandments, such as prayer, scripture study, and church attendance, until after having done them for a while and realizing how much they helped. This shows why it is so important that we as missionaries give so much help and support to the people we work with while they start trying to do these things, so that they can have good experiences with them and become converted. This pattern is also shown in Alma's sermon on faith in Alma chapter 32. It is quite good. Anyway, that's all for now.

I also heard another cool story about my Welsh convert Alex, that crazy little blonde kid, from a missionary who was just transferred to up here from down there. At a recent baptism down in the Llanelli ward, Alex bore his testimony as part of the baptismal service. From what I heard, it was full of the Spirit. He is still there at church every week, passing the sacrament. It is so good for me to be able to hear about how well he is doing.

I hope that you all have an excellent week this week, full of the spirit.

Love,

Elder Seth Poulsen