I am thankful to hear a Prophet speak!

October is one of my favorite months on the year!  Tennessee is proving to be as beautiful as people claim it to be.  The leaves are starting to change colour and falling to the ground in preparation for the winter months.  The weather wont quite get as cold as I'm used to back home in Canada but I'm still looking forward to this beautiful season.  In Canada we celebrate our Thanks Giving in October and with that coming up in a few weeks I have thought about the things I am grateful for.  One thing we as Missionaries get to tell the world is that there is a Prophet called of God to lead and guide the church of Jesus Christ and the world.  In October we get the opportunity to hear from him and his apostles. 

Its a new thing to most people that we have a living prophet on this earth today but that fact strengthens my testimony of my Heavenly Father and his love for us.  God loves his children in the Bible time just as much as he loves his children that are living now so if he gives us the gift of a Prophet to lead his children in the ancient times then it only makes sense that he would give us a Prophet to lead and guide us today. The prophets role is to be the lords mouth peace here on the earth.  In Amos 3:7 is states "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.".  In a world of confusion and turmoil the Lord gives us prophets to guide and teach us.  In 1820 God called Joseph Smith as a prophet in these latter days to restore His church on the earth again and since that time he has continued to call a prophet. Today Thomas S. Monson is the prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the prophet to all the world.  Just as in ancient times these prophets have been directed by God to call 12 Apostles lead and guide his children.  President Monson and the twelve apostles are speaking in a general conference on October 1st and 2nd at 10am and 2pm mountain standard time (11am and 3pm Tennessee time!) and I hope you all will watch.

I know that if you will listen to the Prophet and his Apostles speak you will feel the spirit of the Lord and you will know as I know that these men are truly called of God.   When I listen to the prophets speak I feel my testimony grow and I feel the spirit of the Lord witnessing to my heart that the things that they are telling us are indeed from God.  I know that God loves everyone of his children and tries to speak to us on a daily basis.  Open your heart and listen for his words! I challenge you all to watch at least one session of General Conference and have a question in mind and let the Lord speak to you through his servants and through his spirit.  God loves you and will answer your sincere prayers to him.  Keep seeking him and listen with your ears and with your heart!

Any thoughts my friends?! I love you all!

This is a photo of me and some of my closest friends attending conference live in Utah.  As we stood in that room as the Prophet of the Lord walked in I felt the spirit so strongly and I knew that he was a man called of God.  Pray to know for yourself, I know that if you pray with real intent your prayers will be answered!

(The 181st Semi-anual General Conference will be held live in the conference centre in Salt Lake City Utah on October 1st and 2nd. You can view this conference on your own television (check you local listings) at any LDS meeting house and on the Internet at http://www.lds.org/ .  Please watch at least one session, it will change your life!!)

And it begins!

I have been a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for one month today!  I have the opportunity to share with people a message that has changed my life.  I have been called by a prophet of God to share with the world what I know to be true.  I have accepted the opportunity to share my testimony daily of how the restored gospel of Jesus Christ will bless all those who accept it.  As missionaries we teach people about this beautiful message and ask people everywhere to turn to their personal Saviour, Jesus Christ through faith in him and his atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end.  Our message is simple and pure but we know that it takes a lot of faith to follow it.  We are his representatives sharing his message and doing the things he would do if he were here on this earth. Being a missionary is hard, we deal with rejection on a daily basis but the one thing that keeps us going is our understanding of how important it is for us to turn unto our Savior. The Book of Mormon is true and Jesus Christ has resorted his Church in these Latter Days through a prophet.  This I know to be true!