This has been a great week in Sandpoint. The weather is so nice outside, sunny and not too hot. People are outside and we as well have been out talking with everybody. This last week, we had a leadership training meeting in which we discussed a really interesting topic. It was about the Godhead, and the importance of teaching people the nature of God. Despite the fact that all three of the first lessons begin in some way or another by stating "God is our loving Heavenly Father." we tend to skip over it, or at least just brush past it and start talking about something else. As president Mullen had said it, that is the core doctrine of all doctrines. Everything stems from the fact that God is the Father of our spirits and His work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. When people understand the gospel in that context, and understand our relationship with God, they are so much more motivated to live the gospel and receive true conversion. When we had that training, I thought back to all the investigators that I had taught throughout my mission up to that point, and it is so true. The people that progressed the most were the ones that understood the nature of the Godhead. Something else they talked about that I thought was interesting, was something that was talked about by a general authority to the new mission presidents. He said essentially that one of the great ways for Satan to stop progression was to distort the nature of the Godhead, so when the world fell into apostacy, that was one of the first doctrines to be corrupted. Anyway, I'm rambling=) but it really was a great meeting.
We are trying to make daily contact with Christina and her family, and she is doing well. Christina is one of those people who is seeking to be converted. Quite a bit of what we teach is helping her to recognize the influence of God in her life, and the more she understands, the more she wants to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The church tour we had with Dan didn't go through=( He remembered and even cancelled other appointments so he could make it (we had stopped by the day before to confirm with him) but he had lost track of time and when noon hit, he was doing another activity. We will meet up with him later this week.
Unfortunately, we have had to drop a number of investigators because they really are not progressing. That is one of the hardest things to do as a missionary. Because of that, we have spent so much time tracting and finding through other efforts. There are some great people that we have made contact with and we need to just follow up with them. The ward here is great. The members here are always looking for people that we can teach and they are great examples to their friends. I feel truly blessed to be in this area around so many great people.
Thats about it from my end. Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week=)
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