Hello,
My week went well. Half of it was spent in L'viv. We left Luts'k early on Tuesday and did not return until Thursday night. There we had zone conference. I really enjoyed the things that we discussed. Among many other topics we talked about the temple. We talked about how we can make our home a temple. As you are on your way to our new home, that is a good thought to have in your mind. There are many things that we find in the temple that we can try and model in our home. Cleanliness of course is an obvious one. But there are many other things. We can make sure that nothing we watch or listen to offends the spirit, we can have love one to another, and we can speak kindly to one another. D&C 97:15 "And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it;", D&C 88:119 "Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;"
My week went well. Half of it was spent in L'viv. We left Luts'k early on Tuesday and did not return until Thursday night. There we had zone conference. I really enjoyed the things that we discussed. Among many other topics we talked about the temple. We talked about how we can make our home a temple. As you are on your way to our new home, that is a good thought to have in your mind. There are many things that we find in the temple that we can try and model in our home. Cleanliness of course is an obvious one. But there are many other things. We can make sure that nothing we watch or listen to offends the spirit, we can have love one to another, and we can speak kindly to one another. D&C 97:15 "And inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of the Lord, and do not suffer any unclean thing to come into it, that it be not defiled, my glory shall rest upon it;", D&C 88:119 "Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;"
I know that we can make our new home a house of God! When we model our home after the temple, the spirit will come into our home and dwell there. The Bible Dictionary says "A temple is literally a house of the Lord, a holy sanctuary in which sacred ceremonies and ordinances of the gospel are performed by and for the living and also in behalf of the dead. A place where the Lord may come, it is the most holy of any place of worship on the earth. Only the home can compare with the temple in sacredness." It is cool to me that the focus of the temple and the focus of the home is essentially the same. That focus is the family. When our home is a temple it can be a refuge from the evil of the world.
Going along with temples, I have been able to, with my companion, teach temple preparation classes to Brother Zhuck. He has a goal within the next year to have his own endowment, and also have done the work for his wife so he can be sealed to her for all eternity. It has helped me review my own commitment to my covenants and has helped me be grateful for them.
The night of zone conference we had a sports day will all the missionaries, then we had a barbecue, and then we watched a movie in the chapel of the L'viv church building. The movie was called Ephraim's rescue. It was nice to have a fun activity like that.
I miss you all, and love you very much.
Elder Hadfield
Going along with temples, I have been able to, with my companion, teach temple preparation classes to Brother Zhuck. He has a goal within the next year to have his own endowment, and also have done the work for his wife so he can be sealed to her for all eternity. It has helped me review my own commitment to my covenants and has helped me be grateful for them.
The night of zone conference we had a sports day will all the missionaries, then we had a barbecue, and then we watched a movie in the chapel of the L'viv church building. The movie was called Ephraim's rescue. It was nice to have a fun activity like that.
I miss you all, and love you very much.
Elder Hadfield
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