Do You Love Him?

Hello Everyone!

It's been a great week here in Wyoming - it's honestly going so fast. I'm halfway through my first transfer outbound.. that's weird!

1. We had the privilege on Saturday of going up to Billings and having a meeting with all the missionaries in the mission and Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles! It was a really powerful meeting, before it started we all got to shake his hand and we took a mission picture with him. It was pretty cool! Elder Taylor from the 70 came with him, I had met him at Temple Square and when I told him I was from there, he seemed to remember me! He could of been pretending, but I felt cool either way.

2. Something he encouraged us to do is memorize 5 scriptures from the New Testament, as well as 5 scriptures from the Book of Mormon that we really, truly believe in. He asked us for some of our favorite scriptures from those books, and he asked me mine! I said John 14:15 - "If ye love me, keep my commandments" It's a short one, but a good one haha. I told him this scripture, and he looked me dead in the eyes and said - Do you love him? I said yes - he asked me if I kept His commandments. I certainly try!! It made me think about commandments and love for God. If I could only reflect my love for God through how I keep His commandments, would he really think I loved Him? Something to ponder on.

The work progresses her in Sheradin! I'm excited for the upcoming transfer, and I'm getting really excited for General Conference in a few weeks! It's been a long time since I've been able to watch all the sessions live! I hope you all have a great week!

-- Sister Black