Dang what a week!

This week was packed. We had 4 Zone Conferences, so we were running up and down the mission! It was nice though, being able to see all the missionaries in the mission. That is probably the best perk about this assignment is being able to see everyone and to see how they are doing! My companion Elder Woodbrey got surgery on his chest because the doctors said he had a lipoma but something weird happened! When they opened his chest up there was nothing there... It was a miracle and I truly believe it was because of the blessing that President Jackman gave him the night before! But it was funny during all of the zone conferences he was slumped in the chapel haha. But it was all good cause me and Elder Despain held it down. Zone Conference was so good though! President and Sister Jackman gave amazing talks about what it means to be a Disciple of Jesus Christ. Sister Jackman talked about being all in and trying the best we can and then doing a little more. Man when she was talking it really hit me that I can be doing a lot more than what I am doing right now. I can be sacrificing more, I can be serving more, doing more for the missionaries that I see everyday. It was amazing to think about what I can do and make the goals and plans to be a better Disciple of Jesus Christ and I can literally see the change in me, in the way that I think, the way that I act and the way that I serve others! After Sister Jackman talked, president Jackman talked to us about the new Missionary Standards book that the 1st presidency brought out! It is very principal based! Which I love because it allows more of the missionaries and myself included to be able to make choices for ourselves and honestly it's going to show a lot of missionaries that following the rules and understanding the principles makes the mission a lot more easier and fun because you can see the blessings from your decisions and work! I think it's going to be amazing and really help us missionaries understand that it's not about what we can do and can't do but its about "is this decision going to help me get closer to jesus christ or farther away from him?" and that's what it all comes down too... even off the mission! Overall Zone Conferences were awesome and I was able to have a lot of spiritual experiences... BEST WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR! The funny part of Zone Conference was the theme. It was "Mission Possible" copying Mission Impossible. It was so sweet haha So me and Elder Despain and then some of the STL's acted like spies and the objective was to get to this box at the front of the room, which had a phone that played President Jackman's voice talking about how on this mission we are trying to emulate a guy named Jesus Christ. it was so fun and probz the best intro to a zone conference ever! haha!

Yesterday the hermanas that came in with me finished their missions and went home... It was insane to see them go home and realize how fast it's all going! Me and Elder Woodbrey were like dang we only have 6 months left on our missions... we have to go all out! And that's the plan. I want to finish these last 6 months with no regrets!

We have been preparing together as a mission for the special general conference and its been so good! We are reading the saints and the book of mormon all the way through before April and it's been so good! Being able to read the Saints and focusing on the life of Joseph Smith has grown my testimony of his prophetic call so much! He was truly called to be a prophet of this last dispensation! Being able to read the Book of Mormon has been so good as well. We are studying it together with the 3 questions that President Nelson invited us to think about when we read about 3 years ago! and it has been so good! I invite you all to prepare for the Special General Conference... Prepare, Prepare, Prepare and you will get the most out of General Conference this April! #RushOFRevelation

I love you all and hope you guys have a great week!

Con Amor,
Elder Ka'ili