Preparation is Power

Family,         

Well it sure has been a good week, but also a very busy week. We Traveled around the mission with the Snow's and did some training, while President did Interviews with all of the missionaries. I learned so much!! The spirit was in every meeting, and I just have to tell you that God is in this work. We talk about how God prepares non-members' hearts, but he prepares missionaries hearts too. What application I have gained so far from these meetings is how vital it is for us to be prepared. Each training went exactly like it was suppose to, the spirit was there, and each missionary left with something the spirit had told them to do and they were filled with inspiration to do it. And as Elder Forbush and I talked about it yesterday we realized that it was so easy for some reason, usually its hard for us to be that effective (cuz we are weak). But we came to realize that it didn't have to do with what we knew or what we did in the meeting, it was all because of the preparation and plan that we had established for the training. As we planned the meeting we felt very inspired and the Lord told us why/how/what we needed to do in these trainings, so really it was his plan that we learned from him by revelation, and then we were obedient to that plan and he was able to do his work through us. President Monson said "Preparation is Power", and that is a true principle. Ya know God didn't just say "hey, we have spirits and we need a place to put them, so lets throw together an earth were they can hopefully figure out how to become like me". No he created it spiritually before he created it physically. In fact he called a council (or in other words, a revelatory process), and we all talked and learned and made some decisions. Preparations were made before any action was taken. We should all learn to set goals and make plans to fulfill what the Lord requires of us, "Preach My Gospel" teaches us that. Preach My Gospel was actually the focus of our training this last week, and man I tell you what: when grandpa and grandma workman invited us to study that as families, they didn't just do that cuz it was a "pretty good idea", that was a divine Idea. That book was written by Prophets, and it will draw each of us closer to Christ, in fact that is its purpose, to draw the missionary to Christ, so that they can know how to draw others to Him. If you have been having poor gospel study, use that as a guide and I promise it will have a powerful influence on the spirit of your studies. We will be doing the same training this next week, so it should be great! We found out that President Harding comes on the 22nd of this month, we are excited. But we are going to miss President and Sister Snow. We have grown to love them very deeply. They are great people, I have learned so much from them. They have cause miracles to happen in my life, and in this mission because they have faith in Jesus Christ! OOh read, NO STUDY, the talk by E. Christofferson in the Sept 2012 ensign, pg 53. That is not a suggestion that is a command! Its so good. I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week. Thank you for all of your letters, packages, and prayers. I feel your love all the way in Georgia!

Elder Hendrix