What was funny was that when we had the lesson with him up at the temple he saw our zone leaders and we had to tell him who they were and why we called them zone leaders. When he was calling us on Saturday he asked us if there was anyone who had a higher rank then the zone leaders and so we said the Assistants to the President I guess you could say. He said there are two of them? And we said yes there are. He asked me which one was cooler. So I said Elder Wolf Is super cool and just so happens to be the only one that I know. He made me give him his number. Aaron said that Brother Spackman's granddaughter got a welcome from the primary president and so he said since he wasn't going into primary he wanted an official welcome from the highest ranking missionary, it was so funny. He also gave us an invitation to his baptism to give to President Miles on Monday, which was yesterday at our zone conference. We gave it to Him and he doesn't know if he will be able to make it because he might be in BC. He told us that Elder Wolf couldn't go, but if he doesn't have to go to BC, I think that he will come to Aarons baptism.
On Thursday we were given special permission to go with Aaron to the mission office so that he could pick out his own set of scriptures. Aaron ended up not getting any scriptures because he thinks that Brian Spackman is going to get him a set for his baptism but he knows what he wants and what he wants on them so we are going to some how ask Brother Spackman if he is going to be getting him some. Aaron did buy "Jesus the Christ" though which is pretty awesome. He has been reading so many books about our faith.
In zone conference one of the last things that President Miles said was DON'T SETTLE. I think that it can be taken in several different ways whether it is in missionary work or whether it is in our regular daily lives. I think that a lot of times we settle because it is easier. But why settle when it is so much better not to.
I am super excited for general conference. Something that I have been thinking of lately is how in the world do we gain a relationship with them when we haven't ever met them or even shaken their hands. We just recently took Aaron through the baptismal interview questions and one of the questions is do you believe that (the current church president) President Monson is a prophet of God? And he said, "To be honest I can't say that I do. How can I know that if I have never met him before." I think that it is super awesome that he has that special opportunity to listen to the prophet and apostles and feel of their love and their concern for all of us, and to also feel of the spirit that they bring. I think that is how we truly come to know them and trust them even though we may have never even seen them before.
Well I love you guys, we have to go meet a member for lunch so I might be able to email a bit later.
Love, Elder Allred
