Buchanan Family Missionaries: JACE - General Conference and Other Fun Things

October 14, 2024

Hey Everyone!

Sorry, it's been a couple weeks, but I just got so distracted with other things last week that I forgot to email! We've had an interesting couple of weeks, so let's get into it.

As I said, we got a new mission president. President and Sister Allred are pretty cool. They came in on the 4th and the next week they did a mission tour to go and see all the zones and missionaries in the mission. I didn't really get to interact personally with either of them, but I had a bit of a confirming spirit feeling when they first introduced themselves that they are called here correctly. It should be interesting, especially since I was supposed to only have the Gochnours as my mission leaders, but the Lord does His things for His reasons.

We've had a lack of luck when it came to finding in the last couple weeks. Knocking doors, calls, sending a text about General Conference to every single person in our PMG app, and stopbys. But, we finally had a referral that wanted to talk to us! Her name is Nikki, and she and her daughter have been in some rough times lately. But they've enjoyed what we've talked with them about so far. She seems more interested in the Plan of Salvation, so that's what our plan is when we get to have a full lesson with her. We had a lesson that we were gonna cancel because she was too tired, but she ended up staying awake and chatting with us for about 50 mins. It was crazy and time flew like nothing. It is really funny how lessons do that sometimes.

Now, the big stuff! General Conference! It was so great to hear from our prophet, apostles, and other leaders! I was super happy when they said that Brad Wilcox was going to speak. I love him, and his messages always speak to me! When I was coming back to activity in the church, one of the things that helped was his book "The Continuous Atonement." Great book, go read it. But, he wasn't my favorite talk. My favorite was Sister Yee's from the Saturday Evening Session. Her story about her painting touched me so deeply. It reminded me that even when I make the mistakes, God and Jesus Christ know how to make them better. Also, the fact that Santiago, Dominican Republic(Brielle's mission, older sister) and Kampala, Uganda(Jaxon's mission, brother) got temples announced was so cool to hear!

That's kinda the big stuff! Thank you guys for your prayers and support! It's been interesting, especially with training this transfer, but we're doing pretty well! Remember, look for the rays of light that God has for you and find ways to be rays of light for others!

Love y'all!

Sincerely,

Elder Buchanan