Conference weekend was great! We were
blessed to be able to watch 10 hours of Prophets and Apostles!!! There's
nothing better than that! We were able to hear so many great and
powerful things from inspired men who truly speak the words that
Heavenly Father gives them.
I received a fun call on Friday. Just a little background before I
tell the story. This Tuesday is transfers. The Wednesday before
transfers, the Assistants to the President make phone calls to those who
have been selected to serve in leadership positions. I did not receive a
call then. Okay, now that you know all that I will continue. I was
sitting at my desk after I had finished eating lunch. I saw that Elder
Dixon, one of the Assistants, was calling. I was confused but answered.
"Hello, this is Elder Sanderson" I said. "Hello Elder Sanderson, this is
Elder Dixon. I have a few questions for you." He said back. I was a
little hesitant but I said "Okay" and he asked my the first question. He
said "Why did the Lamanites knees hurt?" I replied with the obvious
answer of "Because of all the Nephites!" We had a nice laugh and then he
asked me the second and more important question. He asked me, told me
rather, that I had been called to be a District Leader. I was very
surprised, because as I said earlier, leadership calls were on Wednesdays
and I never had anyone call me. Well, turns out the Assistants forgot to
call me on Wednesday to tell me! So the lesson of this story is to be
prepared for anything! I've been here for only 6 months now. As much as I
would like to say that I am doing a good job here, I still don't know
nearly as much as a District Leader should. I guess the Lord thinks that
I can handle being a District Leader while training, and only being out
for 6 months. If he thinks that, then I guess I have some work to do to
get to the place where the Lord wants me to be. The Lord has great
expectations and it's our job to do all that we can to meet those
expectations. Luckily for us God knows we aren't perfect and only
expects us to try our very hardest. For that I am very grateful.
I love all of you. I try my best to do magnify my efforts
here in hopes that the Lord will bless my loved ones. I know that he
will.
Love,
Elder Sanderson
