Heighten your spiritual life

May 14, 2017

Dear Family and Friends, 

Today I was able to talk to my family! Happy Mother's Day Mom! I am so Grateful for eternal families, and the knowledge of the plan of Salvation. It is such a blessing. I love my family!

This week has been a great week of spiritual growth for me and for our investigators! I am so grateful to be a missionary. This last week we were able to have some really awesome experiences. Last night we actually went out and stopped a few 16 year old kids, 1 guy and these two girls. They were really funny about meeting Americans, and we went into a food court with them, and then the guy, hiroki tried to get the girls to leave, because he wanted to talk with us, and so they just asked to take pictures of us, and then they left. We were able to sit down with him, and taught him a lot of different stuff. He was so receptive and asked so many questions. At first he said that he was from this other city that is actually not in our area, so I was just kind of like thinking it would still be good to teach him what we could, and then set him up to meet the other missionaries, but then he actually ended up explaining that he was just going to high school in the other city, but he is moving back to his families home next month, which is where we live, in our area! So awesome. So we taught him about God, and about how we can communicate with God. He was super awesome, making tons of insightful observations, and insights on his own. We gave him an example of prayer, and then right there with lots of people around, and with some friends who even saw him, he PRAYED in front of us! It was super awesome!!! So we are excited to continue to teach him. 

I want everyone to remember how important smiling is! I did a little exercise as part of district training meeting that I learned from good old J Allen, an old teacher from high school. It is called the "Energizer!" I will attach the video of it, it is really funny, but it really does help!! Be happy and love life!! 

I have been pondering and studying a lot recently about spirituality. What it means to live a spiritual life. I really want to be close to the spirit, and I have realized that everything that we do has an effect upon our spirituality, and our ability to feel the spirit. We need to strive to be spiritually prepared, spiritually heightened in order to have the spirit to always be with us. We have to consistently block out nonspiritual things and search for light and truth so that we can be spiritually prepared to be guided by the spirit when we need it the most. Everything counts, the way that you eat, sleep and talk. The music you listen to, the movies you watch, the thoughts that you have; all these things make up our spirituality. It is so important that we control these things and give our spirits many things that will bring us closer to the Spirit, and avoid the bad that wants to drive the spirit away. When this is done, so much joy is brought into life; much greater purpose and meaning in life is waiting for anyone who heightens their spirituality and makes it a goal to seek out spiritual things. I know that this is true, because I have been trying to apply it recently, and I have felt the spirit so much stronger in my life. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Love, 

コノバー長老
Elder Conover