Last June - June 28, 2021

 
Last June
June 28, 2021
 
Hey Ma, 
 
This week was a really cool week! I had an exchange with the AP (assistant to the president). It was a really fun time, we talked a lot about different speeches and talks given by Prophets and Apostles. It was really cool to learn so much information. We also had some good lessons that brought lots of cool insights through my studies. The APs also live with the office Elders and it was fun talking to them throughout the exchange. 
 
Then the other great part of the week was a lesson we were able to have with a member referral. The lesson was so amazing. I felt the spirit so much and he was understanding the things being said. He
also believes that Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet. I really enjoy being a missionary at this time. 
 
That was the greats of the week. Love you all
 
Love Elder Cormack

Hey Familia - June 21, 2021

Hey Familia

June 21, 2021
Hola mi madre, 
 
Esta semana fue bueno, we had a lot of exchanges, some fire member visits and new people to teach. We went on three exchanges within the last week and lots of great things happened through the exchanges. One of the things that happened was the miracle of finding someone new. I was with Elder Parmenter and we had some open time so we went to the mission office and look for mail. We found some mail and of course delivered it. From there we found some grey dots that we could stop by and visit. Well one house was a no show and vacant. Second was home but lied about visiting with missionaries. Now the third was home and open to us teaching her. But the funny thing is my Spanish isn't that great so it was a short message. And then hard dedication in getting a return appointment mostly because I couldn't tell if she was saying no. That was really fun. The other thing we had was zone Conference which was fun. 

But nothing much else has happened besides the normal everyday life of being a missionary. 
 
Love 
Elder Cormack

Mission Conference - June 7, 2021

 Mission Conference
June 7, 2021

Hey Ma,
 
I really enjoyed this week and all of the meetings that came with it. I was able to feel spiritual witnesses to all that was said and done. MLC was a great start to the week and I enjoyed the trainings given on repentance. I think it is important to remember that we can always be better than we were the last day. 

Then the next day we had ZLC which was amazing. Following around the same kind of style of training we received earlier we gave it to our District leaders. It went great for our zone and all of the District Leaders had great council and ideas on how to help the zone be better. Then Friday was our Zone Council, it was great! I felt the spirit strongly that whole meeting. We discussed and taught our zone how we can do better and how we can improve. We still need to ask and receive feedback for how it went. I started off with reading my mission call. I hadn't fully realized that it can help strengthen a desire there and how the blessings promised if we do what we have accepted. Then we talked about principle based obedience instead of blind obedience and how there is so much joy to be found through this. And it all starts with repentance and that desire to be like Christ. To end the meeting we had the District leaders get up and share promised blessings for their specific District based on the mission commitment. Then closed with singing The Spirit Of God which brought the spirit so much more powerfully than before. 

I have a new love for that song, cause as we sing it on the stand waiting for Elder Gong I could feel the Spirit come over me and was just so amazing. The other great thing was all of the lessons we were able to teach as well. 

To share something from my studies goes back to the song The Spirit of God. In the first verse second line we read "The visions and blessings of old are returning," and it brought to think of the Book of Mormon especially the chapters where it prophesies of its coming forth. Which goes on to show that the visions of old have returned and more continue. The Book of Mormon is full of visions and blessings of old and now we can read them. While I was thinking on that song and those chapters. One prophecy came back up and it is in Chapter 27 of 2 Nephi where Isaiah says that a learned man won't be able to read a sealed book. That can apply to us today. If we read the Book of Mormon with just the intent to read and then call it good we won't truly learn something or with a secular mind it may be hard to understand certain chapters. But if we have the Spirit with us and a true interest then the Book of Mormon unfolds itself to us. I thought that was an interesting way of reading those verses and hearing that song.

 
That was the week of busy meetings 
 
Love Elder Cormack

June (tomorrow) - May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021

June

Hey ma,

This was a busy week with lots of different things going on. We had some little exchanges, a bash, and service. Starting with the beginning of the week my old companion Elder Millett needed a companion for a short while because his companion was going to the departing dinner. Elder Johnson got the green light to go to Dominican Republic. So we picked him up and brought him around with us for the evening. It was a fun time. It was the same night the bash happened. We met this guy in the parking lot who had a couple questions and we set up an appointment to come back. We got to his apartment and told him we just wanted to teach him a short lesson. But it went into more questions and turned the lesson into a bible bash. Anything we said was just refuted and shot down. He wouldn't use logic or truly think about the scriptures. Just going word for word what the scripture says and no context to the scripture. Out of all of this I have a stronger testimony that the Church is true and the Book of Mormon is the word of God. 

Then on Wednesday we got to celebrate a birthday for someone in our zone and it was a lot of fun to say happy birthday. Then the big transfer day came and we got to see a lot of people that we haven't seen for awhile. We also got to clean someone's house for service. And after that every house I have lived in would be considered clean compared to this house. But it was good to help clean the house. After all of those things the week had come to an end. 

Love Elder Cormack

Mission Conference - May 24, 2021

May 24, 2021
Mission Conference

It's been two weeks since the last. P-day was moved around last week due to a Mission Conference. Last Monday to Thursday was meetings with Elder Tai of the seventy. It was A great spiritual experience and all the things we learned. Wednesday we were all together for the  meeting and it was great to see others from past areas. And the spirit was so strong as missionaries sang the hymns.
 

The other bigs of the week was the lessons we had. They were amazing and so spirit filled. We had the opportunity to go with the APs to the lesson because we are helping him transition to the YSA ward. It was amazing to see how unified we were as scriptures were shared and principles taught. But the greatest thing from this was how much power we held as we testified about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon.

 
This last week was a very spiritual and amazing week. For I know that Jesus is the Christ. That through His Atonement we can be cleansed and receive his help to overcome all problems that we may have. As it says in 2 Nephi 26: 24 "He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation." We are loved more than we can comprehend and I know that to be true.

Love Elder Cormack

Referral - May 10, 2021

May 10. 2021
Referral

Hello all
 
This week was a good started and ended with exchanges. I went down to Mt. Home and then another area in Boise east. One of those being on a bike. While we were on exchanges a miracle happened in our area. A guy in Boise referred himself to meet with us missionaries. So we called him and set a visit for Saturday night. We went over and started to teach him. He says he is Buddhist but we believe he is looking for any truth that will help him. He also came to church and had a good time.

Once again as a zone leader there are lots of meeting we get to attend and have. One of them was a comp study with the APs and STLTs and we met at the temple. We had a small opportunity to sit in the baptismal font and reflect. It was really good. We also had another opportunity to help clean at the temple and then walk around. It was really cool to feel that spirit and then see the beautiful artwork.

 

Those are the big highlights of the week.
 
Love Elder Cormack

Hello Y'all - May 3, 2021

May 3, 2021
Hello Y’all

Hey Ma,
 
This week was a fantastic week. It was very busy and lots of fun. We started with MLC then Zone Council to end it on Friday. Saturday we met an old Lt. Governor for the state of Idaho.

We'll begin by talking about the awesome lesson we had. So we had someone tell us the way to get in his house is by asking him about history.  So we called and set up a history lesson. We talked about the ancient stories in the books he had and the President Abraham Lincoln. He had also written a book about Lincoln and it is called Mr. Lincoln's Book. He used to be Attorney General and as I said earlier Lt. Governor.
 
Throughout the week we also did lots of service and met one guy that grew up out in the country and then moved to the city. He made this little piece of property into a piece of farmland.
 
I also want to share something spiritual that I learned through the week and it's about divine potential and uniqueness. I have learned that everyone has their role to play and in helping others out. We have been given differences on purpose so that our weaknesses may be strengthened and our pride humbled. To show this to the zone in zone council we made PB&J sandwiches. We put everyone in an assembly line and told them their unique role, they couldn't do any more or any less. It went very well and showed everyone that they do matter.
 
That was the week and it has been lots of fun.

Love, Elder Cormack